Apr 20, 2018 Teigen started reminiscing about her Neopets days on her Twitter account on Thursday, and it only took her 20 minutes to go from “I miss neopets” to “fuck it, I’m going back on neopets. Feb 10, 2020 The 20-plus-year old browser-based virtual pet game may reach a new generation, when Neopets hits television screens. The website has been optioned for. Jan 21, 2019 In 2005, by which time I had stopped playing, Neopets was sold for $160m to Viacom, which changed the advertising and introduced Neocash, a new form of.
Neopets, the early-Noughties virtual pet website beloved by teens and hated by IT teachers, is getting a new lease of life.
A Canadian TV company has snapped up the telly rights to the Neopets franchise, and an animated show is now in the pipeline.
Neopets' website is still going strong today, more than 20 years after its founding (and after I got Flash blocked on my school's computers for playing it during lessons). It looks remarkably retro.
Founded in the UK by a couple of bored university students, Neopets quickly attracted corporate backing to grow into a gaming platform visited by millions of people every day, spawning console game spin-offs and a whole heap of merchandise.
The story of its changing ownership over the years (and Scientology involvement) makes for an interesting tale. At present, it's run by US developer JumpStart games which is in turn owned by Chinese online gaming publisher NetDragon.
Neopets Twitter
The TV show was announced via Neopets' Twitter last night - and for fans (and long-lapsed players) - its furry good news.
The Daily Neopets
Neopets TV show? It?s happening. Read more about our collaboration with Beach House Pictures and what we have planned for this new project! https://t.co/dnm4y5VBYapic.twitter.com/1DpofXx3m8