NewKidCo International Inc. ( TSE:NKC; OTC BB: NKCIF) was an American

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of children's titles based on popular licensed characters, for

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and

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consoles. It went out of business in 2005. The publisher was acquired by Alpha Software which then was acquired by

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and subsequently, SoftQuad was renamed to NewKidCo. Initially NewKidCo had subsidiary offices in

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and

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. At a later point, it was headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, with its only office being there. NewKidCo had a partnership with Canadian animation studio

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to make video games based on

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and

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. Circa 2003, two of NewKidCo's properties,

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and

, were sold to

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. Most of their games were rated E for everyone, with the exception of ''

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'', which is rated T for teen due to its excessive yet cartoony violence. In July 2000,

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signed a publishing deal with the company to allow them to release the company's titles in PAL region territories.

Games

Canceled

* ''Droopy's Miniature Golf'' (

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) * ''E.T.: Return to the Green Planet'' (

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) * ''E.T.: Salerian Project'' (

) * ''E.T.: Search for Dragora'' (

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) * ''Doug: Adventures in Bluffington'' (

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) * ''PB&J Otter: Noodle Dance Mania!'' (

) * ''PB&J Otter: Pinch Saves the Day!'' (

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) * ''Little League Baseball 2002'' (

) * ''The Super-Stoo-Pendus World of Dr. Seuss'' (

) * ''U.S. Youth Soccer: Power-Up Soccer'' (

)

References

External links

* (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Newkidco Defunct video game companies of the United States Video game companies disestablished in 2005 Defunct companies based in New York City