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Pac-Man Championship Edition DX going free-to-play on iOS
An iOS version of Bandai Namco's high-octane Pac-Man remake Pac-Man Championship Edition DX has soft-launched in New Zealand, suggesting that a worldwide App Store release is imminent. Released as a downloadable title for consoles in 2010, Championship Edition DX retrofits Pac-Man's classic gameplay with chain-based scoring mechanics and mazes that continually evolve throughout each play session. The iOS edition is free-to-play, and introduces an energy-refilling mechanic that limits the number of available lives and bombs before requiring players to either wait or pay to recharge. A worldwide release date for the iOS version of Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is not yet known. [Image: Bandai Namco]
Retro redux Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ now $5 on Steam
Steam's Daily Deal has just knocked 50 percent from the price of Namco Bandai's hit Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+, granting the revived incarnation of the pellet-chomping arcade classic a $5 price tag. If you've ever played Pac-Man you're already familiar with the basics of Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+. Navigate a maze, avoid ghosts, eat pellets - you know the drill. Where the new game differentiates itself is in its novel tweaks to the classic formula. Players are given all manner of options to change the core Pac-Man experience, from slowing down time when you run too close to a dangerous ghost, to changing the stage to resemble something out of Dig Dug. Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ is less a modern Pac-Man sequel and more a remix of its central concepts mated with the technology of today. To take advantage of this discount, simply visit the Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ page on Steam and purchase the game before Friday, February 14 at 10AM. After that time, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ returns to its standard $10 price point. [Image: Namco Bandai]
C'mon, ride the ghost train in this Pac-Man CE DX+ launch trailer
This week's launch of Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ brings plenty of DLC in tow, extending Pac-Man's ghost-munching reign of terror in a new series of levels based on classic Namco arcade games like Dig Dug and Rally X. Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ is up for purchase on Steam. This week's batch of new DLC is also available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Championship Edition DX.
Gobble up Pac-Man CE DX+ next week
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+, the title update to the 2010 arcade game, chomps onto various platforms on September 25. CE DX+ commemorates Pac's neon antics coming to Steam as a standalone, but it'll also be available for on PS3, 360, and Windows 8 as a free update to CE DX. Going by last month's leak, CE DX+ itself provides light enhancments, adding leaderboard tweaks, challenge-based medals, and friend comparisons. As producer Kunito Komori explained to me, comparisons are tied to a specific friend's scores that are displayed on the CE DX+ dashboard, giving players another mark to top in addition to their own. The more exciting newness is the 'All You Can Eat' DLC that CE DX+ grants access to, comprising four maps, three reskins, and two pieces of background music. The reskins include Rally-X, Dig Dug, and Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures; they're cute enough, but the real meat is the four maps.
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX surfaces on Windows 8
Originally due in November, the Windows 8 and Windows RT version of Pac-Man Championship Edition DX are available now. Being compatible with both Windows 8 and Windows RT, you don't have to try to remember exactly which Surface tablet you bought; it'll work on any of them.Pricing on the Windows 8 version is consistent with the XBLA and PSN versions, at $9.99/8.49€. We assume the ghost count is also consistent, at so many ghosts.
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX wakes up on Windows 8 this month
Despite the trailer saying Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is "now available from Windows Store," the official release date for the Windows 8 version, according to Namco Bandai, is "November 2012." In any case, this impending Windows 8 release provides one more venue from which the excellent game can be acquired. If you don't have any of the other platforms on which it's been released, and you have a Windows 8 device, we encourage you to sneak past the line of sleeping ghosts and check it out.
'Splosion Man 'splodes to top of XBLA sales chart
'Spolsion Man, one or our absolute favorites of 2009, enjoyed a surprise sales surge last week, rocketing to the top of the Xbox Live Arcade bestseller list. That's the power of Black Friday and a one-day, 75-percent discount. In fact, thirteen of the top twenty bestsellers for the week of November 22 were on sale for at least part of the period, and the only discounted XBLA title not to chart was poor Voodoo Dice. Amidst the apparently too-good-to-refuse deals, Crazy Taxi made a strong debut in the number six position in its first week of release, and Pac-Man CE DX ate up a top-ten spot in its second week of availability. As for Xbox Live activity, Black Ops recruits and Modern Warfare 2 veterans (who aren't about to surrender that easily) continue to hog the most bandwidth, followed by the Reach faithful and -- watch out for that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood sneaking up the activity chart! Speaking of no surrender, how about World at War and Call of Duty 4 (remember that one?) hanging around the top twenty most-played Xbox Live games? No wonder Activision wants to better tap its gold mine next year. Both Top Twenty charts are posted in full after the break.
PSN Tuesday: Spelunker HD, Pac-Man Championship DX, so much more
Too much good PSN content! Head ... *pop*. Okay, maybe it's not that dramatic, but there are a lot of games in this week's update. There are new titles like Pac-Man Championship Edition DX or Spelunker HD, and new-to-PSN games like Dragon's Lair and Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalker, with every title mentioned carrying a $10 price tag. Then ... well, then there are all the price updates and plenty of add-on content. Check it all out after the break. Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list: (Note: Continue past the break to view both release lists.)
XBLA in Brief: Alien Breed 3 Descent, Pac-Man CE DX
The wait is over, friends. Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is here and it's positively insane. If you've yet to witness it in action, be sure to watch this week's XBLA in Brief. Apart from Namco's latest, we also get Alien Breed 3: Descent, which brings the episodic series to an end (along with a lot of alien critters). Both games are 800 MS Points ($10). [iTunes] Subscribe to XBLA in Brief directly in iTunes. [Zune] Subscribe to the XBLA in Brief directly. [RSS] Add the XBLA in Brief feed to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [M4V] Download the M4V directly.
Pac-Man CE DX on XBLA tomorrow, PSN next week
Namco Bandai has announced that its renovated take on its renovated take (whooooa) on its ancient, puck-shaped pill-popper, Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX, will find its way to Xbox Live Arcade during tomorrow's weekly update, and onto PlayStation Network next Tuesday, November 23. The clearly LSD-fueled title will be offered for 800 Microsoft Points or $9.99. Now, you may find it difficult to justify dropping yet another ten-spot on an iteration of a game that dropped all the way back in 2007 -- however, we'd encourage you to look through all the media in the gallery below before making your final decision. Now, think about all the awful things you've subjected your eyes to throughout your lifetime. Don't they deserve a chance to soak in PMCEDX's pretty, pretty palette of colors? Come on, they've earned it. %Gallery-107326%
'Namco Generations' series includes Galaga Legions DX, Aero Cross
This week's Pac-Man Championship Edition DX isn't just the second game in the Pac-Man CE series -- it's the first game in Namco Bandai's new "Namco Generations" series. Buying any game in the series, in Japan at least, will provide access to an online newsletter, visible from inside the game. In announcing the existence of its new PS3/Xbox 360 retro-remake series, Namco went ahead and announced its next two offerings: Aero Cross and a sequel to Galaga Legions. This is the first mention of Galaga Legions DX, and the first official confirmation of Aero Cross, which has shown up in ratings previously. Its status as a Namco Generations game strongly suggests it's a Pac-Man CE-style update of the arcade game Metro-Cross.
Gorge yourself on new Pac-Man CE DX media
We can identify with Pac-Man. No matter how much he consumes, it will never fill the hole in his heart. It's kinda how we feel waiting for Pac-Man Championship Edition DX: empty inside. At least these new screens and trailer make the wait a bit less agonizing.
Pac-Man CE DX trailer is madness
Imagine an '80s gamer hurled into 2010. He rushes to Joystiq, freaks (because the internet) and finds the future of gaming is ... a Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX trailer. It's gotta be a little disconcerting, if only because the people of today have turned Pac-Man into an LSD-fueled nightmare.
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX coming to XBLA, PSN this fall
The Pac-Man party continues as Namco Bandai has announced a followup to 2007's excellent Pac-Man Championship Edition: simply, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX. The so-called sequel will launch on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this fall, adding new mazes, modes and enhancements to the CE formula. In fact, DX sounds seriously "deluxe," expanding the original Championship Edition's six mazes to "more than 100 varied and mind-boggling" courses, according to Namco Bandai. Additionally, new modes will include Time Attack Mode, an objective-based Mission Mode and the (devour) Ghost Mode. We'll look to gobble up more details at Namco Bandai's Pac-Man birthday event tonight. (Old Yellow's turning 30!)
