As part of the game's 40th Anniversary, Bandai Namco revealed a new Pac-Man title today with Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle. Developed by Heavy Iron Studios, the game is officially launching on Stadia as it uses Google's cloud gaming platform to create the largest multiplayer Pac-Man game ever developed with 64 players. Yes, that's right, 54-player […]
Antstream Arcade announced this morning that they will be throwing the world's first online tournament for the classic arcade game Pac-Man. The event will take place from October 23rd-30th and will feature Guinness World Record holder Billy Mitchell and UK Pac-Man champion Jon Stoodley. The tournament itself will have some extreme rules to it to […]
This year for Record Store Day, iam8bit released a special Single for the 40th Anniversary of Pac-Man onto vinyl as a special exclusive. The Single was supposed to be released back in April, but then CoVID-19 hit the general public, and RSD was postponed clear until today, August 29th. Now that the album is out, […]
Hasbro has released a brand new version of Monopoly this week, celebrating all things Pac-Man for the game's 40th Anniversary. The Monopoly Arcade Pac-Man Game brings together all the action of the arcade game into the classic board game as you'll be traveling down a special Pac-Man themed board as you buy properties and avoid […]
Pac-Man is the fifth episode of Song Machine from Gorillaz. The artificially manufactured band in every sense, originally created Blur's Damon Albarn and Tank Girl's Jamie Hewlett features US rapper ScHoolboy Q. Produced by Prince Paul, Remi Kabaka Jr. and recorded in London just before lockdown, Pac-Man ft ScHoolboy Q comes on the 40th anniversary of the […]
Gorillaz just released a new music video today that helps celebrate Pac-Man's 40th anniversary with a song dedicated to the game. The virtual music group has been releasing new tracks as part of an online series called Sound Machine, in which they basically are just putting out singles with their own music videos rather than […]
Another announcement for Pac-Man's 40th anniversary is that the game will see some special sake bottles released in celebration. The news comes from 4Gamer, as Tears and NAVIO announced that the two companies would jointly release a special set of bottles featuring the iconic character and all four of the ghosts in metallic bottles colored […]
As a bit of a tribute to Pac-Man's 40th anniversary, Mjoang has added the iconic character into Minecraft for people to use. It shouldn't come as any surprise that game developers would pay tribute to it, as Pac-Man's success in the early '80s is responsible for modern gaming being what it ss in many ways. […]
The Pac-Man 40th Anniversary party keeps on rolling, and we're proud to show off this awesome extremely limited edition Pac-Man 40th Anniversary Quarter Arcades! These desktop-size machines are perfect for collectors, and the limited edition arcade signed by creator Toru Iwatani is the perfect item for all hardcore fans — or any hardcore gaming fan in […]
It's hard to believe that Pac-Man is 40. The iconic and popular video game has been entertaining millions of people around the world and continues to find new fans every day. Pac-Man can be found in a number of things — from pinball machines, to consoles games, and of course the legendary arcade machine. But […]
My Arcade revealed this week they're releasing a 40th Anniversary Pac-Man arcade micro player that's been gold-plated. You can see the design below as the company has partnered with Bandai Namco to bring the classic arcade game back into their collection to make this gold-clad version of the popular micro player line. This particular one […]
Bandai Namco and Twitch revealed today on Pac-Man's 40th Anniversary the addition of Pac-Man Live Studio to the website. The actual studio itself won't be coming until June, but the basics are that streamers will be able to play versions of the iconic arcade game live on stream. You'll have several options to choose from […]
Bandai Namco has launched a new campaign today called "More Fun For Everyone – At Home" to help combat COVID-19. The plan, like most at-home campaigns you've seen lately from other companies, is to offer gamers free titles as a way to occupy their time and play with others online. The game they are offering […]
Bandai Namco along with iam8bit revealed today that Pac-Man will be getting a special 40th Anniversary vinyl release for Record Store Day. The record in question is a 7" vinyl for "Join The Pac", which will be released exclusively in RSD stores on April 18th in North America and the UK. Once the event is […]
If you collect Tamagotchi, you might want to keep your eye out for the next batch around the corner. Bandai debuted a new Pac-Man Tamagotchi series that'll have the inner retro gaming collector in you jumping for joy. The Tamagotchi collection comes in two different shells: one back with a classic Pac-Man print, and a […]
You know those videos at the start of every film telling you how to behave in a theater? There's a new one out starring Pac-Man in Japan. Bandai Namco released a brand new video in Japan that theater patrons will start seeing on a regular basis, which will discuss proper theater etiquette starring Pac-Man himself […]
Tomorrow is National Video Game Day, and to celebrate it, Arcade1Up will be giving away five arcade machines to one lucky person. The company will be running a contest through their social media accounts for a chance to win five cabinets at once. Those cabinets, as you can see below, are for Mortal Kombat, Centipede, […]
Stranger Things season 3 is now streaming on Netflix, and people are gathering all over and having watch parties as we speak, myself included. There are some really awesome games available now to help spruce up your binge this weekend, and Hasbro was cool enough to send us some over to take a look at. […]
Bandai Namco unveiled a brand new set of Pac-Man figures today for those looking for an art piece for the classic arcade figure. These figures have been designed by Richard Orlinski and are now available for pre-order for the price of $135 a piece. We have a full description of them and a video showing […]
A couple weeks ago we talked about how Red Bull was making special Pac-Man cans, but we couldn't figure out why. Now we know the reason. The two are working on a limited promotion over the holidays where you can get a special download code that will unlock new mazes with a Red Bull theme. […]
