Bandai Namco Entertainment

Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Native name
株式会社バンダイナムコエンターテインメント
Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai Namuko Entāteinmento
Formerly
  • Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    (2006–2014)
  • Bandai Namco Games Inc.
    (2014–2015)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Predecessors
Founded31 March 2006; 18 years ago (2006-03-31)[1][2]
HeadquartersMinato, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Nao Udagawa (president and CEO)
ProductsList of Bandai Namco video games
RevenueIncrease ¥240.3 billion (2020)
Increase ¥24.7 billion (2020)
Increase ¥244.7 billion (2020)
Number of employees
710 (2018)
ParentBandai Namco Holdings
Subsidiaries
  • B.B. Studio
  • Bandai Namco Aces
  • Bandai Namco Studios
  • Bandai Namco Network Services
  • Bandai Namco Nexus
  • Bandai Namco Online
  • Bandai Namco Sevens
  • Bandai Namco Research
  • Bandai Namco Mobile
Websitebandainamcoent.com

Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.[a], formerly Bandai Namco Games until 2015, is a Japanese multinational video game publisher, and the video game branch of the wider Bandai Namco Holdings group. Founded in 2006 as Namco Bandai Games Inc.[b], it is the successor to Namco's home and arcade video game business, as well as Bandai's former equivalent division.[3] Development operations were spun off into a new company in 2012, Namco Bandai Studios, now called Bandai Namco Studios.

Bandai Namco Entertainment owns several multi-million video game franchises, including Pac-Man, Tekken, Soulcalibur, Tales, Ace Combat, Taiko no Tatsujin, The Idolmaster, Ridge Racer and Dark Souls. Pac-Man himself serves as the official mascot of the company. The company also owns the licenses to several Japanese media franchises, such as Shonen Jump, Gundam, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Sword Art Online, and the Ultra Series.

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  3. ^ Gantayat, Anoop (11 January 2006). "Bandai Namco Games Opens Doors in March". IGN. Retrieved 9 September 2024.


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