In a somewhat unexpected announcement, Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has recently launched their official online store where fans can purchase high-quality, original merchandise. The first items that will be available on the store will feature designs from Pac-Man, Tales of Tekken, and Galaga. Among the merchandise options are posters, canvases, coffee mugs, hoodies, t-shirts and phone cases. These are exclusive items that can’t be found anywhere else and also includes a series of unique designs created by 35 well-known artists to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Pac-Man.

“We are all super excited about this long awaited store dedicated to our biggest fans! Our goal is to provide high quality, exclusive and unique items that have been carefully selected to communicate and represent our passion and love around iconic IPs. This is just the beginning as we are planning to work closely with all the people that love our brands to bring to life the craziest ideas they might have!” said Hervé Hoerdt; VP of Marketing and Digital at BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe.

With Christmas right around the corner, this is something to definitely consider for gift ideas if you have any friends that are gamers or enjoy some of the classic arcade games like Pac-Man or Galaga.

Bandai Namco Games have recently announced that their latest free-to-play collectible card battling game, Outcast Odyssey, is now available to download on the App Store. Mixing the strategy and balance of card-based combat with RPG-like dungeon crawling, Outcast Odyssey features a huge world of secrets and more to explore. Players can take on the single-player campaign, battle online in multiplayer mode, and form guilds as well as make trades with friends while collecting new cards to construct the ultimate deck. The debut of Outcast Odyssey features the creative voices of two comic book artists — Warren Louw and Chuck Pires — who bring their own distinct character-driven styles to the hundreds of hand-drawn cards that are in the game. Despite Outcast Odyssey being Namco‘s first collectible card battling game for iOS, it’s one of the best games of this genre we’ve seen to date.

Features:

• Gorgeous card art from acclaimed artists, Chuck Pires and Warren Louw.
• Stunning particle and parallax effects bring your cards to life.
• Collect, enhance and evolve cards that you will use to battle in an easy to play combat system.
• Combine and master special abilities to build the ultimate deck.
• Deep and visceral card combat in PvP and campaign battles.
• Weekly prizes for the most powerful Outcasts in the realm.

Interested? Outcast Odyssey is available on the App Store to download for free by clicking here, however, there are in-app purchases.

Bandai Namco Games, makers of the arcade classic PacMan, have gone back to the drawing boards to design a new major content update for Ridge Racer Slipstream, a fast-paced racing game for both iPhone and iPad. In this latest gameplay update that was released just yesterday, adds four new Class 1 machines, two racetracks as well as a few other goodies which we will talk about later.

Players can now get behind the wheels of the Kamata Synci, RC410, plus the Lucky Wild Evolver and Soldat Rauna. Apart from that, two new racetracks — the Seacrest District and Surfside Resort — offer a place to try out the cars. Furthermore, Namco has also added more content, challenges and achievements to the Masters’ Class 1 for gamers to enjoy. Last but not least, in this update any MFI iOS controller is now supported by Ridge Racer Slipstream which is nice for those who prefer an physical controller and not a virtual d-pad.

Interested? Ridge Racer Slipstream is available on the App Store for free by clicking here, however, there are in-app purchases to get additional in-game currency.

Well known developer and publisher, Namco Bandai Games, have announced that their latest iOS title Ridge Racer Slipstream is set to land later this month on the App Store. Bringing the series’ popular drifting aspect combined with a new racing engine, Ridge Racer Slipstream raises the yet again bar for the franchise. Featuring a brand new racing engine designed for iOS, Ridge Racer Slipstream also has various gameplay modes, 20 unique tracks (10 tracks driven forward and backward) and 12 different vehicles to customize. In total, there are over 300 different ways to customize the vehicles where players can change the colors, rims, body kits and vinyls. Namco will also release extra content in future updates as well as an multiplayer mode, however, we’re unsure when that will be. We are told that there’s a full-featured Career Mode plus three different race types in Arcade Mode —  Regular, Quick, and Knockout Races. We’ve also uploaded a nice gallery of 13 screenshots that you can see here. Last but certainly not least, you can watch a quick trailer for Ridge Racer Slipstream below.

Like always, we’ll keep you updated if we hear more news from Namco. Enjoy!

Yep, more Black Friday sales from SEGA, Namco, and Gamerizon!

Sega

• ChuChu Rocket! $2.99 -> $0.99
• ChuChu Rocket! HD $4.99 -> $0.99
• Virtua Tennis Challenge $4.99 -> $1.99
• Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Ep 2 $6.99 -> $2.99
• Super Monkey Ball 2 $2.99 -> $0.99
• Super Monkey Ball 2 Sakura Edition $2.99 -> $0.99
• Crazy Taxi $4.99 -> $2.99

Namco

• Pac-Man $4.99 -> $1.99
• Pac-Man for iPad $4.99 -> $1.99
• Ms. Pac-Man $4.99 -> $1.99
• Ms. Pac-Man for iPad $4.99 -> $1.99

Gamerizon

• Chop Chop Caveman $2.99 -> Free
• Chop Chop Hockey $2.99 -> Free
• Chop Chop Kicker $2.99 -> Free
• Chop Chop Ninja $2.99 -> Free
• Chop Chop Ninja HD $1.99 -> Free
• Chop Chop Runner $2.99 -> Free
• Chop Chop Slicer $2.99 -> Free
• Chop Chop Soccer $2.99 -> Free
• Chop Chop Tennis $2.99 -> Free