NewKidCo

NewKidCo International Inc. (TSE:NKC; OTC BB: NKCIF)[1] was an American video game publisher of children's titles based on popular licensed characters, for Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft consoles. It went out of business in 2005.

The publisher was acquired by Alpha Software which then was acquired by SoftQuad Software and subsequently, SoftQuad was renamed to NewKidCo.[2][3]

Initially NewKidCo had subsidiary offices in Burlington, Massachusetts and Midtown Manhattan, New York City.[4] At a later point, it was headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, with its only office being there.[5]

NewKidCo had a partnership with Canadian animation studio CinéGroupe to make video games based on Tom and Jerry and Dora the Explorer. Circa 2003, two of NewKidCo's properties, Winnie the Pooh and Dora the Explorer, were sold to Gotham Games.

Most of their games were rated E for everyone, with the exception of Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers, which is rated T for teen due to its excessive yet cartoony violence.

In July 2000, Ubi Soft signed a publishing deal with the company to allow them to release the company's titles in PAL region territories.[6]

Games
Title Platform(s) Developer(s) Year(s)
Tiny Toon Adventures: The Great BeanstalkPlayStationTerraglyph Interactive Studios1998
Sesame Street: Elmo's Letter AdventureNintendo 64, PlayStationRealtime Associates1998 (PS)
1999 (N64)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Number Journey
Disney's Story Studio: MulanPlayStationRevolution Software1999
Hello Kitty's Cube FrenzyGame Boy Color, PlayStationCulture Publishers (PlayStation)
Torus Games (Game Boy Color)
Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in GrouchlandGame Boy ColorBonsai Interactive Corporation
Sesame Street: Elmo's 123sBonsai Entertainment
Sesame Street: Elmo's ABCs
Doug's Big GameImaginEngine/Magellan Interactive2000
Dragon Tales: Dragon SeekPlayStationZed Two Game Design Studio
Dragon Tales: Dragon WingsGame Boy Color
Tigger's Honey HuntNintendo 64, PlayStationDoki Denki Studio
Tom and Jerry in Fists of FurryNintendo 64, WindowsVIS Entertainment
Tom and Jerry in House TrapPlayStationWarthog Games
Tom and Jerry in Mouse Attacks!Game Boy Color
Winnie the Pooh: Adventures in the 100 Acre WoodTOSE
Dragon Tales: Dragon AdventuresHandheld Games2001
E.T.: Digital CompanionPowerhead Games
E.T.: Escape from Planet EarthSaffire
E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialGame Boy AdvanceFluid Studios
Goofy's Fun HousePlayStationThe Code Monkeys
Sesame Street SportsGame Boy Color, PlayStationBonsai Interactive Corporation (GBC)
Realtime Associates (PlayStation)
E.T.: Away from HomePCLexis Numérique2002
E.T.: Interplanetary MissionPC, PlayStationLexis Numérique (PC)
Digital Eclipse Software (PlayStation)
E.T.: Phone Home AdventurePCLexis Numérique
E.T. and the Cosmic GardenGame Boy ColorZed Two Game Design Studio
Little League Baseball 2002Game Boy AdvanceHandheld Games
Muppet Pinball MayhemDigital Eclipse
Tom and Jerry: The Magic RingCave+Barn Studios
Droopy's Tennis OpenWarthog Games
Tom and Jerry in Infurnal EscapeCinéGroupe
Dora the Explorer: The Search for Pirate Pig's Treasure
Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers GameCube, PlayStation 2, XboxVIS Entertainment2002 (PS2)
2003 (NGC/Xbox)
Dr. Seuss: Green Eggs and HamGame Boy AdvanceHandheld Games2003
Dr. Seuss: The Cat in the HatPlayStationDC Studios2004
The Cat in the HatGame Boy AdvanceGame Titan2005

Canceled

References
  1. "About NewKidCo International Inc." NewKidCo. December 29, 2001. Retrieved on July 28, 2010.
  2. "SoftQuad International Explores Strategic Alternatives for Web Tools Unit - Press Centre". Xml.coverpages.org. 1998-06-10. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
  3. "Business Wire: SoftQuad International Inc. Announces Special Meeting of Shareholders". 15 May 2005. Archived from the original on 15 May 2005. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. "Corporate Directory." NewKidCo. October 7, 1999. Retrieved on July 27, 2010.
  5. "Corporate Directory." NewKidCo. January 4, 2002. Retrieved on July 27, 2010.
  6. "Ubi Soft to take NewKidCo's Video Games to Kids Around the World".
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