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Hello Kitty Seasons – Hello Kitty’s First Nintendo Wii title

Join Hello Kitty and her friends in their latest adventure – this time in the charming Sanrio Town! The first ever Hello Kitty title for the Nintendo Wii, Hello Kitty Seasons is an adventure-based game in which you manage the lovely little Sanrio Town by participating in various exciting quests and missions. The passage of time is marked by the turning of the seasons, which affect Sanrio Town in different ways and unlock new missions and challenges. As you progress through the game you will be able to upgrade the town, customize your avatar, collect in-game items including clothing and accessories, and much more!

Features:

  • Over 20 mini games.
  • See Sanrio Town in every season: unique look and challenges for Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn.
  • Play mini games and missions to upgrade your town.
  • Avatar customization and improvement.
  • Multiplayer: players compete with each other.

 

Hello Kitty Seasons will be available at retail stores starting pre-holiday 2010. The game is developed by Sanrio Digital and Dream Cortex, and distributed by Zoo Games in North America, NAMCO BANDAI Partners S.A.S. in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

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Hello Kitty Birthday Adventures Now on NDS!

Zoo Publishing Inc. and Sanrio Digital have just released their brand new game, Hello Kitty Birthday Adventures for NDS!

Players will go on adventures with Hello Kitty to look for the perfect present for each Sanrio character she meets. Stamps and stickers for Hello Kitty’s birthday book can be attained by playing mini-games, helping friends, and finding special object throughout the game. Players will also get to attend special holiday parties throughout the year to deliver birthday presents to their favorite Sanrio characters.

Game features:

  • Spend time visiting friends, hanging out, and shopping for gifts in 5 different locations: Central Square, Forest, Grassy Hill, Main Street, and Downtown.
  • Includes many Sanrio Characters such as: Hello Kitty, Badtz Mary, Kuririn, Chococat, Cinnamoroll, Dear Daniel, Deery Lou, Keroppi, Kiki, Lala, Mimmy, Papa, Mama, My Melody, Pochacco, Purin, and Usahana.
  • Over 10 mini-game styles – varies per each character or goal.
  • Fully realized Hello Kitty World.
  • Blow out birthday candles using the Nintendo DS microphone.

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    All game arts in Hello Kitty Birthday Adventures are designed and created by Dream Cortex.

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    Hello Kitty Online Music Video – The World is saying Hello!

    “The World is saying Hello!” Here is the latest Hello Kitty Online (HKO) music video produced by Sanrio Digital and Dream Cortex. The music video showcases some of the exciting features, maps, and items that players can enjoy in Hello Kitty Online!

    If you want to listen to the full version of the song “The World is saying Hello!”, you need to signup and login to Hello Kitty Online the MMOG. Please visit http://www.hellokittyonline.com for details.

    Have fun!

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    Hello Kitty Online has first commercial launch in Indonesia!

    Hello Kitty Online IndonesiaThe first commercial final release of Hello Kitty Online (HKO) is now live in Indonesia! GOGAME, the exclusive publisher of Hello Kitty Online in Indonesia, announced the game’s commercial launch on July 1, 2009. Fans in the region can now enjoy all the features of Hello Kitty Online (HKO), including the Item Mall system, in the final launch build of the game.

    If you are not in Indonesia, do not despair:  Hello Kitty Online (HKO) will be launching across more territories in the near future!

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    Dream Cortex is moving to a new office

    Dream Cortex New OfficeDream Cortex is excited to announce that we will be moving into our new office later this month.  We will still be in Cyberport, but in a different building with larger office space.  We are going to share the office with our parent company, Outblaze, and as well our sister companies Sanrio Digital and Typhoon Games.  Though this is going to be crowded (and noisy) with almost 100 people under the same roof, we all will be able to work a lot closer so we are really looking forward to the new office.

    Here is the new address, effective on 15th June 2009:

    Unit 411-415, Level 4, Cyberport 1
    100 Cyberport Road
    Hong Kong

    Do feel free to come and visit us!

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    Hello Kitty Online is coming to North America

    Great news for fans of Hello Kitty Online from North America!  Sanrio Digital and Aeria Games & Entertainment, an US based online games publisher, announced the launch of Hello Kitty Online in North America. The announcement was made at the 2009 GDC (Game Developer Conference), held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center from March 23-27.

    For details please check out the official press release here by Sanrio Digital.

    Early this month there were also announcements about Hello Kitty Online to be available in Indonesia and Philippines.

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    Dream Cortex wins the DigiCon6 Award 2008 (Hong Kong) “Prize for Effort” Certificate

    TBS DigiCon6 AwardsDream Cortex today announced that the animated TV series produced in partnership with Sanrio Digital, The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends, has won the DigiCon6 Award 2008 “Prize for Effort” Certificate for the Hong Kong region. The Hong Kong regional award ceremony was held this afternoon (March 25th 2008) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

    The DigiCon6 Awards, organized by Japan TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System), has been one of the most recognized animation awards in Japan.  The award is opened to Japan and other Asian countries including China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, India, Taiwan, Jordan, Thailand and Malaysia.

    There there a total of 2,248 entries for the 10th DigiCon6 Awards.

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    The 2008 Hong Kong ICT Awards Photos

    We are extremely honored to receive the 2008 Hong Kong ICT Awards with our Hello Kitty animated series.  Well it’s not just one but a total of four awards, including Best 3D Animation, Best TV Series, Best Modeling & Texturing, and Best Lighting & Rendering.

    By the way our Hello Kitty Online has also won the Hong Kong ICT Awards for Best Computer Graphics.  What a great and happy day for us all yesterday!

    Here are some photos that we would like to share with you:

     

    Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008

    Here are Philip Lau (Creative Leader of Dream Cortex) and Ken Cheng (Animation Team Lead) who just have received the awards from Mr Alan Wan (Secretary of the HK Comics and Animation Federation).

     

    Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008

    Philip, Ken and Thomas (Sanrio Digital) with the 5 awards that we won.

     

    Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008

    Here’s the Dream Cortex animation team, ready to open a champagne and have a celebration. Well done guys!

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    Dream Cortex and Sanrio Digital win Four 2008 Hong Kong ICT Awards

    “The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends” recognized with Awards for Best 3D Animation and Best TV Series

    Hong Kong, 10 February 2009 – Dream Cortex (www.dreamcortex.com) today announced that its 3D CGI animated series “The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends” (Season Two), produced in partnership with Sanrio Digital (Hong Kong) (www.sanriodigital.com), won awards in four categories at the 2008 Hong Kong ICT Awards. The awards are Best 3D Animation, Best TV Series, Best Modeling & Texturing, and Best Lighting & Rendering.

    The Hong Kong ICT Awards (www.hkictawards.hk) is a yearly collaborative effort among digital entertainment organizations, ICT professional bodies, academia and the Government to select and honor Hong Kong’s finest accomplishments in IT and digital entertainment. The presentation ceremony was held on February 9, 2009 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

    “The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends” is licensed by Sanrio Digital (Hong Kong), who shares the awards with Dream Cortex. This is the first Sanrio television production made in Hong Kong, and the first Sanrio series made entirely in CGI (Computer Generated Imaging). “The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends” offers an entertaining and often humorous way for children to learn about social interaction and behaviour while following the adventures of some of the world’s best-loved and most recognizable Sanrio characters including Hello Kitty, Dear Daniel, My Melody, Keroppi, Badtz Maru and Pochacco.

    “We are very pleased and honored to be selected by the Hong Kong ICT Awards for the second year in a row, and this year with four wins in four categories. These awards are a strong recognition of our animation team’s creative talents,” said Philip Lau, Creative Leader of Dream Cortex and Co-Director of “The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends”.

    “Season two of our Hello Kitty animation series is bigger, more entertaining, and packed with even better CGI than the first season,” said David Kim, Business Strategic Director of Sanrio Digital. “These multiple Hong Kong ICT Awards are a prestigious acknowledgement of the outstanding production work carried out by Dream Cortex.”

    The first season of “The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends” aired in various territories, including Italy, France, Belgium, Norway, Finland, Portugal, Singapore, Philippine, Thailand and Hong Kong. The second season started airing in Italy in September 2008 and will soon start airing in other territories.

    “The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends” is co-directed by Dream Cortex Creative Leader Philip Lau and Emmy Award nominee Matthew Swanson. Songs were written and composed by Hollywood based composer Greg Chun.

     

    About Dream Cortex
    Dream Cortex is one of Hong Kong’s premier digital content creation companies. As one of the pillars of the renowned Cyberport complex, Dream Cortex offers a state-of-the-art 3D animation and production environment coupled with industry leading digital media post-production and distribution infrastructure. Other creative services offered by Dream Cortex include PC and next-generation console game art design, web design, and interactive application development. For more information please visit www.dreamcortex.com.

     

    About Sanrio Digital (Hong Kong) Ltd.
    Sanrio Digital was founded in 2006, as a joint venture between Typhoon Games (HK) Ltd. and Sanrio Wave Hong Kong Co. Ltd. Sanrio Digital handles the expansion of Sanrio intellectual property assets into various digital and online media, capitalizing on over three decades of Sanrio original material. The company holds rights to produce offline products based on its online productions, providing synergy between the Sanrio traditional offline business and its digital venture. For more information please visit www.sanriodigital.com.

     

    Press Contact:
    Benjamin Yiu
    Dream Cortex
    Phone: +852 2534 0807
    Email: pr@dreamcortex.com

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    Christmas Greetings from Hello Kitty Online Founders’ Christmas Reunion Players

    As of December 22, 2008 at 23:59 EST, the Hello Kitty Online Founders’ Christmas Reunion has officially ended.  Here’s the Christmas greetings from the Reunion players:

    Hello Kitty Founders' Christmas Reunion

    Merry Christmas everyone!

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