GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Neopets phenomenon has been a sleeping giant on the Internet for nearly a decade now. The virtual pets and the world of Neopia have proven to be a ...

Do you remember the old Flash-powered website Neopets? Because I do. In the early 2000s, as a kid, I logged on to see my virtual pets, play minigames, and participate in an all-encompassing story that ...

"The Neopets Team is, for the first time in over a decade, equipped to make meaningful changes in pursuit of a Neopian renaissance," the company said in its announcement Neopets Before there was ...

Neopets may not look entirely different, but times are changing for the beloved and sometimes troubled create-a-pet website. For the first time in nearly two decades, Neopets is run by an independent ...

Neopets, first introduced in 1999, captivated a generation of young internet users. Those who grew up with the website remember playing flash games, collecting rare items and Neopoints, and of course, ...

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Twenty years ago, I was dancing on an iceberg in Club Penguin and raising Neopets like they were my actual children. (Hope they’re still alive… It’s been a while.) When I logged on, my parents didn’t ...

Neopets is an independent company for the first time in 18 years, and the developer is promising a “return to the glory days.” The Neopets Team posted an announcement on the developer’s Medium site ...

Nostalgic video games like Neopets and brands like Atari are still pumping out new content after decades, spawning a TV show, new games and even hotels. Keeping old franchises alive and kicking is ...