Dead Neopets

Something is rotten in the heart of Neopia

On Monday, a message was posted by the team behind Neopets, the now 22-year-old online game and virtual pet platform. “We would like to apologise to the Neopets community, our community of advocates, and our newfound supporters,” it read.

The apology followed a week’s worth of heated controversy among the small but passionate regiment of Neopets fans who…