Singapore residents who are fans of Sanrio and HKO, be sure to grab today’s My Paper! the MMORPG has just been featured today there, which is one of the leading publications in the country and is known to cover “world news, business, sports, lifestyle, and entertainment in two languages within a single newspaper”.Aside from talking about HKO, the article features the impact of the MMORPG on Singapore (the game will be opening for the region come next month), and how the people there are anticipating the game. SanrioTown and HKO’s very own Starrfire7 is even featured in the article, so hats off to you, Starrfire7!

More great news for all the Sanrio fans worldwide: Hello Kitty Online (HKO) has now reached Brazil!Sanrio Digital and online games publisher Gamemaxx has announced in a recent press conference that they’ll be bringing the Sanrio-themed MMORPG to Brazil. In addition to HKO, a Brazilian version of SanrioTown will also be made in conjunction with the event.

HKO Indonesia is already set to have their open beta today, 16 June 2009. HKO Malaysia and Singapore are set to have theirs come July of the same year through Gloot.net. Also, as reported earlier, Aeria Games & Entertainment, Inc. will be the North American publisher of HKO. Find out more of the latest HKO news is by clicking here!

For those who don’t know, a lot of great and new things are going on in the development of Hello Kitty Online (HKO). Aside from the storylines quests and maps that are being created for the players, new avatars, mini-games and more are also being churned out to bring a whole new level of fun to the game!

Click here to see what these improvements are.

Hello Kitty Online is now officially launched in Indonesia!

A press conference was held last week, 22 April 2009, in XXI Sarinah to officially launch arguably one of the biggest MMORPGs to date in Indonesia. There, Sanrio Digital and GOGAME, a game publishing company based in Jakarta, Indonesia, signed a symbolic cooperative agreement, making their partnership official, as well as making GOGAME the official publisher of HKO in Indonesia

. Among the changes made by GOGAME to HKO are the following: the Housing system, wherein players can build their own house that they can access through the Farm Manager in London; an advanced farming system that already has an irrigation feature so that players won’t have to worry about asking help from their friends to water the crops; and the consumable loyalty points that they can get via using the services of SanrioTown. Mr. Teguh Sanjaya, GOGAME’s Marketing Director, has stated that  players should expect that in-game events would be focused on cooperating and working with other players, such as building houses together.Patrick Setiawan, Chief Executive Officer of GOGAME, described HKO as “an online game product that is closely linked to a community portal, which also use a well known brand like Sanrio are the first of its kind in the world,” stating that Indonesia is the first country in the world that was able to launch a publisher-operated version of HKO.

As a special treat for all our readers, we bring you this brand new 3D trailer for Hello Kitty Online! Whether you’re a beta tester or new to the game, we’re sure you’ll enjoy watching this exciting video showcasing the magic of Sanrio Land.

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