Club Penguin

Club Penguin is a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game). It is a game for kids and teens and the players are in the form of a penguin in-game. Players can chat, play mini-games, and participate in other activities with one another in a snow-covered virtual world. Club Penguin uses a special time zone, which is known as "Penguin Standard Time". It is run by Pacific Standard/Daylight Time, but transformed into a penguin version.

Overview
Club Penguin is primarily designed for children aged six to fourteen and it has the option for a membership. A membership lets you have extra benefits in the game. Members can buy clothes, can decorate their "igloo", can buy furniture for their igloo, and enter to special, member-only rooms at parties.

Economy
The economy of Club Penguin revolves around mini-games and the coin system. Coins can be earned by playing mini-games which can be single player or multiplayer.

Languages
Club Penguin offers different languages. Currently there are 4 languages available: English, French (Français), Portugese (Português) and Spanish (Español).

Pets
See a category about them at the Club Penguin Wiki. In the game there are several pets like fish, parrots and the main ones are fictional dog-like creatures named "Puffles". You can give them several food, bath them, put them to sleep or walk them.

Partnership
Club Penguin was bought by Disney for the sum of $350 million. It has been stated by some players, that Disney ruined the game. After the partnership, the game was making more things.

Trivia

 * Upon the partnership with Disney, the different languages appeared.
 * There are more than a billion players.
 * The average of penguins registered in 3 hours are 90,980.
 * You cannot choose a gender for your avatar. The only thing that differences male from female penguins are the clothes bought by players with coins. Non-members can usually only be told apart by their colors.
 * Club Penguin has toys with codes that can leads a series of code book in which you can get so-called "rare" items.
 * It has a videogame for Nintendo DS: Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force.