Disney Buys Club Penguin
By Shawn on Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 at 10:50 AM PST In Computer, Game Companies, Games
The Walt Disney Company has announced the purchase of the successful Club Penguin, a virtual world for kids, for the purpose of “establishing clear leadership in the kids and families online virtual worlds space around the globe.â€
“We have been actively searching for an organization that not only shares our values and concerns for children, but also has the ability and desire to help us bring Club Penguin to more children throughout the world. We’ve found that partner in Disney,†said Lane Merrifield, one of Club Penguin’s three founders.
Despite the $700 million purchase, Disney says that Club Penguin will retain its original URL. The company’s three founders, Lane Merrifield, Dave Krysko and Lance Priebe, have been taken on by Disney and will be Senior Management of Club Penguin. Merrifield has accepted a position as EVP of Walt Disney Internet Group, reporting to WDIG president Steven Wadsworth.
“Club Penguin is going to continue to exist as is… The experience will not change at all. It will continue to evolve.†Iger said. “We really don’t intend to get in the way of that or do anything by virtue of the way we own it.â€
The one thing WDIG does plan to do is to take Club Penguin international, with plans to expand to Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
My own girls play Club Penguin.
You waddle around the site as a penguin avatar of your color choice, which you can dress up any way you like. You play games to earn points with which you can buy items for your penguins. You can also chat with other kids. Any numbers or words that aren’t in Club Penguin’s site specific dictionary are not allowed in chat, which is closely monitored. I was very skeptical of letting them use the site, but have since come to appreciate the safeguards and protocols used. There is a small online fee for upgraded play options that our girls are dieing to get. I can see why Disney took an interest in this little venture.
via Gamasutra
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NOOOO!!! i apologise in advance for going on too long. this cant be happening!! this is the story. when disney buys a bit of club penguin then they will advertise it everywhere(already on the disney channel!!). which means that loads more people will be logging on everyday. which means that those of you who arent members will not be able to log on because all the servers will be full. and whe all the servers are packed full no one will be able to move. everything will take ages to load and to top it all the disney channel will want to change loads of things!! sorry to go on for too long but this is all true. some of my friends have even acctually abandoned CP and are not going on it at all amymore. we tried to protest but this didnt work. plz CP. buy it back!!!if you agree that disney should not be part of CP then send in one of these massages! PLEASE!! HELP!!!! (disney if you can read this then i mean no offence). c ya! wouldt wanna be ya! (seriously. i wouldnt)
i know. but its true. people even tried protestoing.
and when that didnt work they abandoned CP. 
its getting really serious. at least 3 more or my friends have left now. 
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good for you renne. but what has that got to do with club penguin??
club penguin is not fun because its membership is not free
it must be free because its unfair for penguins like me 
i’m not a member
i’m trying to find out how much of the membership money helps kids on clubpenguin, but when i tyipe that in on google it comes up with this cheating to get membership thing!
i want to know what that is because its like wierd! 
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