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Pac-Man Live Studio Brings The Fever To Twitch

Pac-Man Live Studio Brings The Fever To Twitch

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If you’re not a streamer, you may not see much value in having a Twitch account beyond the ability to spam emojis of people’s faces over and over in a fast-moving chat window. Now may be the time for the rest of us, however…Twitch is getting its own built-in Pac-Man game, and we don’t just mean the 1980 version. We mean something we’d pay for, yet Namco is giving away. (Pac-Man officially turns 40 today! Might have something to do with it.) Pac-Man Live Studio will be built into the Twitch interface and come with four modes. Classic Mode is the original, but it starts getting wild with Studio Mode, aka “Pac-Man Maker.” You can create your own mazes, play them, share them and possibly rank high on a popularity leaderboard if your work was good enough (or regurgitated a meme). There are also co-op and Vs. modes included, for up to four players at once. Here’s the full list of what Pac-Man Live Studio can do… Studio Mode –

SDCC: Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Coming Is Coming

SDCC: Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Coming Is Coming

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After many rumors stating it was happening, Bandai Namco has revealed that Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC as a digital release this September. According to Bandai Namco, the game will use the “best aspects” from the previous Championship games and “evolves” them. In example, one evolution from the previous games is the new ability to “bump” ghosts, as well as “intense giant sized ghost boss battles.” Furthermore, there will be a new adventure mode in which players must chase “fast moving fruit,” in addition to battling bosses. The game is currently available for playing at the Bandai Namco Booth at San Diego Comic Con.

Pac-Man Was Nearly Cut From Super Smash Bros.

Pac-Man Was Nearly Cut From Super Smash Bros.

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Super Smash Bros. is the standard when it comes to putting numerous characters from beloved franchises into a fighting game. Tight gameplay, simplistic yet deep controls, and nostalgia galore, Smash Bros. is the place to be when it comes to fighting as your favorite characters, and each new version is bigger and better. In the latest generation, the titles for Wii U and 3DS, there were a lot of big inclusions, including some notable names from third party companies; mainly Mega Man, Pac-Man, and now Ryu from Street Fighter. Though these characters are definitely iconic, and deserve to be in the game for one reason or another, there were times it seemed they wouldn’t be included. For Pac-Man, an interesting tidbit from Masahiro Sakurai (the game’s creator, translation from Source Gaming) reveals that though he was more than up for Pac-Man being in the game, there was a big caveat. The problem was due to Pac-Man’s character design in the game: “Pac-Man’s design was updated in a 2013 CGI cartoon titled, ‘Pac-man and

Pixels: Video Game Icons Invade Planet Earth in Two New Trailers

Pixels: Video Game Icons Invade Planet Earth in Two New Trailers

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Later this summer, the world’s most beloved and favorite video game icons invade the planet in order to pixelate and take over the Earth in Pixels. The film has been getting a lot of buzz and attention with its trailers online, with a film that looks to be a mix of Ghostbusters and Wreck-It Ralph. Sony Pictures this week released two new trailers for the film: the second domestic trailer; and a new international trailer. You can check out both videos in the players below. The new film is directed by Chris Columbus and stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, Ashley Benson and Brian Cox. The story follows several video game champions who are recruited to help save the Earth from an alien invasion. The invasion is triggered by aliens who discover video feeds of classic arcade games, who misinterpret them as a declaration of war and use video games as the models for their assaults. Kevin James plays US President Cooper, who calls on his

You Can Now Play Pac-Man On Google Maps

You Can Now Play Pac-Man On Google Maps

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Google’s April Fools gag for 2015 has launched a day early, because it was just too good to keep under wraps. If you surf over to Google Maps and zoom into a major city, you may find a Pac-Man button on the lower left side of your screen. Select it, and the map turns into a playable Pac-Man game! Chomp-tastic! The only downside is that the Pac-Man function doesn’t work everywhere. It would be nice if you could chase ghosts in front of your own farm, but the feature is restricted to major cities with lots of twists and turns. Here is Pac-Man in my own neighborhood. Pretty straightforward. I haven’t tried it downtown yet, but if they want to be accurate to Portland, over half of those paths will be one-way only. This is the game when you visit Boston. Once the roads start curling and twisting, it gets tricky. Especially when you get further into Boston. Maybe this should be sold as a real game. Newark Airport: not

Thanks To Glitch, Everything’s A Tomato

Thanks To Glitch, Everything’s A Tomato

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When Leron Tomalchev started getting complaints from his girlfriend that her Smash Bros. game was acting weird, he asked what it was doing. She said everything had become a tomato. He checked it out for himself (and showed everybody else on YouTube), and sure enough, every item you interact with on the battlefield is now a Maximum Tomato, an item that normally restores all health. So now, as displayed on the video, whenever a Smash Ball appears, it’s a giant floating tomato. When he picks the Tanooki Suit, a tomato appears instead of a leaf and once touched, Pac-Man gets a tomato hat and a tomato tail. When he picks the Back Shield, Pac-Man gets a tomato on his back that follows him around. When he picks up the Franklin Badge, Pac-Man gets a little tomato covering his crotch as if to censor it. When he selects the laser gun, he gets a tomato that shoots little tomatoes. The big problem is displayed at the end when Leron tries to

Pac-Man restaurant coming to Chicago

Pac-Man restaurant coming to Chicago

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If you’ve ever wondered what a Power Pellet tastes like, and who hasn’t, your best shot at finding out may be coming to Chicago soon. Namco Entertainment has leased a 40,000 square foot facility, formerly occupied by a Sears, in Woodfield Mall located in the Chicagoland area. The future eatery will go by the name “Level 257,” in reference to the Pac-Man arcade game’s defacto final level, the famous kill screen. Says Namco, “Level 257 seeks to explore Pac-Man’s impact upon our society and pop culture, reminding us all of the importance of play in our lives, while facilitating our desire to relive those times when beating the next level was the most important thing in our world. All while indulging that which we love now — great food and drink with our friends and family.” Being the first globally recognized video game mascot, Pac-Man is no stranger to merchandising — just the early 80’s alone brought with it a metric ton of Pac-wear, Pac-food, Pac-toons and Pac-underpants. Most recently

E3: New Fighters for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS

E3: New Fighters for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS

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Nintendo announced at its E3 press conference that both the release dates for its Wii U and 3DS versions of the newest Super Smash Bros. game would be moved. Depending on what version you planned on getting this could be either good or bad, with the 3DS version being pushed back to October 3rd 2014 and the Wii U version being released during the holidays. On top of that Nintendo released information regarding new fighters for the game including Lady Palutena from the Kid Icarus franchise and word of the introduction of Pac-Man. Palutena’s introduction was accompanied with a animated trailer depicting the goddess’s arrival to the arena, but the trailer also featured the introduction of Dark Pit from Kid Icarus Rising, hinting at his possibility as a playable character. Though whether he’d be acting as another palette swap for Pit or as a whole new character remains wholly unanswered. On the other hand, Pac-Man’s announcement went by only with a few screenshots depicting Pac-Man in all his yellow glory. It