CLUB PENGUIN INFORMATION

Club Penguin is a massively multiplayer online game for kids developed by New Horizon Interactive. Using cartoon penguin avatars, players can converse, play minigames, and participate in other activities with one another in a snow-covered virtual world.^[1] Club Penguin was first made available to the public on October 24, 2005^[2], and has since expanded into a large online community.

Club Penguin shares similarities with other popular online environments like RuneScape. Though open to all kids, Club Penguin is primarily designed for children age eight to fourteen,^[3] and has been qualified for the Better Business Bureau - Kid’s Privacy Seal of Approval.^[4] Club Penguin was also awarded the “Editors Choice” award from Children’s Technology Review Magazine.^[5]

A merchandise section, “The Shop”, opened on the Club Penguin website in August 2006^[6], selling stuffed puffles and T-shirts. Keychains, gift cards, and more shirts were added on November 7, 2006.^[7]

Though the game can be played for free, many of the features are not available unless a subscription is purchased.^[8]

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• 1 Environment
• 2 Membership
  • 2.1 Paid subscription
  • 2.2 Non-membership
• 3 Rockhopper
  • 3.1 Rockhopper’s journal
• 4 Club Penguin events
• 5 Items
  • 5.1 Free items
• 6 Lighthouse
  • 6.1 History
• 7 Hidden locations
• 8 Moderators
• 9 Secret Agents
  • 9.1 G
  • 9.2 Headquarters
  • 9.3 Missions
• 10 Tour guides
• 11 Chat
• 12 Newspaper
• 13 Puffles
• 14 Minigames
• 15 Glitches
• 16 References
• 17 External links
• 18 See also