Popular Power Pellet-Eating Adventure Returns with a Collection of Classic PAC-MAN® Games this summer
SYDNEY – June 12th, 2013 – NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S. is bringing the legendary PAC-MAN® arcade gaming experience to Europe and Australasia in a sensational collection of PAC-MAN games in PAC-MAN MUSEUM. The exciting compilation is scheduled to launch this ANZ summer 2013 as a digital download release for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Windows® PC, Nintendo 3DS™ system, and WiiU™ console from Nintendo.
PAC-MAN, the yellow 80’s icon with a voracious appetite that has transcended generation upon generation of gamers stars in this nostalgia-packed collection of games. In the game, players will need to skilfully dodge and juke troublesome ghosts while gobbling up all the pac-dots and power pellets lying in their path. PAC-MAN MUSEUM will include classic PAC-MAN titles as well as newer arcade releases, allowing gamers to play through the evolution of PAC-MAN from his humble beginnings from 1980 through 2008’s critically acclaimed PAC-MAN Championship Edition* and 2010’s arcade smash-hit like PAC-MAN Battle Royale.
PAC-MAN Battle Royale turns PAC-MAN’s classic pellet chomping gameplay on its head with multiplayer madness and will be available for consoles and PCs for the very first time. The ghostly mayhem breaks out of the PAC-MAN formula and features an over-the-top experience for up to four players with each player controlling a PAC-MAN character to gobble up pellets, fruits and best of all… each other. Players will chomp their way to victory through fast-paced maze action with the constant threat of both ghosts and opposing PAC-MAN characters around every corner.
PAC-MAN also returns this late summer with a free title update for PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, Steam and Windows 8. PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION DX + upgrades one of 2010’s most celebrated downloadable titles with improved leader-board functionality, in-game achievements and medals, as well as access to additional DLC mazes, music and graphics including classic DIG DUG and RALLY-X sprites. Players will chomp through bright neon mazes at blistering speeds in this modern and frenetic PAC-MAN experience.
NAMCO BANDAI Games will be celebrating the recent announcement of PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures at the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) with a special booth outside of the Los Angeles Convention Center‘s South Hall entrance. PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures follows the exciting storyline and charming characters from the highly anticipated PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures animated series created and produced by Avi Arad, acclaimed director and founder of Marvel Studios. The animated TV series, based on NAMCO BANDAI Games’ classic PAC-MAN property, will begin airing on Channel 11 this September in Australia.
“Evolving from a glorious “CLASSIC” legacy into a modern contemporary brand approach and an extremely promising future, we are delighted to bring for the first time ever on PC and consoles, three very different experiences in the PAC-MAN universe” said Olivier Comte, Senior Vice-President at NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe.
PAC-MAN MUSEUM will be coming to Australasia this summer via digital download on XBLA, PSN, Steam, and the Nintendo eShop. PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION DX + is scheduled for digital release this late winter 2013 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Steam and Windows 8. PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, Wii U, and PC with an exclusive side-scrolling adventure for the Nintendo 3DS.
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