The Big Apple is coming to HKO, and you can help build it!  Here is a direct quote from the official announcement:

Hello Kitty Online is proud to announce its 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.

 

If you would like to join in the fun, help test the game, and see your name permanently engraved inside the cute world of Hello Kitty, become a Founder today! Green Pixels is offering a limited number of beta keys that will allow you to become a Founder of Hello Kitty Online and play in the Founders’ Beta. Supplies are limited, so get yours now.

We promised that we would give our founders a chance to immortalize their name in the Sanrio Land.  Now’s your chance so log in and we hope you enjoy the event!

If you missed out in the previous call to be a Founder, don’t be sad, the new gaming site, Green Pixels is now giving away more accounts!  Due to the high demand, the slots are limited, so be sure to check it out now!

Hurray!  The long awaited chance to play the game is finally coming!  We now have a date for all of you, and that’s October 8, 2008.  Mark your calendars folks because as Mr. Trump would say… “It’s going to be HUGE!”  Judging from what I have seen so far, it will be worth the wait!

So what’s in store for you?  Well for one you get a new and improved game interface, new monsters, several new maps to explore and you will finally get to hang out and visit London and Paris!  The game also received some really cute graphical improvements such as spinning windmills, moving trees and new NPC actions and animations.

Now only a select few will be able to play this beta outing.  In order to join, you must have a SanrioTown account and send a blank email to hkofounder@hellokitty.com using your SanrioTown email account.

If you need to know more, check out the official announcement at www.sanriodigital.com.  If you have questions, you can ask them at onlinegame@hellokitty.com.  See you all soon!

I’ve been asked so many times how it’s like to work on a video game.  Well, it involves long hours, lots of coffee and a lot of talking to a speaker phone.  Sometimes it feels like we are inside a Charlie’s Angels movie. Hmmm…. Kitty’s Angels…. doesn’t really fit us doesn’t it?

What makes it all worthwhile after all this hard work is you… Yes YOU! We just love that warm fuzzy feeling we get when we see the happiness the game brings you all.

Well anyway… something is brewing. Here ends my mindless rambling…