Sanrio Digital and Aeria Games & Entertainment Inc., a US based online games publisher, 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, the Sanrio-themed portal and social networking site integrated with Hello Kitty Online.
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“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.
For more information about Hello Kitty Online, please click here.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
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March 26th, 2009 at 2:15 am
Greatest news I hearxd this month ^^
March 26th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Greatest news I read this month
March 26th, 2009 at 7:15 am
this is wonderfull! i live in north america and i love this ! :D:)
Thank You!!
March 26th, 2009 at 7:26 am
So people in North America can go on HKO?
March 26th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
uhhhh so when is HKO gonna be out?!
March 27th, 2009 at 3:07 am
yay!!!! im sooo excited!! =D
thank you!!!! xD
March 29th, 2009 at 2:08 am
YAAAAAYYYYY im excited about this…i cant wait
March 29th, 2009 at 2:09 am
oh and i cant wait to see all my guild mates too…
savyna is my in game name (i dont know if i still have the character but thats what her name was)
March 30th, 2009 at 2:26 am
You may want to change your annoucement, if you hadn’t realised guys play hello kitty online, and its pretty much guys that will buy stuff if they like too.
Why no love for the male gamers?
Look on sanriotown. for such epic people as me. Long time yearly members.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Is it out yet???? coz I downloaded it but I cant so log in so i wanna know if I have 2 redownload it or just wait!
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:43 pm
WHEN IS IT COMING OUT?!!?! Why post this saying it’s coming out and no date… UGH. Been waiting FOREVER.
April 5th, 2009 at 10:52 am
victoria is asking how to join the hello kitty online
April 14th, 2009 at 6:48 am
umm i looked into this site a year ago and have been waiting like forever to come out it looks like way fun but no body is giving me a release date I’d really like to know when its going to come out….
April 21st, 2009 at 8:00 am
@kuromi-chan
“will launch in various territories throughout 2009, using a free-to-play model with optional premium upgrades”
http://s.aeriagames.com/files/docs/PR/PR66.doc
April 29th, 2009 at 6:21 am
thanks:)
Guess I didn’t look quite hard enough, still its kind of a generic release date but it is good enough.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Well then, its almost been half a year so…. where is the updated info on HKO? It’s May 2009 already…… WHERE IS THIS GAME? Like hello…. I really want to play it and get lost in it. I am so glad I didn’t pay to play World of Warcrack… I would much rather get lost in this game or Diablo II. I can’t wait!!!!!
May 10th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Can someone tell me when this will be out already! im so anxious to start playing ahh!
May 22nd, 2009 at 7:50 am
wait, we got to play the game in march?!
how come no one told me?!
May 24th, 2009 at 12:52 am
WHEN???
May 26th, 2009 at 8:13 am
THIS IS SO COOL! I CAN’T WAIT! YAY YAY YAY!
May 27th, 2009 at 2:03 am
does any1 no when its gonna be out in the UK ?? coz i really
want 2 no!! I cant wait 2 play it!!
May 29th, 2009 at 11:29 am
i really need help downloading this because hello kitty rocks
May 29th, 2009 at 11:32 am
where is the game