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Hello Kitty Coming to North America

Sanrio Digital has announced that hey have partnered with Aeria Games & Entertainment to launch Hello Kitty Online in North America.

San Francisco, CA, USA – March 25, 2009: Sanrio Digital (www.sanriodigital.com) and Aeria Games & Entertainment Inc. (www.aeriagames.com), a US based online games publisher, today announced they are partnering to launch Hello Kitty Online in North America. The announcement was made at the 2009 Game Developer Conference®, held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center from March 23-27. Hello Kitty Online is the eagerly anticipated official massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) of the Hello Kitty universe. Aeria Games will manage North American online publishing and game service operations for Hello Kitty Online. Sanrio Digital will manage retail publishing of the game and operate SanrioTown (www.sanriotown.com), the Sanrio-themed portal and social networking site integrated with Hello Kitty Online.

“Sanrio Digital is very excited to partner with Aeria Games, who will be our online publisher and operator for Hello Kitty Online in North America. With Aeria Games’ leadership position in the free-to-play casual MMO sector and Hello Kitty brand awareness among the underserved female gaming audience, Hello Kitty Online will grow into a leading social gaming destination for teens and female adults,” said Robert Ferrari, Vice President of Publishing & Business Development of Sanrio Digital.

“Aeria Games is honored to partner with Sanrio Digital to introduce Hello Kitty Online to the North American audience. Given the global, well-loved brand and the advanced game design, we believe that Hello Kitty Online will propel the casual free-to-play MMO industry into the mainstream,” said JT Nguyen, Chief Marketing Officer of Aeria Games.

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Hello Kitty Goes to Indonesia

Sanrio Digital has announced that Hello Kitty Online will be expanding into Indonesia.

Hong Kong – March 11, 2009: Sanrio Digital (www.sanriodigital.com) and GOGAME (www.gogame.co.id), an Indonesian online games publisher, today announced a partnership to launch Hello Kitty Online and SanrioTown in Indonesia. Hello Kitty Online is the eagerly anticipated official massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) of the Hello Kitty universe. SanrioTown is a Sanrio-themed portal and social networking site integrated with Hello Kitty Online. GOGAME will publish and operate Indonesian versions of Hello Kitty Online and SanrioTown.

“Sanrio Digital is privileged to be collaborating with GOGAME to publish Hello Kitty Online in Indonesia. With a young, growing, and dynamic Internet population, Indonesia is an exciting prospect and a relevant market for the convergence of online gaming and social networking being spearheaded by Hello Kitty Online. We are confident that our partnership will be a fruitful one,” said Yat Siu, CEO of Sanrio Digital.

GOGAME CEO Patrick Setiawan commented: “GOGAME’s partnership with Sanrio Digital to launch SanrioTown and Hello Kitty Online in Indonesia will bring a breath of fresh air to the online games industry in the territory. As the first MMOG based on Sanrio intellectual property and the first to offer portal-game integration, Hello Kitty Online will attract MMOG players and Hello Kitty fans throughout Indonesia, and help confirm GOGAME as a major player in the Indonesian gaming industry.”

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Open Valentine’s Event

The upcoming MMORPG, Hello Kitty Online has a special treat for fans heading into this Valentine’s Day.

From February 14th to the 17th, interested parties will be able to try out the upcoming MMO in a Valentine’s Day Event / Stress Test. This event is open to both testers and the general public:

Do you know someone who wants to try HKO? On February 14-17, 2009, everyone will be able to log in and enjoy the “Happy Hearts” HKO Valentine’s Day event. To join the fun, you simply sign up at www.sanriotown.com (it’s free!) and download the HKO game client from www.hellokittyonline.com. We will be running a stress test during this event, just to make sure the HKO servers can handle high traffic and load.

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New Screenshots

Today we present three new images from Sanrio Digital’s Hello Kitty Online.

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Valentine’s Event

Sanrio Digital has announced a Valentine’s day event in Hello Kitty Online. The game will be open to the public from February 14th to the 17th and the event will include new content and game improvements.

Hong Kong – February 3, 2009: Sanrio Digital today announced that Hello Kitty Online will open to the public from February 14 to February 17, 2009, allowing new players to participate in the Valentine’s Day “Happy Hearts” event. To play, simply sign up to www.sanriotown.com and start downloading the game client from www.helllokittyonline.com. All players will be able to log in to the game starting from February 14, 2009 20:00 (8pm) Eastern Standard Time.

The “Happy Hearts” event for Founders of Hello Kitty Online will run from February 12 to February 17, 2009. New players will be accepted from February 14 until the end of the event.

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Founders’ Christmas Reunion

Sanrio Digital has declared that they will be holding a Founders’ Christmas Reunion in Hello Kitty Online to celebrate the holiday season.

Hong Kong – December 4, 2008: Sanrio Digital today invited Founders of Hello Kitty Online to an exclusive Hello Kitty Online Christmas gathering. >From December 17 to December 22, 2008, Hello Kitty Online founders will celebrate the last party of the year in Sanrio Land: the “Founders’ Christmas Reunion”.

The Founders’ Christmas Reunion will feature exclusive game content specially made for the players who participated in the recent Founders’ Beta, including:

*Special Christmas quests that will send you to a fun filled adventure around Sanrio Land to put Christmas back on track.
*Newly designed exclusive Christmas maps to explore.
*The fruits of the Build New York quests will finally be revealed! Be the first to visit Sanrio Land’s newest city: New York!

The Hello Kitty Online Founders’ Christmas Reunion begins December 17, 2008 at 22:00 EST, and will finish December 22, 2008 at 23:59 EST. Please note that Hello Kitty Online will not be accessible outside of this period.

A patch to update the Founders’ Beta game clients will be available shortly before the Founders’ Christmas Reunion opens. The game installer will also be available for download for users who have uninstalled or lost their Founders’ Beta installers. More details regarding this will be available soon.

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Build New York Event

Sanrio Digital has announced an event in the Hello Kitty Online beta where players are tasked with building New York, an area that they say will be in the next phase of the game.

Sanrio Digital is proud to announce Hello Kitty Online’s largest in-game event yet: the building of New York City! Starting October 17, 2008, players of the Hello Kitty Online Founders’ Beta will be able to participate in a series of quests to collect and organize materials for the building of New York, a new area that will appear in the next phase of the game.

Players who successfully complete all the required quests will have the names of their character permanently recorded on virtual commemorative plaques located throughout the new area (the plaques will appear in future versions of the game’s North American edition). It’s a unique opportunity to leave your mark on Hello Kitty Online!

That is just one example of Hello Kitty Online’s commitment to players who participate in the Founders’ Beta. Founders also enjoy permanent rewards and status, and will retain much of their characters’ progress into the launch version of Hello Kitty Online.

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Founders’ Beta Available for Download

Sanrio Digital has announced that the Hello Kitty Online Founders’ Beta client is now available for download.

The Hello Kitty Online client is now up for download on the official HKO Download Center! Just follow the instructions there, and you will be one step closer to joining the fun in the HKO Founders’ Beta! The doors of Sanrio Land will open on October 8, 2008 at exactly 22:00 US Eastern Standard Time (Oct 9 – 10:00 in Hong Kong Time), so start downloading now!

For those who should have any trouble downloading through torrent, don’t fret. There will be a comprehensive HKO client installer up for direct download on October 8!

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