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/ Adam Richardson

Hasbro Interactive Acquires Rights To 11 Namco Titles

Hasbro Interactive Acquires Rights To 11 Namco Titles made news on April 14, 1999, with Hasbro Interactive today revealed it has reached an agreement with Namco Ltd.

Hasbro Interactive Acquires Rights To 11 Namco Titles is moving on the business side today, because apparently the games industry cannot go five minutes without someone buying, signing, or reorganizing something. Hasbro Interactive today revealed it has reached an agreement with Namco Ltd. that will allow Hasbro Interactive to develop, publish and distribute interactive games based on 11 Namco properties, including Pac-Man, the #1 video arcade game of all time. The license agreement includes PC game rights to such arcade classics as Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and Dig Dug, and multiple hardware platform rights to Galaga, Galaxian and Pole Position, among others.

Bottom line: if this is your kind of game, start watching the download pages and store shelves. April has been stupidly busy, and this one just joined the pile.