A new Pac-Man game is coming, and it's unlike anything you're expecting. Say hello to Shadow Labyrinth.

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Shadow Labyrinth is Pac-Man’s shocking take on Hollow Knight

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There are very few gaming gaming characters as instantly recognizable across all of popular culture as Mario or Sonic the Hedgehog, but Bandai Namco’s Pac-Man is one of them. The yellow fruit-eating circle’s iconic “waka-waka” eating soundbite is one of the most recognizable sounds in gaming. Debuting in 1980 in arcades (a full year ahead of Mario himself), Pac-Man is celebrating its 45th anniversary in 2025, although he’s sporting a very differ…

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Inside Pac-Man’s Gritty New Redesign

Secret Level's Pac-Man episode is getting its very own game. Titled Shadow Labyrinth, it picks up the story of the darker and edgier version of the classic Bandai Namco character.Like the Secret Level episode, you take the role of a character running a maze; their only goal being to "eat." Based on the trailer, it looks to be a Metroidvania — a marked shift for the classic franchise.Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada is among the developers involv…

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Secret Level Pac-Man Episode Is Getting Turned Into a Metroidvania With Katsuhiro Harada Producing - The Game Awards 2024

What the...?In the opening show for the 2024 Game Awards, Bandai Namco lifted the lid on a new Pac-Man game and well it's not exactly the regular outing for the famous video game mascot.It's officially called Shadow Labyrinth and is described as a "genre-twisting alternate take" on the iconic character. Above is a first look and it will be arriving on the Switch and other platforms in 2025.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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Bandai Namco Unveils New Pac-Man Game, And It's Probably Not What You Expect

You need to see this to believe it.Of all the shocks and surprises at The Game Awards, Shadow Labyrinth may just be the most unusual of them all. It’s a side-scrolling action platformer in a similar style to something like, say, Dead Cells – except it’s inexplicably also a Pac-Man game.Here’s the press release overview: “As Swordsman No. 8, awoken by a floating yellow orb, PUCK, on a mysterious planet where relics from past wars remain, you are …

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Shadow Labyrinth Makes Pac-Man a 2D Action Platformer on PS5

Game ships for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC in 2025

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Pac-Man Franchise Gets New Shadow Labyrinth Game Reimagining Setting

The Bandai team explains reimagining the kid-friendly arcade game as dystopian sci-fi maze runner. When the creators of Amazon's Secret Level spoke about the Pac-Man-themed installment of their animated anthology series, which adapts notable video games with each episode, they left out one crucial detail at the behest of the game's owners at Bandai. They didn't imagine all of the details of this dark, apocalyptic reimagining of the classic arcad…

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Secret, dark 'Pac-Man' reimagining revealed as next game: 'It was so f---ed up'

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Shadow Labyrinth announced for Switch

Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Bandai Namco Studios have announced Shadow Labyrinth, a new 2D action platformer twist on the PAC-MAN franchise. Shadow Labyrinth is in development for Windows PC (via Steam), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PS5 with a release set for 2025. Here’s a rundown on the game, plus its reveal trailer: […]
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PAC-MAN 2D action game Shadow Labyrinth announced

At The Game Awards, Bandai Namco announced a new, darker take on Pac-Man with Shadow Labyrinth, an action-platformer that inherits aspects of the franchise while taking it in a new direction. If you had the chance to watch Secret Level on Prime Video, there is one story that offers a unique and bloody take on the Pac-Man lore, presenting a much more brutal world than the one we all remember from our youth. It turns out that this wasn’t as outlan…

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