Formerly called
|
Interbec |
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Joint Venture | |
Industry | Video games industry |
Fate | Merged with Banpresto game development division. |
Successor | B.B. Studio |
Founded | December 4, 1990 |
Defunct | April 2011 |
Headquarters | Japan |
Key people
|
Eisaku Maniwa (President and CEO) |
Parent | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
BEC (Bandai Entertainment Company), formerly known as Interbec, is a joint venture by Bandai and Human Co, Ltd. for video game development. They are best known for developing licensed video games for Bandai including Digimon, Dragon Ball Z and Mobile Suit Gundam. Once Bandai and Namco merged as Bandai Namco, BEC Co. became a video game development subsidiary for the merged company. On April 2011, Bandai Namco merged BEC with Banpresto in order to unify their Bandai video game development subsidiaries under one division. with Banpresto being re-structured into Bandai Namco's toys and hobby business.