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Corporate History

2006

March

March 31, 2006, NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. established as main company in Game Contents Strategic Business Unit (SBU) in BANDAI NAMCO Group


Mobile Suit Gundam:
Senjo No Kizuna: ©SOTSU·SUNRISE

October

Arcade game Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjo No Kizuna goes live

November

Ridge Racer 7 and Mobile Suit Gundam: Target in Sight for PLAYSTATIONR3 (PS3) released simultaneously with PS3 game console

December

Ennichi No Tatsujin, Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daito-ryo-! and SD Gundam Scad Hammers for Wii released simultaneously with Nintendo Wii game console

2007

May

Company sites integrated at one location in Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa, Tokyo and named Mirai-Kenkyusho


ANIMAL KAISER

August

Deployed ANIMAL KAISER for Data Carddass machines throughout Japan

2008

January

Launched We Ski for Nintendo Wii


We Ski


Soul Calibur IV

April

Banpresto Co., Ltd.’s game business divisions responsible for planning and development of home-use game software and arcade game machines were transferred to NAMCO BANDAI Games

August

Over 2 million Soul Calibur IV game units sold worldwide in one week

November

Planning, development and sales base for mobile content moves from Yokohama to the new Park Tower office in Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo

2009

March

The Technical Center moves from Kohoku Ward, Yokohama to Katsushima, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, and main business bases are consolidated in Shinagawa Ward


Jewella Eye Lash


Tekken 6

April

Bandai Networks integrates businesses, strengthening overall power of network business and creating new content business

June

Start of collaboration with Capcom Co., Ltd. in amusement game machines

July

Launch of Jewella Eye Lash, a photo sticker print machine

October

Tekken 6 was released for PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 360. Over 2.5 million units had been shipped worldwide.

December


ACE COMBAT Xi
Skies of Incursion

Start of distribution of ACE COMBAT Xi Skies of Incursion content for iPhone/iPod Touch ACE COMBAT TM Xi Skies of Incursion © 2009 NBGI © GeoEye © JAPAN SPACE IMAGING CORPORATION.
All trademarks and copyrights associated with the manufacturers, aircraft, models, trade names, brands and visual images depicted in this game are the property of their respective owners, and used with such permissions.
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2010

February

God Eater released for PlayStation Portable. Over 500,000 units shipped within three weeks.


God Eater

April

NAMCO BANDAI Group is reorganized. The Game Contents SBU and Visual and Music Content SBU are merged to form a Content SBU centered on NAMCO BANDAI Games Co., Ltd., in charge of content from creation to sales.

Produced 28 textbooks for elementary schools for fiscal year 2011 together with GAKKO TOSHO Co., Ltd.

May

Pac-Man, a character first appearing in an arcade game of the same name, marked its 30th anniversary.


Produced Pac-Man 30th anniversary logo

August

Began supplying full-scale game contents to Facebook, the social networking service (SNS).

September

Cumulative domestic downloads of Taiko-no-Tatsujin for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad exceeded one million.

October

Participated as a core company in “Projects to Standardize and Promote Network Integration Control Systems” administered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, mainly by starting a demonstration experiment of car sharing.

Launched the arcade game Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.


Gundam Royale
©SOTSU·SUNRISE


If You Love the AKB1/48 Idol...
©AKS 2010 ©2010 NBGI

November

Cumulative global shipments NARUTO SHIPPUDEN KIZUNA DRIVE for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 exceeded one million.

Gundam Royale was released for the Mobage website, a mobile-only gaming platform, and the number of registered users exceeded one million in 6 days.

December

Launched If You Love the AKB 1/48 Idol… for PlayStation Portable.

2011

February

Released Ridge Racer 3D for Nintendo 3DS simultaneously with the game console hardware.