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. On December 17, 2014,
Bandai Namco Holdings announced that it would be changing its gaming division name from Bandai Namco Games to
Bandai Namco Entertainment, effective on April 1, 2015.