You may have noticed some changes in Webkinz Newz recently. These changes have been part of our effort to streamline all of our services, such as moving Webkinz World and Webkinz Newz to the Cloud. Steps like these prevent outages and improve performance, ensuring that the sites stay up no matter what. We are currently working towards bringing GanzWorld back to its roots, focusing on Webkinz Newz, Events and Contests.
One of the recent changes was the removal of the GanzWorld Arcade, a secondary Flash-based game site that generated GanzWorld Reward Moneyz. Most of these games were third-party with no support, and our efforts must be focused on preparing Webkinz World for the future.
We will soon be retiring GanzWorld Rewards, as well. When the exact date is known, we will make a follow-up announcement. We recommend spending your Moneyz at this time.
We thank you for your patience during this process.
I made a shopping trip today with my rewards. I’m sad to see the arcade go – it was fun! Thank you for the update.
The ideal fire sale would be if Ganz put back some items, such as the silver side table and the princess bouncy house, and other past items. This would help the players that have very large amounts of reward moneyz. TY
Am I the only one that feels Webkinz itself is next?
Why are y’all getting rid of the GanzWorld Rewards?! I love those prizes! I always am looking forward to when they switch over so I can get new stuff… Why can’t you keep that in? There’s so many cool items to buy and collect. That’s one thing I’ll miss…
I agree! I am so sad. :(
Ahhh that’s too bad about the Moneyz thing D= But I do hope that the ShareCenter and Forums don’t get taken away!!
Will you be re-adding past items to the rewards program so that we can spend our Moneyz? PLEASE!!
Wow, sad newz about GanzWorld Rewards. Please, Ganz, before the rewards program is retired, can we have a large prize pool to choose from to spend all our moneyz?
Thank you for the update and keeping us all in the loop. Will you be doing a “last hurrah” type of deal for the GanzWorld Rewardz where you release a bunch of the items, so that if there is/was something we were saving for we could get it? Or are you planning on bringing the items that use to be exclusive to Webkinz Newz into the game at some point for rewards for quests or for sale in the W-shop? We love Webkinz in our house and are so glad to know that you all work so hard to keep it working as it’s intended. Thank you again to ALL the Webkinz/Ganz team!
I was afraid of this. Thanks for the heads up. I am going shopping.
Noooooooo! Now I’m really sad that you guys are retiring the GW rewards :( But I do have a question. When will you be announcing the winners for the winter fest cooking contest?