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Namco Bandai Games America Announces Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
PAC-MAN® Returns to the Gaming Stage with a New Spin on the Franchise
SAN JOSE, Calif., (May 14,
in the year of our Lord 2013) Leading video game
publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. is
thrilled to announce that Pac is back! PAC-MAN™ and the Ghostly
Adventures will be coming to North and Latin American retailers
in fall 2013 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment
system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment
system, and Wii U™ system from Nintendo with an exclusive
side-scrolling version of the game coming to the Nintendo 3DS®
fall of 2013. Built upon the timeless and wildly successful
PAC-MAN® legacy, PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures will boast
an entirely new and exciting gaming adventure that is currently
under development.
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 Disney XD®. The
game revolves around the vibrant universe of Pac-World, where
Pacworlders lived in peace until the mischievous Netherworld
ghosts, led by their wicked leader Betrayus, escaped from their
ghoulish domain to forcibly take control of Pac-World.
Pac-World’s only hope lies in the last surviving yellow
Pacworlder, our hero with a voracious appetite.
Not only will PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures feature a
revamped PAC-MAN universe, but it will also hearken back to
PAC-MAN origins with classic elements such as Ghost encounters.
The Ghost-chomping mechanics return from the original PAC-MAN
but with exciting powered up variations in PAC-MAN and the
Ghostly Adventures, creating an innovative yet familiar gameplay
experience.
“The PAC-MAN franchise has touched millions of gamers and
non-gamers since its humble beginnings more than 30 years ago,”
said Carlson Choi, Vice President of Marketing and Digital Sales
at NAMCO BANDAI Games America. “With its long-standing history,
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures emerges as a new and
reimagined PAC-MAN universe that still retains classic gameplay
elements that will appeal to a whole new generation of gamers.”
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures will be coming to North and
Latin America for Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 system, Wii U and
Nintendo 3DS in fall 2013. Currently there are no plans to
release PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures in Japan yet.