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Poptropica
Poptropica is an online role-playing game, developed in 2007 by Pearson Education's Family Education Network, and targeted towards children aged 6 to 15. "Poptropica" was primarily the creation of Jeff Kinney, the author of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. As of 2015, he remains at the company as the Creative Director.
In the game, players can go to different 'islands' (game quest scenarios), compete in multiplayer games, and communicate with each other. The
youth-oriented online quest game "Poptropica", through its Family Education Network. In 2015 Pearson's Family Education Network, along with Poptropica, were sold to the London based investment group Sandbox Partners.
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Technology products StatCrunch.
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