Namco Bandai Games

Namco Bandai Games Inc. (NBGI) (株式会社バンダイナムコゲームス, Kabushiki Gaisha Bandai Namuko Gēmusu), also known by the publishing label Surge, is an arcade and home video game developer and publisher based in Japan which is the product of a merger between the video game development divisions of Bandai and Namco. Namco Bandai Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (NBHD) and specializes in production and sales of home video games and arca... more

Namco Bandai Games Inc. (NBGI) (株式会社バンダイナムコゲームス, Kabushiki Gaisha Bandai Namuko Gēmusu), also known by the publishing label Surge, is an arcade and home video game developer and publisher based in Japan which is the product of a merger between the video game development divisions of Bandai and Namco. Namco Bandai Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (NBHD) and specializes in production and sales of home video games and arcade games. It is the head company of Namco Bandai Group's Game Contents Strategic Business Unit (SBU). In early 2005, Namco Ltd. and Bandai Co. Ltd. announced plans to combine their operations. The merger took effect in September of that same year and both companies came under the umbrella of the newly created Namco Bandai Holdings. On March 31, 2006, the game division of Bandai was merged to Namco and renamed Namco Bandai Games. In the United States, the Namco Hometek subsidiary was renamed to Namco Bandai Games America, which also publishes... less