Last year in January, Hamster’s Arcade Archives series for the Switch and multiple other platforms reached 400 releases. Now, ...

When you think of the best gaming handheld devices, your mind might wander to the Game Boy or Nintendo DS you grew up with. But did you know that today’s handhelds let you play blockbuster PC games on ...

One of my favorite PlayStation games back in the day was Pac-Man World, and the remake of that a few years ago was a blast. I wasn’t as familiar with the sequel, but for obvious reasons the thing ...

The Atari 2600 Plus retro console, Pac-Man Edition Image: Atari / Bandai Namco I’ll be honest: Part of the reason I wanted the Pac-Man Edition Atari 2600 Plus console was because I thought it would ...

The Nintendo DS deserves to live on. Despite the popularity of the original Switch and sweeping sales of the Switch 2, the original dual-screen handheld continues to be Nintendo’s best-selling device ...

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is a fascinating journey through the history of Atari, but that timeline couldn't be truly rounded without the inclusion of some Namco classics like Pac-Man and ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Forty-five years ago, Pac-Man made his U.S. debut in October—and today for Halloween, Google is collaborating with Namco Bandai to present a playable Pac-Man Doodle with eight levels and four ...

Back in the halcyon days that only sort of were terrible, 2016 to be exact, Nintendo released a mini version of its original NES console. While it looked like the grey box many of us had in the ’80s ...

Google is celebrating PAC-MAN’s 45th anniversary with today’s Google Doodle. Today’s Google Doodle is more than a “doodle.” You can click on the moving image of PAC-MAN chasing ghosts in a witch hat ...

Google has transformed its homepage into a Halloween playground with an interactive Pac-Man game that adds delightful spooky elements to the beloved arcade classic. The latest Google Doodle puts a ...

Gaming is coming up big this year in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with Bandai Namco announcing that Pac-Man will get a new balloon in the famous parade. The Pac-Man balloon will appear ...