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  • Research and Markets: US Amusement Parks & Arcades Report: 50 Largest Companies such as Walt Disney Account for 85% of ... Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:54AMDUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/83bfca/amusement_parks) has announced the addition of the "Amusement Parks & Arcades" report to their offering. The US amusement parks and arcades industry includes about 3,000 establishments (single-location companies and units of multi-location companies) with combined annual ...
  • Research and Markets: US Amusement Parks & Arcades Report: 50 Largest Companies such as Walt Disney Account for 85% of ... Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:45AMDUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Amusement Parks & Arcades" report to their offering.
  • Top Shot Elite Gun Controller Preview Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:39PMA closer look at the new wireless gun controller for Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360.
  • Ace Combat:: Joint Assault Preview Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:50PMAce Combat: Joint Assault (PSP) We spend some time in the unfriendly portable skies.
  • Review: Clash of the Titans Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:51AMI played the video game version of Clash of the Titans for around seven hours and, according to the game, have finished 31 percent of it. This would usually be unsatisfactory for a review, but in much the same way you'd only need to poll a small percentage of the population before you could confidently say that no one likes seeing immediate family members hit in the face with a ball-peen hammer ...
  • Namco Networks Lands Flight Control onto Mobile Devices Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:17AMSAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Namco Networks, a leading publisher and developer of mobile games and interactive entertainment for mass-market casual gamers, today launched Flight Control for Java, Windows Mobile and Brew mobile phones, with the Android version coming out this Fall. The top-selling hit has now made a smooth landing on all major mobile platforms. In the action-packed title ...
  • Namco Networks Lands Flight Control onto Mobile Devices Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:03AMSAN JOSE, Calif.----Namco Networks, a leading publisher and developer of mobile games and interactive entertainment for mass-market casual gamers, today launched Flight Control for Java, Windows Mobile and Brew mobile phones, with the Android version coming out this Fall.
  • Capcom and Namco reveal Street Fighter X Tekken game(s) Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:36AMThis is a game announcement I never thought I would see. Capcom and Namco have teamed up to develop a crossover game for the Street Fighter and Tekken series of fighting games. The result is two new games called Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter. The reveal was done over the weekend at [...]
  • Harmonix plays up Rock Band 3, Dance Central Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 4:42PMComic-Con 2010: Members from Harmonix key into Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," announce new songs for upcoming rhythm games.
  • Namco Has Five Titles Currently in Development for Forthcoming 3DS Hardware Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 1:10PMRidge Racer 3DS (3DS) Ridge Racer, Pac-Man and more on the way.
  • News: Namco announces Pac-Man Party for Wii Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 12:46PMMini-game compilation out this autumn. Namco Bandai has announced Pac-Man Party for Wii. Due out this autumn in Europe, Pac-Man Party is a family-orientated mini-game compilation with a board game theme. Action is split into several modes. Story mode is about exploring the board and taking on mini-games on your own, meeting characters on the way. Party mode brings four players together on the ...
  • Global Mobile Content Services Industry Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 10:47AMReportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
  • Namco announce five 3DS titles Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 10:15AMPacMan returns in 3D
  • Pac-Man puzzle game lands on iPhone, iPad version in the works Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 8:16PMWith multiple versions of Pac-Man already available on the iPhone and iPad, Namco Networks has found a new genre for the dot-muncher to display his talents within, as the puzzle game Pac-Match Party has released on Apple's portable platform.
  • Pac-Man invades... Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 2:34PMEven though their careers have taken wildly different paths, it’s nice to see Nintendo tip their hat to its former rival, right? Well, it would be… if that’s what was actually happening here. But who cares?!
  • Google Gets Big Help From Little Friend Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 1:50PMOne day, $120 million. How much bigger could this get?
  • Dragon Ball: Origins 2 for Nintendo DS Goes Gold, Demo Due Monday, May 24, 2010 @ 9:07PMNAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., announced today that Dragon Ball®: Origins 2 exclusively for Nintendo DS™ has gone gold and will be available in North America on June 22, 2010. In addition, a free downloadable demo version of the game will be available via the Nintendo® Channel on the Wii&trade...
  • Namco Bandai Games America Anounces Knights Contract Monday, May 24, 2010 @ 6:47PMKnights Contract (X360) A brutal and spectacular fantasy horror makes its way to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system in 2011.
  • Happy 30th Birthday, Pac-Man Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 4:14PMThe little yellow guy with the gigantic mouth, a bunch of ghostly enemies and an insatiable appetite for small white dots is turning the big 3-0. The arcade game was developed by Japanese video game developer Namco. First released in ...
  • Tetris wishes... Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 1:49PMTetris wishes Pac-Man a "Happy Birthday." Can games do that? If you've been using google at all today, you're probably aware that Pac-Man is now 30 years old. So for the rest of the day, everyone's suddenly going to be a born-again Pac-Man fanatic.
  • THQ moves to avoid 'change in ownership' restrictions Wednesday, May 12, 2010 @ 6:33PMPublisher amends shareholder rights agreement to protect tax credits; move also makes hostile takeovers more difficult.
  • Avi Arad Developing Pac-Man Movie? Friday, May 7, 2010 @ 1:30AMProducer Avi Arad has will be on hand at Namco's 30th birthday for Pac-Man on June 15th (during E3) “to make an announcement about the worldwide premiere of his newest Pac-Man project.” Of couse, "Pac-Man project" doesn't necessarily mean big screen movie, but what else could it be? Arad is a Hollywood producer -- that's what he does. He develops movie and television properties. At very least ...
  • Guest Post: Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Smoke Machine – A Case for Movie Futures Thursday, May 6, 2010 @ 2:09AMBy Buzz Potamkin, former studio executive and producer, in the biz for 40+ years, now a consultant Every investment in film is gambling. Schuyler Moore, April 22, 2010, testimony before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities Futures are a hedge against some event yet to come, representing the desire by a participant to cover its risk [...]
  • Dead to Rights: Retribution Monday, April 26, 2010 @ 1:47PMThrusting players into a mature neo-noir crime drama as a vice cop Jack Slate and his canine companion Shadow, the game introduces new gameplay elements that unify the third person shooting and brawling genres for a brutal and relentless new action-driven experience.
  • Shippin' Out April 25-May 1: Super Street Fighter IV, 2010 FIFA World Cup Monday, April 26, 2010 @ 12:01PMCapcom's latest brawler, EA's soccer sim face off against Dead to Rights: Retribution, Nier, PC Splinter Cell: Conviction, White DSi bundle.
  • News// UK Software Charts: Monster Hunter Splits The Top 10 Monday, April 26, 2010 @ 4:00AM(26 Apr 2010) Splinter Cell and Just Dance continue to hold on to the top.
  • Namco brings Pac-Man, Pool Pro Online 3 Monday, April 5, 2010 @ 12:00PMWith the launch of the iPad, some developers are hoping old standards will help them make the transition onto the platform. Others are using the new platform as the launch point for totally new series and games. On Friday, Namco, an old hand in the game development business, released three iPad games that can best be described as a mix of old and new.
  • Windows Phone 7 Apps: Everything You Need To Know [Windows Phone 7] Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 11:40AM# windowsphone7 Windows Phone 7 Series: It's a thing ! And it looks pretty great, so far. Last month's announcement , though, left a lot of questions . Questions which are answered here, in Gizmodo's live updated coverage of Microsoft's MIX 2010 keynote. More »
  • Microsoft Outlines New Opportunities at MIX10 for Developers to Create Compelling Experiences Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 11:00AMToday at MIX10, Microsoft Corp. showcased advancements in its platform technologies that enable the developer and designer community to deliver compelling user experiences across a broad set of devices.
  • GDC: Namco unveils new cross-platform SDK Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:29PMNamco announced UniteSDK, its new propriety cross-platform technology.
  • Muscle March Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 6:18PMThongs. Sweat. Protein. Dancing. Prepare for a manliness overload
  • Can iPad Come Out and Play? Oh, Yeah: Game Industry Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 6:24PMAt Apple's event today, Steve Jobs revealed the iPad, a tablet device that resembled an embiggened iPod Touch. What did it mean for gamers? Games from the current iPhone OS will run on it, either in a small window at the original resolution, or scaled up to fill the 9.7-inch screen. EA's Travis Boatman was there, and Need for Speed was shown. Another guest on stage was Mark Hickey from Gameloft ...
  • Electronic Arts, Namco hype Apple tablet to gamers Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 12:10PMElectronic Arts, Namco and other leading games developers are already seeing the potential in Apple's tablet, expected to be unveiled tomorrow in San Francisco.
  • Electronic Arts, Namco hype Apple tablet to gamers Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 10:24AMElectronic Arts, Namco and other leading games developers are already seeing the potential in an Apple tablet should the company unveil such a device on Wednesday.
  • News// Peter Moore: Games Humour and the Apple iPad Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 6:02AM(27 Jan 2010) He hasn't seen it... of course not.
  • Sneaky fit: They won't even know they are exercising Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 3:06AMDoes your child equate jumping with hitting the "X" button on the video game controller? If so, you might be rearing a couch potato. Keeping kids active, and in turn more healthy, is tough during Michigan's long winters. Here are 7 ways in 7 days to ditch the video game and get active.
  • News// Japanese Software: Kingdom Hearts Maintains Top Position Friday, January 22, 2010 @ 4:09AM(22 Jan 2010) Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles debuts at #3.
  • HanbitSoft Bringing Hellgate Back To North America, Europe Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 10:37AMKorean developer and publisher Hanbitsoft has acquired the publishing rights for Flagship Studios's troubled PC MMO Hellgate: London in North America, Europe, and Japan from Namco Bandai Games America. The company plans to re-release the game in those three regions following its Hellgate launches in China, Taiwan, and South East Asia later this year. Developed by a team of Blizzard Entertainment ...
  • News: Hellgate to return to West in 2011 Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 5:20AMHanbitSoft secures rights for US and EU. The online RPG Hellgate is to return to the US and Europe next year, reports GamesIndustry.biz. The Korean publisher HanbitSoft, which bought the Asian rights to the game and took over development after its creator Flaghsip Studios closed its doors, has acquired the worldwide rights to the game from original backer Namco Bandai. "We would like to thank ...
  • 07:00 (BST), 18/01/2010 Hellgate Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Seoul, Korea – January 18, 2009 – HanbitSoft ... Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 3:23AMSeoul, Korea – January 18, 2009 – HanbitSoft Inc., announced today that the company has obtained the publishing rights for Hellgate in North America, Europe and Japan from NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.. HanbitSoft and NAMCO BANDAI Games America, the formal owner of the publishing rights in these regions, have entered into an agreement for the game to be distributed by HanbitSoft in the future.
  • US videogame market down 8% in 2009 Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 2:37AMHanbitSoft has acquired the worldwide publishing rights to Flagship Studios' and Namco Bandai's cult RPG Hellgate: London and plans to bring the game back to Europe and the US this year.
  • 16:52 (BST), 12/01/2010 Game Connection San Francisco 2010 Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS For Immediate release ... Tuesday, January 12, 2010 @ 11:07AMJanuary 12th 2010, Lyon, FRANCE - Game Connection, the game business matchmaking event returns to San Francisco this year and is launching for the very first time, the American edition of its Level Up program.
  • Star Hammer Coming To Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Indie Games Thursday, January 7, 2010 @ 6:42AMStar Hammer Tactics is a fast-paced turn-based game of tactical space battles that anyone can learn to play in minutes.
  • News// Japan Software Charts: Final Fantasy Drops To #4 Monday, January 4, 2010 @ 4:32AM(4 Jan 2010) New Super Mario Bros. Wii reclaims top spot.
  • Yamato, Darker than Black, Shugo Chara CDs in Top 10 Monday, December 28, 2009 @ 7:26PMNamie Amuro's new album lands at #1; Macross F's Ranka Lee also charts
  • Video Games Live MP3 Player Sunday, December 27, 2009 @ 5:41AMThe people who put together the Video Games Live concerts are putting together an official Video Games Live MP3 player. The MP3 player will feature 2 GIGs of internal memory, a built in mic to record audio, a built in speaker in case you lose your headphones and what looks like a color LCD display.
  • Samsung's new mobile OS: What's a Bada? Monday, December 21, 2009 @ 7:22PMSamsung will launch a new mobile operating system in 2010 called Bada. We take a closer look at what to expect and examine the various barriers to success facing an entirely new platform.
  • Best of FingerGaming: From Ridge Racer to N.O.V.A. Monday, December 21, 2009 @ 4:52PM[Gamasutra rounds up the week's top news and reviews from sister iPhone site FingerGaming, as written by editor in chief Danny Cowan and authors Louise Yang and Jonathan Glover.] This week, FingerGaming highlights recent releases like Namco's Ridge Racer: Accelerated, EA's street racing sim Need for Speed: Shift, and Gameloft's Halo-like FPS N.O.V.A. The site also checks out the top free and ...
  • Dungeons & Dragons dispute Thursday, December 17, 2009 @ 4:55PMSAN FRANCISCO - TOY titan Hasbro is asking a US court to slam Atari for letting game industry rival Namco Bandai play with Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). Hasbro is accusing Atari of sublicensing D&D role playing game handling rights in Europe to Namco Bandai without its approval and giving confidential information to the Japanese competitor in the process.
  • Hasbro in dispute with Atari over Dungeons and Dragons Thursday, December 17, 2009 @ 4:12PMSAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Toy titan Hasbro is asking a US court to slam Atari for letting game industry rival Namco Bandai play with Dungeons and Dragons (D&D).