No criteria to pick these users have been released yet. The Toontown Rewritten FAQ states that Alpha Testing should go up in a week for selected users. The thread’s title is “Toontown Rewritten: We’re back”. The new build is called Toontown Rewritten and it was announced by reddit user alex_newtron at approximately 2:30 CST. Users logged in when the game was pulled received a notification that they were kicked from the server.
When trying to connect, the error message, “Could not connect to :6667. Users planning to login shortly before the game unplugged were unable to connect to the server for as long as ten minutes before it was reported to shut down at 11:59.
Social networking sites like reddit and tumblr were buzzing with news of the shutdown. This massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) was targeted at children and provided a family-friendly atmosphere that won several awards, including Game of the Year in 2003 by Computer Gaming World and the Safe Gaming Award by Wired in 2005. The programmers behind the project hope Disney will not challenge the legality of the issue.ĭisney closed Toontown Online today after 10 years of service.
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Shortly after the servers were disconnected to Toontown Online, programmers announced plans to open an alternate version of the game. Alpha testing is planned to begin in a week. The game will run the exact version of Toontown Online players know. A programmer published interest in releasing a free version of Toontown Online after it was taken down from the public.