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Club Penguin Rewritten's Closure

Hey everyone, long time no see. Both Protoman and I didn't think we'd come out of retirement here, but we believe this deserves to be covered.

As of April 12th, 2022, Club Penguin Rewritten has been shut down and the City of London Police have stepped in. Three people were arrested and are currently under investigation.

Going to Club Penguin Rewritten's website would be met with this screen. As of right now, it is a dead link.

While no official cause for closure or arrest has been publicly stated, we have to guess that Disney filed for legal action over the rewards system that was added back in June 2021, one of our last posts we covered. For those who don't know, it was a system where you could login every day, watch an ad, and win a cosmetic. While the CPR team added this as a way to fund for further HTML5 development and better servers to host the game, they were profiting off of an intellectual property they did not own. We're not saying this is what indeed happened, but it is a possibility.

The Discord server as well has been completely wiped clean.

Club Penguin Rewritten is no more. The largest fan revival that had 10+ million users by the time we departed this blog and the game, has shut down its service. You can read more about this in the links poste down below.

Club Penguin Mountains post.

Club Penguin Mountains Twitter post.

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We're Retiring (For Now)

Hi everyone, this is admin Boopenguin here. It has come with both a heavy heart that me and moderator Protoman are retiring from Penguin News Network. We started this blog back in 2017 with the hopes of covering every update Club Penguin Rewritten would release, just like the good old days of Blogspot and Wikipress with the original Club Penguin. The goal was the bring back that nostalgia of reading up insider blogs on catalog secrets and the latest party posts. For the past year though, it's been a battle to find the motivation to even make a post, but we've keep doing it for you guys. However, we just can't keep going with it anymore. Please read this all so you guys can understand.

Protoman and I live on separate parts of the globe (US and the other side of Canada), while Club Penguin Rewritten is run and operated in the United Kingdom. That means when we're both asleep, they tend to update the game (and that's if they update the game when they promise, it seems to be whenever they feel like it.) It has become a chore to cover the game, especially when in recent years we've become so busy with other, more important priorities in life. After awhile, we've felt like we've failed to deliver on our promise to cover any content in the game ASAP, that's kinda hard when we're both asleep.

We've tended to try and keep our personal opinions off this blog for professionalism. However, this is where that ends. Protoman and I are genuinely irritated and frustrated with Club Penguin Rewritten, both the game itself and its development team. There's a lot for us to go over, so I'll cover it in strides. Firstly, the distribution of items. Back when Club Penguin Rewritten first started adding custom items to the game, or bringing forth items for special events, they never directly said that any item would be returning - but it was heavily implied that they were tied to special events. i.e. the Eclipse Glasses were given out to celebrate the 2018 Eclipse that was going on in real life. Or the Red Hard Hat, which was given out originally in 2018 for those who participated in the Club Penguin Rewritten Improvement Project. Both of these items came back with no real rhyme or reason. Especially the Red Hard Hat, which they distributed as a code this year and it is an insult to those who helped build on and improve the game. If you are at all familiar with my penguin's avatar, I've tried to use items that don't appear in the game. When you're running a blog, you need an identifiable appearance. That can't be achieved when the Rewritten team makes everything you wear accessible to the public like free candy. Nothing is rare, and if they say it won't ever appear in the game again, they'll make sure it does appear again. June catalog alone brought back the Side Swept and Sunset Canvas Boots. EDIT: this was announced right after I posted, further proving my point.

Secondly, the development team needs to do better and deliver on their promises. Even before the HTML5 conversion, the Rewritten team has seldom ever delivered on their promises of releasing content on the dates they would list. For example, imagine they announced a Medieval Party starting on March 16th, but it's March 20th now and there's still no party. It's even worse now with them working on converting the game to HTML5. You may say "Cut them a break, they're a small team of people!" in most circumstances that'd be fair, but ever since Protoman and I have been playing this game, they almost ever meet deadlines on anything. Look at the situation right now: Last month they released a Penguin Style catalog with Prehistoric Party-themed items, along with the promise that a Prehistoric Party would be releasing in June. We are 10 days away from July, there's no Prehistoric Party, and there's already a June catalog with Music Jam-themed items and behind-the-scenes posts for Music Jam 2021. They need to stop working on so many things and instead actually deliver what they promise. It's ridiculous and unprofessional. Something as simple as hiring more people could circumvent these problems from even happening, but it seems as though every time they hire someone new - that person gets outed as a sexual predator or doxxes the entire password database. (did I say that out loud?)

The final nail in the coffin for our departure is the inclusion of the Rockhopper's Rare Treasures, the daily login system with ads. Between this and the three core issues I addressed, we cannot continue operating this blog until they themselves can figure out what they're doing with this game. Club Penguin Rewritten is not the same anymore, and it hasn't been for the past year and a half or maybe even longer. It is a chore to cover, and it interferes with our daily lives. We will still play this game, but don't expect us to cover the game anymore.

We at Penguin News Network thank everyone for supporting us these past 5 years. Never had we ever expected this passion project of a blog to reach 879 followers and counting. We are grateful for all of you guys, and especially being able to interact with some of you. If any of you see us in the game, please feel free to say hi! If anyone wishes to keep in touch, you can DM me over on @dantesdomain. I also have a Discord if anyone wants to add me (just ask in DMs here or on my personal account).

As always, waddle on - and thank you.

- Boopenguin and Protoman.

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This is a very-late post. The following pin was actually added all the way on Saturday the 12th, but we both weren't aware because the formal announcement was not shared on the Rewritten Discord. Major apologies. Click 'Keep reading' to view its location.

The latest pin is a Power Fragment, and it is located at The Docks.

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When will they update June catalog? June is almost half way over.

Unfortunately, we don't have a definitive answer for this. The developers are hard at work on the new party and implementing HTML5 Card Jitsu, as well as the new catalog. It should release at some point this month, but don't be surprised if it doesn't. It wouldn't be the first time deadlines weren't met.

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Use the code AUTHENTICBROWS for two Unibrow items.

Returning items: Unibrow.

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A Note Regarding The Daily Rewards System

According to the Club Penguin Rewritten Wiki, it seems as though the rewards for each week's chest are set in stone, but randomized on which item you'll get from that day.

Additionally, when you login for a week straight (7 days), you can unlock Week #2's chest. However, Week #1's chest will be disabled if you do. Upon logging in for 22 consecutive days, you'll be able to claim Week #4's chest, along with the previous 3 chests as well daily. Missing a day will reset your counter to 0. There are over 80 items to collect through these chests.

Another thing to note, it appears as though Rockhopper's Daily Treasures is inaccessible through certain mobile browsers, and computer browsers alike. I personally cannot get it to work on my dedicated browser (Vivaldi) even with Adblock turned off, but it works fine for me on Firefox and Microsoft Edge, browsers that do not have Adblock installed.

All funding towards watching these ads are going towards Club Penguin Rewritten's conversion development to HTML5.

You can read our post here.

You can read about the official announcement here.

And you can read up more info on the CPR Wiki here.

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New Code!

Use the code COINSFORFURNI for 10k coins. This code will expire in 30 days.

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New, Daily Rewards

Club Penguin Rewritten has a new, daily reward system called Rockhopper's Daily Treasures. Login daily to claim a free item from the treasure chest. The chest will be reset every day at midnight, giving you the ability to obtain another free item. Consecutive days will equal more prizes, and judging by the blog post - you will be able to obtain multiple rewards daily by week 3.

There's just one catch though: you have to sit through an ad. The game will detect if you're using an adblocker, we tried. If it still doesn't work for you, try another browser.

Claim your first item now, and when it reaches midnight in Penguin Standard Time, claim again on the same Week 1 chest. If you are unsure what the time is in-game, you can check the Snowforts or the Club Penguin Rewritten wiki.

Read more about this here.

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A new pin has been released for Club Penguin Rewritten as of May 26th, 2021. Curious about its location? Don't be a meathead! Read on!

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We covered the new Igloo Catalogs yesterday, but had to divide them up into two, separate posts.

You can find the May 2021 Better Igloos Catalog Secrets here.

You can find the May 2021 Igloo Upgrades Catalog here.

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Club Penguin Rewritten Celebrates Graduates!

Club Penguin Rewritten is celebrating all those students who are graduating this year with a small event. Join the Night Club with cake and punch in-hand, and claim your Graduation Hat from the Book Room. Congrats, graduates!

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Along with a new Better Igloos catalog, there's a new Igloo Upgrades catalog too. There isn't too much to really talk about here, but due to an image limit, I had to divide both catalogs into separate posts. Click 'Keep reading' to see what's in store.

The two featured igloos for May are a Penthouse Igloo, and Theater Igloo.

Additionally, there's a new Sky Pack/scenery for your igloo called Age of Dinosaurs. Buying it for 2000 grants you a day and night version of this scenery.

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There's a new Better Igloos catalog out, a mega issue at that. With over 8 pages of items, I'm going to be dividing up the Igloo Catalogs as separate posts due to Tumblr's new image limit. Click 'Keep reading' to view the visual guides to all the secrets we could find.

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There's a new catalog out right now, full of Prehistoric Party-themed items. Click 'keep reading' to view all the secrets we could find. If we missed anything, let us know in the comments below.

May's 'Penguins At Work' is a prehistoric chef set, while the 'Item of the Month' is a Dig Team Gear outfit. The Viking Helmets are located in the same page as March 2021's issue.

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Changes to the CPRewritten Privacy Policy

Most of you definitely won't read this, but it's important to stay informed. Sections 2 & 4 of the Privacy Policy have been altered, and these changes are effective immediately. These sections pertain to the collection, storage and use of user data.

Read more about the changes here

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Stamp Books Are Back!

Players can now access their Stamp Books from their profile card. However, customization and viewing your pin collection are both currently disabled.

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A Quick Update Regarding This Blog

While making the Mountain Expedition post, I had to remove some pictures due to a 10 picture limitation. I don't remember this ever being a thing, especially since a lot of our previous party posts have 10+ images attached (our Christmas and Halloween Party posts, for example). That's why I left out visuals for the free items. If this becomes abundantly restricting, we at Penguin News Network may do videos covering parties. However, at the moment we currently do not need to. Just in case though, we do have a YouTube channel here. I highly suggest subscribing to it.

Another thing to note, we apologize for any delays when it comes to covering new content (i.e. codes, catalogs, or parties). The development team at Club Penguin Rewritten has been working hard to rebuild Club Penguin Rewritten using the HTML5 engine, and with a short staff that means there's a lot of tinkering to do. We are not affiliated with the team, we are two guys running a blog. Because of this, and the different time zones we have compared to CPR, we're almost always up to something else in our lives whenever CPR decides to sneakily update the game. We promise to keep everyone informed about anything new happening in Club Penguin Rewritten, and we appreciate your patience with us. It means the world.

- Admin Boopenguin