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Bandai Namco Announces Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs Battle Royale Multiplayer Game
posted on by Anita Tai
Bandai Namco Entertainment announced the Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs multiplayer game on Tuesday with a trailer. The game will get releases for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam in early 2024.
The game is a 64-player battle royale. It also features custom matchmaking with a friend system, ranked mode, and global leaderboards.
Players can try out the game at Bandai Namco Entertainment America's pop-up event during New York Comic Con on October 13-14.
Nintendo ended service of Bandai Namco Entertainment and Arika's Pac-Man 99 online multiplayer Switch game on Sunday.
The game launched in April 2021 as a free game for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Arika developed the game, in which 99 players compete to be the last one standing in a new version of the Pac-Man game. Players can send Jammer Pac-Man to opponents by eating Power Pellets and ghosts.
Bandai Namco Entertainment's Pac-Man game franchise debuted with its original arcade game in 1980. The franchise inspired the Pac-World television anime series in 2013.
Sources: Bandai Namco Entertainment's YouTube channel, press release
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