Back in 2005, we launched Webkinz as one of the first fully featured Flash web sites. Flash wasn’t just an animated element, or a game embedded in the page, it WAS the game. We had created a virtual world for you and your pet to immerse into… in a browser.
For 15 years players went daily to webkinz.com to hit that big “Log In” button to join their pets in having hours of fun.
With the discontinuing of Flash at the end of 2020, Webkinz World’s days as a browser destination also came to an end. Our developers were able to keep Webkinz World alive with the fully featured Webkinz application on PC and Mac, and the mobile versions on iOS and Android, but internally we always had the idea that one day we could return to browsers like Chrome and Safari and have our game playable anywhere, on any device.
Today, on the 20th Anniversary of our launch, we are proud to announce that Webkinz Classic will be returning to browsers later this year.
We have had one goal with this project – get everything working, particularly those features that mobile players currently don’t have access to, like challenges, the Curio Shop, trading, and the Employment Office. And of course, we had to get all the games running – from our earliest games like Pumpkin Patch Protector, to favorites like Cash Cow and Jumbleberry Fields.
And like the downloadable app and the mobile app, all this works with your existing data. Playing in a browser will just be another way to play!
Here is your first look at the game in action (the URL has been intentionally hidden):
Employment Office – PC, Chrome
Arcade – PC, Chrome
Curio Shop – iPad, Safari (we will be addressing the scaling issues)
Now while we’ve come a very long way, we still have a lot of work to do. We are still working on features and once those are complete, we will have a long bug testing and fixing phase. We are aiming for an early Q4 release for everyone to enjoy.
We are also discussing beta events where players will be able to try out what we have (knowing that there will be bugs). We will provide more details on these in the coming months.
Finally, and I’m sure that this will be music to many players ears, our overall goal is to get Webkinz Classic to a point where we can begin developing all new features and finally fix features that have been missing for too long.
We appreciate every fan who has enjoyed our plush and our virtual world over the past 20 years and this project is just one of the many steps that we will be taking to ensure that the next 20 years provides even more joy and fun to all our players, new and old alike.
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I miss judged you team. I thought the super wheel and tiger would be the only big events for yr20 which would have felt a bit disappointing compared to year 10. But now that I know THIS is where you’ve been spending lots of your time I’m SO EXCITED!! I can’t wait to hopefully be able to visit friends homes again! And use party packs!!
EXCITING!! Congratulations!! Happy Webkinz’s Day Everyone!!!! Enjoy!!
Ah so cool! Hope more people are able to play the game and participate in trading and all that!
Oh, and while you are doing this, can you check if it will work in Firefox? That’s our default. Thanks!
This is so exciting!!!!!! Thank you, Webkinz team, for putting so much love and effort into the game! This will be wonderful for disabled players like myself who often have to spend a lot of time in bed- I’ll be able to play the full game on my ipad, even on bad pain days! Here’s to another 20 years of magic :)
WHAT?? Only another 20 years!!! LOL!! Thanks for the past 20 and good luck with getting this going!! :)
FANTASTIC NEWS~~~~~
Guys this is AMAZING!!!!! So excited. Thank you all for the work you put into this game we love
That is amazing news! Thank you for your work on this! One thing I hope will function better is the Strength class–then my bunny will finally be able to complete her degree! (I can’t get past level 8.) That said, I’ve been really impressed with everything Ganz has done to keep Classic going for us–I really appreciate it. Congratulations to everyone at Ganz on this 20th anniversary!!!
I’m seconding the excitement for a fixed Strength class; now my Dalmatian can finally get his diploma!
OH SAME I would really love that!!! My mom, sister, and friend are all stuck on level 9 and only have like a few more classes to go ;-;
I am stuck on Level 7 but I haven’t finished the others yet so I’m not counting on my Webkinz Diploma anytime soon, oopsI, too, have several pets stuck on level 8 strength for years now – it’s the only class keeping them from earning their diplomas. Thanks for the exciting news!!!
this is amazing!!!!