Polygon

Neopets announces change of management and a relaunch of the main site

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 ...
Bleeding Cool

Neopets: Mega Mini Games Collection Announced For March 2026

Neopets: Mega Mini Games Collection has been put up for pre=order, as the collection arrives on PC and consoles this March ...
Polygon

Neopets is finally in its revival era

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 ...
Mashable

Neopets will finally fix its games in $4 million overhaul

Early '00s icon Neopets is attempting a comeback, announcing a new management team, new funding, and a new direction that will hopefully help it ride the Y2K nostalgia wave back to the top. And yes, ...
PC Gamer

Neopets goes independent, cancels NFT game and promises new era free from 'corporate baggage'

Neopets was one of the hottest destinations on the World Wide Web of the early 2000s, but the audience for its virtual pets has been in decline for years now. Neopets itself has declined, too, admit ...
gematsu

Neopets: Mega Mini Games Collection announced for PS5, Switch, and PC

Publisher Bolt Production International and developer No Gravity Games have announced Neopets: Mega Mini Games Collection for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC (Steam). It will launch on March 26, 2026. A ...
IGN

Neopets’ ‘New Era’ Looks a Lot Like We Remember It, and That’s the Point

When I was 12 or so, I remember hanging out in a corner of browser-based virtual pet game Neopets known as “Evil Things and Monster Sightings” or “EMS,” and pledging to some internet strangers that ...
The Verge

Neopets is moving into a ‘new era’ — and leaving NFTs and the metaverse behind

It might be time to log in to your Neopets account again. It might be time to log in to your Neopets account again. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in ...
BBC

Neopets: Virtual pet website plans $4m comeback

Virtual pet website Neopets is planning a comeback. Launched in 1999 by British developers, the site let users care for cartoon pets, chat and play games. But after Viacom bought it, for $160m (£122m) ...
NPR

Neopets, an online game popular in the 2000s, is having a resurgence

The virtual reality game, Neopets, which boomed in the 2000s, has had a resurgence. Danielle Kurtzleben explores why users some users have come back and why others never left. Sponsor Message DANIELLE ...
Newsweek

New Neopets Mobile App Launches Summer 2019, Replacing Website

Neopets is doing away with its classic website in summer 2019. A press release from JumpStart released over the holiday week teased a new future for the online pet simulator, one that "replaces" the ...