Google and Pac-Man are celebrating the 45th anniversary of the iconic maze video game with a new Google Doodle, allowing fans to play a special version of the game. Since its initial release in 1980, ...

How a young game designer at Namco turned a simple idea about eating into a worldwide gaming icon. How each of Pac-Man’s ghosts has its own unique behavior that’s driven by early game logic. Why the ...

Pac-Man's iconic yellow pie-shaped chomper turns 45 today. The game was officially released on May 22, 1980 in Japanese arcades before launching in the United States in October 1980, according to the ...

Out today is a new video game within the Pac-Man universe. It's called Shadow Labyrinth. It's very different than the pellet chomping arcade game that once dominated arcades. "Pac-Man," the classic ...

A neon maze. Disembodied eyeballs floating in darkness. A ghost-consuming ball that never says a word. Few video games are as mysterious as Pac-Man. On its surface, the ’80s arcade hit is an ...

Pac-Man turned forty-five last year. The yellow circle who endlessly munches dots through mazes while avoiding ghosts changed the world of video games forever. He has starred in countless games, a ...

The Paley Museum has teamed up with Bandai Namco to launch a brand-new exhibit this month: 45 Years of Pac-Man. This is an interactive, all-ages exhibit that explores the entire history of the ...

There’s a moment about 20 minutes into Shadow Labyrinth, a new video game that takes place within the Pac-Man universe, that sets the tone for what’s to come. Pac-Man, here called Puck, sheds its ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Pac-Man has seen a major resurgence in popularity, and this new promotion from Xbox Game Pass will ...

2022's Pac-Man World Re-Pac rebuilt the 1999 PS1 classic from the ground up and cleaned up a lot of the original game's rough edgeswhile delivering graphics that went far beyond even what was imagined ...

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