Two and a half weeks before the closure, the exact time of the closure was announced, being 10 AM in PST on December 20. The game was removed from the App Store and Google Play Store on November 20, 2018. On September 27, 2018, it was announced in a post on the Island News Blog that Club Penguin Island would be closing at the end of the same year.A specific closure date, December 20, was later announced on October 12, 2018. The game became available to download on Novemand is cross-platform, meaning accounts are usable on both desktop and mobile versions, like the original desktop Club Penguin with the Club Penguin App. The desktop version would be initially an open beta, and players would be able to report bugs on the Island News Blog to prepare it for a full release at a later date. It allowed players to play as silly cartoon penguins living on the island 'Club Penguin.' On this island players and their penguin avatars played multiple minigames in order to collect coins, which were.
On November 13, 2017, it was announced in a livestream on the official Facebook page of the game and later on the Island News Blog that a desktop version of Club Penguin Island and the 1.8.0 update would be released on the same day. Club Penguin - or Club Penguin Online, now found at - was a child friendly, innocent, fun and immersive game owned by Disney.