Pac-Man Archive

  • Review: Pac-Man Championship Edition 2

    Posted on September 20, 2016 | No Comments
    Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 is the sequel to 2007’s original Pac-Man Championship Edition and 2010’s Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, both of which took the premise of the dot-chomping yellow circle munching through a static maze, avoiding ghosts when possible, and mixed things up by switching […]

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  • E3 2014: Pac-Man Hungers for Battle in Super Smash Bros.

    E3 2014: Pac-Man Hungers for Battle in Super Smash Bros.

    Posted on June 11, 2014 | No Comments
    Within minutes of posting that massive Super Smash Bros. update last night, of course Nintendo had to go ahead and drop another surprise announcement. But that’s okay, because this bombshell news deserves to be highlighted on its own: Pac-Man has joined the roster as a […]

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  • Review: Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures

    Review: Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures

    Posted on January 16, 2014 | No Comments
    Pac-Man is back, y’all! The smiley yellow fellow with an insatiable hunger for pellets, produce, and poltergeists, is now the star of his own animated TV series and, more importantly, a new video game based on said TV show, both carrying the title of Pac-Man […]

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  • Pac-Man Museum Compilation Gobbles Up Digital Platforms this Winter

    Pac-Man Museum Compilation Gobbles Up Digital Platforms this Winter

    Posted on June 12, 2013 | No Comments
    Pac-Man’s new age Ghostly Adventures not doing it for you? Fear not, Namco Bandai will give Pac-Man nostalgia fiends a fix of retro pellet chomping later this year. Pac-Man Museum, announced for digital download release on PC (via Steam), PSN (for PS3 only, no Vita […]

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  • Pac is Back with an Appetite for Ghostly Adventures

    Pac is Back with an Appetite for Ghostly Adventures

    Posted on May 14, 2013 | No Comments
    Once more Namco Bandai will attempt to turn its iconic dot-chomping mascot into a 3D platforming star with this year’s fall release of Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures for 3DS, PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360. (The 3DS version actually is a unique 2D side-scroller.) […]

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  • Review: Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions

    Review: Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions

    Posted on August 14, 2011 | No Comments
    Pac-Man and Galaga are two games that have been re-released…and re-released…and re-released again…and re-released some more. Basically, if you own any video game playing device from the past 10-15 years, versions of Namco Bandai’s arcade icons are available to you in some form. Yep, they’re […]

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  • Celebrate 30 Years of Pac-Man with a Wendy’s Kids’ Meal

    Celebrate 30 Years of Pac-Man with a Wendy’s Kids’ Meal

    Posted on March 7, 2011 | No Comments
    Pac-Man turned 30 last year, but the anniversary celebration continues into 2011 nonetheless as Namco Bandai and Wendy’s collaborate to get kids and gamers alike chomping down some fast food like Pac-Man after a tasty row of yellow pellets. Starting today, you can visit a […]

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  • Namco Bandai Bringing Pac-Man & Galaga Combo Pack, Sports Mini-Games to 3DS

    Namco Bandai Bringing Pac-Man & Galaga Combo Pack, Sports Mini-Games to 3DS

    Posted on February 8, 2011 | No Comments
    In addition to the previously announced Ridge Racer 3D, Namco Bandai has two more games in the pipeline for the Nintendo 3DS this year. First up is Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions, a combo pack of 3D-ified versions of the classic arcade games, including Pac-Man Tilt, […]

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  • Namco Bandai’s Golden November Foursome

    Namco Bandai’s Golden November Foursome

    Posted on November 2, 2010 | No Comments
    After an eventful October that saw the releases of quality games like Enslaved, Time Crisis: Razing Storm and Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (my Enslaved review can be read here; reviews for Time Crisis and UNS2 are coming soon), Namco Bandai is preparing to […]

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