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The Latest Breaking News from Namco

Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada leaves Bandai Namco at the end of 2025

Who are we going to not ask for stuff now?

Dot Esports

A weird, never-released NES horror JRPG no one knew about 2 years ago is now translated and fully playable

Namco almost released a Splatterhouse RPG.

PC Gamer

The best playable game documentary on Steam is getting a Namco-centric DLC this week, including the worst version of Pac-Man

Pac is back. Again!

PC Gamer

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After 32 years, an NES horror JRPG thought to be lost media has suddenly leaked in fully playable form

Splatterworld lives!

GamesRadar

Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition released at $169 — bright yellow console comes with Pac-Man: Double Feature 2-in-1 game cartridge

Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition games console released in striking, vivid yellow livery.

Tom’s Hardware

Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer lovingly preserves Namco’s legendary arcade game and is perfect for quick handheld Switch 2 sessions

Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer isn’t the most feature-rich package out there, but it is an excellent preservation effort.

TechRadar

3 years later, my favorite retro game collection is getting fresh DLC complete with the "first-ever re-release" of the broken Pac-Man port that became the best-selling game of the pre-Nintendo era

Bad games deserve to be in these collections, too

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'Shadow Labyrinth' Turns Pac-Man On Its Head With a Gritty Sci-Fi Metroidvania

This surprisingly dark spin on Namco history might be one of the most promising Metroidvanias in years.

Inverse

As Tekken 8 emergency patch runs back controversial Season 2 changes, series producer Katsuhiro Harada says "I personally do not think this backlash is at all unjustified"

Bandai Namco has promised another patch coming in mid-May

GamesRadar

A canon spin-off of beloved JRPG series Xenosaga was once feared to be lost media, but 21 years later, it's been preserved and is finally getting a fan translation

Xenosaga: Pied Piper lives

GamesRadar

PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool

Launched in Japan in December 1994, the record-breaking PlayStation started out as a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo – but ended up ushering video games into a new era all on its own

The Guardian - UK

Retro Gamer celebrates Namco’s Ridge Racer series

Ex-Namco members revisit the iconic arcade racer

GamesRadar

Antstream Arcade is the retro game collection I've always wanted, and everyday is an inspiration

1,300 retro games from Atari to Nintendo, and the arcades, now on PS5.

Creative Bloq

Nintendo's Pokeball patent could be at the heart of its Palworld lawsuit, and judging by a 29-year-old precedent it could change monster-collecting RPGs for decades

"Is this good? Well, it's good for Nintendo"

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After 31 years stuck in Japan, the first fighting game from the Tekken studio is finally available worldwide

Namco's answer to Street Fighter 2 still looks like absolute chaos, and I can't believe how stacked its voice cast is

Creative Bloq

Arcade Paradise VR review: 90s retro design, clever immersion and the warm embrace of nostalgia

My beautiful VR laundrette.

PC Gamer

Player laments the fall of Soulcalibur, Tekken director Harada responds with a literal essay about it: 'I don't think the fire of Project Soul has been extinguished'

And calls Project Soul "an elite group, a sophisticated development team."

Inverse

Tekken Creator Reveals the Depressing Reason Why Soul Calibur Stalled Out

Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada says Bandai Namco poaching its development talent for more corporate leadership roles is why Soul Calibur hasn't remained at the same level over time.

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Sand Land has an endearing set up for an RPG that's let down by middling combat and limited exploration

Preview | Hands-on with Sand Land, the upcoming action RPG adaptation of Akira Toriyama's beloved manga

The Guardian - UK

The surreal, colourful Katamari Damacy is 20 – and still the weirdest game I have ever loved

This wacky Japanese game leaves a lifelong impression on everyone who plays it, if only because they can’t get its theme music out of their head

GamesRadar

From PS1 to PS3, here are the best PlayStation lightgun games of all time

Opinion | Charting three console generations of PlayStation's oft-overlooked lightgun peripheral

Creative Bloq

11 of the best gaming logos of all time

These video game logos have become iconic.

Inverse

21 Years Ago, One Iconic Fighting Game Beat 'Smash Bros.' to the Punch

'Soul Calibur 2' elevated an underloved fighting game franchise to new heights, paving the way for multiversal combat for years to come.

The Guardian - UK

Infinite lives: the company saving old arcade machines

For a generation of players, these colourful cabinets house not just ailing electronics, but formative memories. Meet the people who save them from landfill

Inverse

'Pokémon Unite' producer says he’s “surprised” so many people are playing the MOBA

Hoshino has built a career perfecting pixel-based pummelling in the Soul Calibur series. Yet he was quietly smitten by a more wholesome gaming franchise – Pokémon.

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