Nostalgia for so-called “retro games” has been kicking around since the late ’90s, so it might seem shocking that the best-selling home video game for much of the 1980s didn’t get an official ...

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is a fascinating journey through the history of Atari, but that timeline couldn't be truly rounded without the inclusion of some Namco classics like Pac-Man and ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Michael Ingram is a Senior Contributor from the United States of America. Michael has been writing for Game Rant since 2021, writing both analytically and fiction for years beforehand. Michael is a ...

The latest Google Doodle is a playable Pac-Man game that puts a spooky-cute spin on the game's classic arcade aesthetic. Pac-Man himself is donning a pixelated purple witch hat (though he also has ...

Google Doodle is featuring something special for gamers today: A tribute to Pac-Man's 45th anniversary, just in time for Halloween. For today and tomorrow, you'll be able to play four haunted-house ...

Google is celebrating 45 years of PAC-MAN with a Halloween special playable Doodle. The new Google Doodle features eight levels, including four haunted-house mazes created in partnership with Bandai ...

Gaming is coming up big this year in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with Bandai Namco announcing that Pac-Man will get a new balloon in the famous parade. The Pac-Man balloon will appear ...

Bandai Namco and Macy’s announced that the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which takes place on November 27, 2025, will feature a Pac-Man balloon for the first time. It is, in part, designed to ...

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 ...

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 ...