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• Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus review - fun and frantic, but some additions fall flat

  Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 remains exhilarating fun, but some of its new additions prove bigger doesn’t always equal better.

• Dragon Ball FighterZ open beta may be extended after weekend of network errors

  The open beta currently running for Dragon Ball Fighterz may be extended after a weekend plagued with disconnects and network errors.

• GameCube rarity Pac-Man VS. is coming to Switch in the next Namco Museum collection

  Pac-Man VS., a GameCube game played by almost no-one, is making its way to the Switch.

• Tekken 7: Roger the kangaroo cut due to "animal activists", Kuma the bear still in because he's "stronger than a human being"

  And other stuff we learned from entering the King of Iron Fist tournament.

• Dark Souls 2: Crown of the Sunken King walkthrough - Shulva, Sanctum City

  Let’s being our journey for the Crown of the Sunken King with this walkthrough and tactics guide.

• Namco working on arcade-themed restaurant

  Namco is hoping to create a “restaurant-centered, destination entertainment concept”, an evolution of its traditional arcade business.

• Street Fighter X Tekken Final Box Art

  We get our first glimpse at the final box art for the upcoming Street Fighter X Tekken from Capcom.

• Pac-Man is all-time arcade favorite says survey

  According to a new survey, the original Pac-Man is the most fondly remember arcade game in video gaming history.

• Old game, new champ: Pac-Man world record topped

  Wakka, wakka, wakka, wakka, wakka, wakka. We’d be rushing too, if it meant putting an end to that infernal – though undoutedly iconic – 8-bit sound effect. Recently, the aptly-named David Race did just that and crossed the classic quarter-muncher’s finish line in three hours, 41 minutes, and 22 seconds. Race zipped right past previous […]

• Hellgate still facing Western shutdown -- despite upcoming expansion

  Sorry Hellgate fans – even the promise of a new expansion won’t keep your game of choice from getting the padlock treatment in 2009. Community manager Diane “Tiggs” Migliaccio explained in a post on the official Hellgate forums: “People are speculating and I don’t want anyone shocked on January 31, 2009 when the server and […]