Poptropica
2007 online adventure game
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| February 27 2024 | Poptropica Worlds was shut down as Poptropica moved to Cool Math Games. |
| May 26 2022 | Released the Steam bundle including seventeen islands and Poptropica Realms. |
| 2020 | Due to Adobe Flash discontinuation, Poptropica began porting islands to HTML5 format. Some islands were temporarily removed, with fan archivists later making 35 islands available via the Basilisk browser in Flashpoint. |
| 2017 | By this year, Poptropica had expanded to 58 islands with diverse themes and quests. |
| January 11 2017 | Announced Poptropica Worlds, a new game developed in Unity with redesigned characters, customizable homes, and new islands. |
| 2015 | Seven book-themed islands became members-only, including Big Nate, Timmy Failure, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Magic Tree House, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory islands. |
| 2015 | Seven book-themed islands became members-only. |
| May 2015 | Family Education Network sold Poptropica to Sandbox Networks, with the game having over 3.2 million monthly unique users in 200 countries and territories. |
| May 2015 | Family Education Network was sold by Pearson to Sandbox Networks. At this time, Poptropica had over 3.2 million monthly unique users across 200 countries and territories. |
| 2014 | Released Poptropica: Forgotten Islands on Nintendo 3DS through Ubisoft. |
| September 5 2013 | Launched Poptropica: Forgotten Islands, an iOS game allowing players to discover new characters and artifacts. |
| 2012 | Poptropica grew to over 75 million registered users, with 35 million in the 15-25 age group. |
| 2012 | Poptropica released Poptropica Adventures, a video game for the Nintendo DS in partnership with Ubisoft. |
| 2011 | Poptropica was listed on Time magazine's '50 Websites that Make the Web Great', highlighting its educational and inventive approach for children. |
| July 6 2011 | Poptropica introduced a feature allowing players to replay islands without creating a new account, while maintaining their earned Medallions. |
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