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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 ...

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, ...

Did we suddenly transport back to 2004? Neopets, the game that many 2000s kids lost hours to playing, will soon be coming to television. “Neopets TV show? It’s happening,” the company’s official ...

Well, it’s finally happening. Neopets, the popular virtual pet website/video game/lifestyle owned by JumpStart Games, officially has an animated series in the works for what appears to be the first ...

"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 ...

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 ...

A devoted corps of users has kept this sparkly but outdated digital world, where magical pets have been reared since 1999, afloat. Recently, droves of pandemic-era nostalgia seekers have joined them.

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Virtual pet franchise Neopets is getting into NFTs — a seemingly inevitable move for a site with a long and ...

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 ...