| Founded: | 1997 |
| Type: | Children's video game Publisher |
| Defunct: | 2005 |
| Owner: | Alpha Software SoftQuad Software (acquired) |
| Products: | Video game |
| Fate: | Acquired |
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]
| Title | Platform(s) | Developer(s) | Year(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | ||||||
| Sesame Street: Elmo's Letter Adventure | "align="center" rowspan="2" | "align="center" rowspan="2" | "align="center" rowspan="2" | 1998 (PS) 1999 (N64) | ||
| Sesame Street: Elmo's Number Journey | ||||||
| "align="center" rowspan="5" | 1999 | |||||
| Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy | Culture Publishers (PlayStation) Torus Games (Game Boy Color) | |||||
| Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | "align="center" rowspan="4" | Bonsai Interactive Corporation | ||||
| Sesame Street: Elmo's 123s | "align="center" rowspan="2" | Bonsai Entertainment | ||||
| Sesame Street: Elmo's ABCs | ||||||
| Doug's Big Game | ImaginEngine/Magellan Interactive | "align="center" rowspan="8" | 2000 | |||
| Dragon Tales: Dragon Seek | "align="center" rowspan="2" | Zed Two Game Design Studio | ||||
| Dragon Tales: Dragon Wings | Game Boy Color | |||||
| Tigger's Honey Hunt | Doki Denki Studio | |||||
| Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry | VIS Entertainment | |||||
| Tom and Jerry in House Trap | "align="center" rowspan="2" | Warthog Games | ||||
| Tom and Jerry in Mouse Attacks! | "align="center" rowspan="5" | Game Boy Color | ||||
| TOSE | ||||||
| Dragon Tales: Dragon Adventures | "align="center" rowspan="6" | 2001 | ||||
| E.T.: Digital Companion | Powerhead Games | |||||
| E.T.: Escape from Planet Earth | Saffire | |||||
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Fluid Studios | |||||
| Goofy's Fun House | The Code Monkeys | |||||
| Sesame Street Sports | Bonsai Interactive Corporation (GBC) Realtime Associates (PlayStation) | |||||
| E.T.: Away from Home | Lexis Numérique | "align="center" rowspan="10" | 2002 | |||
| Lexis Numérique (PC) Digital Eclipse Software (PlayStation) | ||||||
| E.T.: Phone Home Adventure | Lexis Numérique | |||||
| E.T. and the Cosmic Garden | Zed Two Game Design Studio | |||||
| Little League Baseball 2002 | ||||||
| Muppet Pinball Mayhem | Digital Eclipse | |||||
| Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring | Cave+Barn Studios | |||||
| Droopy's Tennis Open | Warthog Games | |||||
| Tom and Jerry in Infurnal Escape | CinéGroupe | |||||
| Dora the Explorer: The Search for Pirate Pig's Treasure | ||||||
| Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox | 2002 (PS2) 2003 (NGC/Xbox) | ||||
| Dr. Seuss: Green Eggs and Ham | 2003 | |||||
| Dr. Seuss: The Cat in the Hat | DC Studios | 2004 | ||||
| The Cat in the Hat | 2005 |