Continuing to create social awareness and charitable giving in its players, Hello Kitty Online developer, Sanrio, is giving players the opportunity to trade items collected in game that will translate to real world donations to Toys for Tots. The promotion lasts from now through December 8th.
Reported on Dec 03, 2010Hello Kitty Online players have the ongoing opportunity to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation by purchasing pink ribbon t-shirts and wands. Publisher Sanrio has announced that 100% of all sales of these in-game items will be donated to the Komen Foundation for breast cancer research and awareness. The items will be permanently available effective immediately.
Reported on Nov 16, 2010Hello Kitty Online players will have the chance to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico after this past summer's horrific oil spill and to help kids in impoverished nations affected by the spill. By simply playing "Chocolate Harbor Rescue" in game, players can generate "donation points" which will be turned into cash donations to Oceana, an organization for ocean conservation, and UNICEF, a children's charitable organization sponsored by the United Nations.
Reported on Sep 09, 2010Hello Kitty Online retail boxes have now hit the shelves at Amazon.com, Best Buy and Target across North America. Branded game cards can also be purchased at the same retail locations. Players who purchase the retail edition of the game will be treated to several bonuses as well.
Reported on Aug 24, 2010Hello Kitty Online players will be able to fund their in-game store purchases through PlaySpan. Publisher Sanrio has inked a deal with PlaySpan to power purchases when Hello Kitty Online goes into retail release. Hello Kitty Online is currently in closed beta testing but is set to enter open beta soon.
Reported on Aug 11, 2010This music trailer for Hello Kitty Online features the debut of a new theme song, "The World is Saying Hello" by The Sanrio Digital Frequency featuring Chantal, with music by Greg Chun and lyrics by Jason Mayland. Also shown in the trailer are the different maps of the Sunbright Express train station, the game's farming system, house building & customization, multiplayer Flash-based minigames, as well as avatar customization and items.
Reported on Jan 11, 2010MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller asks a few questions of Game Designer Abby Reyes and VP of Business Development and Publishing Robert Ferrari about Hello Kitty Online and where the game stands today.
Reported on Nov 16, 2009MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh recently spoke with Hello Kitty Online Executive Producer Grant Wei about the progress of the game for the North American market.
Reported on Sep 21, 2009Aeria Games and Sanrio Digital has launched the closed beta for Hello Kitty Online at this year's Penny Arcade Expo, with the open beta to begin later this month. Fans who attend PAX will also be treated to the first public demo of the game in North America.
Reported on Sep 04, 2009The North American version of Hello Kitty Online has entered closed beta. For those who are interested in participating in the closed beta test for the "cutest MMORPG" ever made, Aeria Games is now taking sign ups.
Reported on Aug 04, 2009Sanrio Digital has announced that hey have partnered with Aeria Games & Entertainment to launch Hello Kitty Online in North America.
Reported on Mar 25, 2009Sanrio Digital has announced that Hello Kitty Online will be expanding into Indonesia.
Reported on Mar 12, 2009Today we present three new images from Sanrio Digital's Hello Kitty Online.
Reported on Feb 11, 2009The upcoming MMORPG, hello Kitty Online has a special treat for fans heading into this Valentine's Day.
Reported on Feb 11, 2009Sanrio 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.
Reported on Feb 03, 2009Sanrio Digital has declared that they will be holding a Founders' Christmas Reunion in Hello Kitty Online to celebrate the holiday season.
Reported on Dec 04, 2008Sanrio 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.
Reported on Oct 17, 2008Sanrio Digital has announced that the Hello Kitty Online Founders' Beta client is now available for download.
Reported on Oct 06, 2008Sanrio Digital has announced that they will begin an exclusive Founders Beta on October 8th, 2008.
Reported on Sep 12, 2008For those of you out there who just can't get enough of that mad cat Hello Kitty, the dev team sanrio Co. have sent along this new trailer for the upcoming MMORPG.
Reported on Aug 28, 2008