This meant that 500,000 new players had signed up in the span of around one month, which may be due to the large influx of people playing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The site reached 6,000,000 registered accounts on April 21, 2020. Along with this, the record for highest player count of users online concurrently was rumored to be broken once again during this event, with a total of 4,900 to 5,000 users. The concert was the first of its kind and was viewable on all servers. On April 16, 2020, Club Penguin Rewritten held a successful concert in collaboration with American singer Soccer Mommy in promotion of Soccer Mommy's new album, Color Theory. On October 22, 2019, the site reached 5,000,000 registered accounts.ĬOVID-19 Pandemic and Further Controversiesĭuring the release of the Fashion Party, Club Penguin Rewritten saw its then highest player count of around 3,800 users online concurrently. On April 26, 2019, Club Penguin Rewritten introduced its first custom puffle, the Grey Puffle, as part of the Puffle Party 2019. On April 20, 2019, the site reached 4,000,000 registered accounts. On January 11, 2019, the site reached 3,000,000 registered accounts. The chat was later purged and a new one was created, with administrator Joee apologizing on the behalf of the administrators. Some Administrators reportedly became drunk while celebrating, which was reflected in their behavior as they played inappropriate songs and used explicit language on the official Discord Server. On New Year's Day 2019, the Admins and the rest of the Community were celebrating the new year. The occasion was commemorated with the release of two item unlock codes. On June 2, 2018, the site reached 2,000,000 registered accounts.
Since then, the site has since seen further growth and controversies. The game was eventually announced to be returning, and officially re-opened on April 26, 2018.
However, the threats continued and the game eventually closed on March 4, 2018.ĭuring this time, the staff team consulted with cyber-security experts as well as learn how to better handle internet safety and security. On February 22, 2018, the game was announced to close, but this announcement was later retracted. As a result, Codey allegedly began to harass and threaten staff members with his friends, utilizing methods such as swatting and doxxing. On February 8, 2018, an administrator called Codey was demoted from his position following an internal staff argument regarding a recent update. Due to this, the game's original domain,, had to be changed to which took place five days later on October 15, 2017. On October 10, 2017, Disney Interactive filed a complaint against Club Penguin Rewritten. The 1M Players Celebration Event was held to commemorate the milestone. On October 4, 2017, Club Penguin Rewritten reached 1,000,000 registered accounts. The game reached 50,000 registered accounts on April 2, 2017, and later reached 100,000 registered accounts on April 5, 2017. Within 30 days of the game's founding, the game had accumulated 10,000 registered accounts and had its own wiki.įollowing the closure of Club Penguin on March 30, 2017, the playerbase of Club Penguin Rewritten skyrocketed in the following weeks. In its early years, Club Penguin Rewritten strived to be accurate and true to the original and classic Club Penguin, but in its later years the game's focus shifted to focus on the environment of Club Penguin from 2010 to 2012, adding modern and entirely custom content to improve the experience of the game as well. On January 21, 2021, the game was reopened.Īfter the announcement of the imminent closure of Club Penguin, Club Penguin Rewritten was founded to preserve and bring life back to the game that was a part of many childhoods.Ĭlub Penguin Rewritten, commonly abbreviated as CPR and CPRewritten, is an unofficial recreation of the original Club Penguin, created to replicate the original's experience. In preparation for the discontinuation of Flash Player by the end of 2020, Club Penguin Rewritten went down at 8pm Greenwich Mean Time on December 31, 2020. On April 26, 2018, the game was relaunched. After a month of closure, the game was announced to be relaunching sometime in April 2018. On February 26, 2018, it was announced the game would close on March 4, 2018. Since its launch on February 11, 2017, Club Penguin Rewritten has accumulated over 10 million accounts. Club Penguin Rewritten is a popular remake of the online-based, massively multiplayer role-playing game, Club Penguin.