Plazas were located underneath a user's nest, and contained five virtual businesses. All players also had a 'Bin Card' in their nest, which they stamped every day to collect rewards including hat coupons, item vouchers, plants, XP, Dosh, Mulch and much more. The nest consisted of a private cinema, a plaza (both required membership), a garden, nest generator and a Bin Bot Portal. The items could be sold at one of the locations in the game if the player didn't want the item anymore for Mulch currency. Nestco included over 18 item categories, the Nestige Range, and a showroom. Nestco was the main shopping department, where players could purchase nest items and bundles to decorate their nest rooms with. Players could choose to upgrade the nest to all 8 rooms using the Mulch currency via a membership and were also able to decorate their rooms by buying items from the 'Shopping Mall' and placing the items in their rooms accordingly. Players had their own ' nest' in which they were able to adjust the colour and design the rooms with items. Kip's Scrapyard, Peel's Park, Ink's Orange Peel) with items you would find usually in a bin, such as mould and orange peels. The game was set in a bin-like setting where many locations were specifically designed for this theme (e.g. Players could create, customize and control their own character in an online world. īin Weevils was based on the theme of real creatures, weevils.

The website was quietly taken offline on 16 January 2021, after Adobe Flash was discontinued. ĥ5 Pixels filed for liquidation in December 2020. Bin Weevils reached 1.2 million website monthly visitors in September 2012. īin Weevils was previously ranked as one of the most visited virtual world websites in the United Kingdom, reaching over 20 million users in 2013.

In 2007, Bin Weevils was re-launched as an independent website with a redesign and new content, making way for books, magazines and products inspired by the game world. Brief animated clips based on characters from the game aired on TV in 2006. The game was developed by 55 Pixels Limited (previously Bin Weevils Limited) and launched in January 2004 as a joint venture between Nickelodeon UK, Prism Entertainment Ltd and CEG (Creative Entertainment Group). Bin Weevils was a British MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) involving a virtual world containing a range of online games and activities.