Bandai Namco Games

Namco Bandai Games Inc., is a Japanese company. On September 29, 2005, Namco officially merged with Japanese toymaker Bandai to form Namco Bandai Holdings Inc., one of the largest entertainment companies in Japan. Namco became a wholly owned subsidiary of the holding company. Then on March 31, 2006, Namco merged with Bandai's video game operations and was renamed Namco Bandai Games Inc. Some of the company's most famous games are Pac-Man and the Tekken franchise. They also own a patent to make minigames during loading screens.

Bandai has also attempted to release its own video game console devices. In 1995 Bandai released the Pippin with Apple in Japan, and released in the USA in 1996. Bandai did have better succes with the WonderSwan handheld game system in Japan in 1999. A year later the company released the WonderSwan Color. Both portables saw support from Bandai itself and even from other third party software vendors such as Square, Capcom and Taito, but ultimately the WonderSwan was defeated in the market by the Game Boy and the Neo Geo Pocket.

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Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (2014)

Developed by Bandai Namco Games for 3DS

Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 is a strategy game developed by Bandai Namco Games and released on Nintendo 3DS. The game will surpass its predecessor in terms of both graphical quality and the amount of content, including a brand-new “Adventure Mode”, as well as an “Ultimate Mission” where the player has a finite number of cards and is not allowed to play the same one twice. Players will also be able to retain all the cards they obtained in the first game.

Gundam Try Age SP (2014)

Developed by Bandai Namco Games for 3DS

Gundam Try Age SP is a strategy game developed by Bandai Namco Games and released on Nintendo 3DS. The game is based on the real-time strategy, trading card-based arcade title of the same name. Players will be building platoons based on a set of three Mobile Suit cards and another set of three separate pilot cards. Gundam Build Fighters, Gundam UC, Z Gundam, and the original Mobile Suit Gundam will be represented in the game. Local multiplayer support is confirmed.

Girls und Panzer: I Will Master Tankery (2014)

Developed by Bandai Namco Games for PSV

Girls und Panzer: I Will Master Tankery is an action game developed by Bandai Namco Games and released on PlayStation Vita.

Kamen Rider: Battride War II (2014)

Developed by Bandai Namco Games for PS3, WiiU

The sequel to Kamen Rider: Battride War Games will release on both PlayStation 3 and Wii U in Japan on June 26

CV Casting Voice (2014)

Developed by Crafts & Meister for PS3

CV Casting Voice is an adventure game developed by Crafts & Meister and released on PlayStation 3. As a producer, players will communicate with fictional voice actors and carry out casting and recording sessions. Scripts range from original works to Namco Bandai-related works. From the young to the more experienced, over 40 voice actors will be participating.

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