The original Pac-Man World series was a sixth-generation hit that saw three 3D platformers hit the market and manage to stand out in a crowded field thanks to expanding on the Pac-Man universe and put ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Pac-Man made the jump to 3D way back in 1999 with Pac-Man World, ...

Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s, crowds lined up around arcade machines to see a large yellow orb chomp down on pellets and sometimes even ghosts. The orb resembled a pizza pie, with one slice missing. He ...

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 ...

Forty-five years ago, Pac-Man made his U.S. debut in October—and today for Halloween, Google is collaborating with Namco Bandai to present a playable Pac-Man Doodle with eight levels and four ...

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 ...

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 ...

If May wasn't already busy enough, Bandai Namco is currently celebrating "PAC-MAY" - a month-long birthday celebration of the iconic video game character Pac-Man. "PAC-MAY kicks off today with the ...

The Paley Center for Media in NYC is celebrating 45 years of Pac-Man with a limited time exhibit celebrating his enduring ...

On the Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: When Pac-Man first made its way into arcades back in 1980, it took the gaming industry by storm. Chris Morris, an independent journalist ...