"There aren’t many opportunities in a city like Kelowna, so most of us will have to move our families if we want to pursue games," said one employee. They also lamented that with Disney Canada's layoffs, they'd likely have to move their families to find new work in video games. Kotaku also spoke with multiple employees who felt blindsided since they were under the impression that new projects were coming into the studio. Employees are apparently receiving roughly five weeks of severance and benefits. Disney Canada, the studio behind Club Penguin Island, has announced that the game will be shutting down, and per a report on Kotaku, dozens of employees at the Kelowna, British Columbia studio are due to lose their jobs.Ī letter from Disney HR obtained by Kotaku blames the shutdown on "global competition," and states that a need to reduce costs is partly what is driving the layoffs. A tear rolls down her cheek as she begins to whisper a song. Disney has decided to shut down Club Penguin Island, the year-and-a-half-old mobile reboot of the longrunning kids' multiplayer game. When it opened, I was too busy to get into it, and never really did until June 2018. Interestingly enough, the shutdown prompted the release of a variety of copycat games, including Club Penguin Rewritten or Club Penguin Online. Well, I just found out that Club Penguin Island is closing, and. In September 2018, Disney announced that it would shut down the game immediately. Now however, Club Penguin is coming to an end once again. Club Penguin Island, the game’s successor, didn’t last as long as its beloved original.
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