Bandai Namco
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BNEI Headquarters
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Native name
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株式会社バンダイナムコゲームス |
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Kabushiki gaisha Subsidiary |
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Video game industry Anime Motion pictures |
| Founded | July 5, 1950 (Bandai) June 1, 1955 (Namco) January 2014 (Bandai Namco Games) April 1, 2015 (Bandai Namco Entertainment) |
| Headquarters | Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
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Key people
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Naoharu Yamashina (Founder of Bandai) Masaya Nakamura (Founder of Namco) Satoshi Oshita (President and CEO) |
| Products | List of Bandai Namco video games |
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Number of employees
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Bandai Namco Games 900 (as of April 2013) Bandai Namco Studios 1047 (as of April 2012) |
| Parent | Bandai Namco Holdings |
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Business Promotion Unit Business Management Unit |
| Subsidiaries | See list |
| Website | bandainamco.ent |
Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. (BNEI) (株式会社バンダイナムコエンターテインメント Kabushiki Gaisha Bandai Namuko Entāteinmento?) is an arcade, mobile and home video game publisher, based in Japan. The company also publishes video, music and other entertainment products related to its video game IPs. It is the product of a merger between the video game development divisions of Bandai and Namco. Originally referred to in the West as Namco Bandai Games, the company was internationally renamed as Bandai Namco Games in January 2014. In December 2014, Bandai Namco Holdings announced that it would be changing its gaming division name from Bandai Namco Games to Bandai Namco Entertainment, starting in April 2015.
Bandai Namco Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings (BNHD) and specializes in management and sales of video games and other related entertainment products, while its Bandai Namco Studios subsidiaries specialize in the development of these products. It is the core company of Bandai Namco Group's Content Strategic Business Unit (Content SBU).
In addition to its core publisher operations in Japan, Bandai Namco Games publishes content worldwide through different entities. Bandai Namco Games America handles publishing across North America; Bandai Namco Games Europe handles publishing across Europe; Bandai Namco Games Asia handles publishing across Asia (except Japan); Bandai Namco Games Australia and Bandai Namco Games New Zealand handle publishing in Oceania. The company has its headquarters in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
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