There comes a time in every gamer's life when nostalgia hits, and the urge to replay your old favourites comes out of the blue. When you long for simpler times, where no account or patch was needed to ...

It takes a specific kind of marketing mind to imagine that a dark and gritty reboot of a beloved children's character can amount to anything good. While the Golden Age of Comic Books ultimately gave ...

Born in the golden age of arcade games, Pac-Man turned a yellow circle and four quirky ghosts into a global obsession that’s still being played 45 years later. How a young game designer at Namco ...

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 ...

It takes a specific kind of marketing mind to imagine that a dark and gritty reboot of a beloved children’s character can amount to anything good. While the Golden Age of Comic Books ultimately gave ...

The Pac-Man episode of Amazon Prime show Secret Level is the inspiration for this strange new Metroidvania and its peculiar mix of influences. 2025 has so far been a good year for weird games, with ...

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac will feature Pac-Man and Sonic crossovers, respectively. The upcoming collaborations were revealed during Gamescom Opening Night Live. The Pac-Man ...

A simple circle colored yellow with a piece taken out, and four colored “ghosts,” sparked a cultural phenomenon in 1980 that remains 45 years later. Even if you’ve never played PAC-MAN, the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Pac-Man made the jump to 3D way back in 1999 with Pac-Man World, which earned solid reviews and went on to become something of a cult classic. It ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Having just passed his 45th anniversary, which is ancient in gaming years, you might expect Pac-Man to be ...

Pac-Man, the best-selling arcade game of all time, celebrates its 45th anniversary. An official Pac-Man cookbook with over 60 recipes is available for purchase. Google's 30th anniversary playable ...

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 ...