Bandai Namco Entertainment

Bandai Namco Entertainment was founded on 31 March 2006 as Namco Bandai Games, renamed Bandai Namco Games in 2014 and took its current name on 1 April 2015. It is the video game arm of Bandai Namco Holdings and has been headquartered in Shiba, Minato, Tokyo, since February 2016.

It publishes and develops console games from franchises such as Tekken, Tales of, Gundam, Ace Combat, Taiko no Tatsujin and Elden Ring. Its network content line covers mobile and PC games such as Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle and One Piece Bounty Rush, and it also runs the ASOBI Entertainment unit (xR studio MIRAIKEN, live streaming) and a licence business for IP such as Pac-Man. Its mid-term plan from the fiscal year ending March 2026 includes the in-house engine SOL-AVES.

Wikipedia gives about 790 employees in 2024 for the company itself. Outside Japan it works through Bandai Namco Entertainment America in Irvine, Europe in Lyon, a Shanghai company, Bandai Namco Mobile in Barcelona and Reflector Entertainment in Montreal.