{"id":1143107,"date":"2026-02-06T09:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oXWyT8qaKZtuS3Q7hqwyAV"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:41:12","slug":"bandai-namco-will-celebrate-pac-mans-45th-birthday-with-museum-displays-live-experiences-and-an-official-cookbook-featuring-a-maze-of-imaginative-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bandai-namco-will-celebrate-pac-mans-45th-birthday-with-museum-displays-live-experiences-and-an-official-cookbook-featuring-a-maze-of-imaginative-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandai Namco will celebrate Pac-Man&#8217;s 45th birthday with museum displays, live experiences, and an official cookbook featuring &#8216;a maze of imaginative recipes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DrpS9vcBefQ\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/search\/?searchTerm=pac-man\">Pac-Man<\/a> is 45 years old in 2025, and series owner Bandai Namco has a big old shindig planned to distract the ravenous yellow circle from the slowly encroaching spectre of death. The publisher has outlined a &#8216;year-long celebration&#8217; to commemorate Pac-Man&#8217;s anniversary, hosting numerous events around the world and, er, releasing a cookbook.<\/p>\n<p>According to a<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250304569501\/en\/Bandai-Namco-Kicks-Off-Year-Long-Celebration-to-Commemorate-PAC-MAN%E2%80%99s-45th-Anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\"> press release<\/a>, the celebrations are planned to run through 2025 and into early next year, running along the theme of &#8216;imPACt&#8217;, whatever that means. This will include live events occurring across the next few months, such as a &#8220;special display&#8221; showcased at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, which runs from April 30 through June 4 this year. Moreover, the Great Park Gallery in Irvine, California will host a &#8220;Pac-Man retrospective exhibition&#8221; starting in May and concluding in late September.<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m always up for a videogame exhibition, I&#8217;m more intrigued by the &#8220;Pac-Man live experience&#8221;. This is partly because it&#8217;s happening more locally to me, hosted in the UK at Manchester&#8217;s Arcade Arena. But it also sounds like it&#8217;s basically giant Pac-Man, with participants able to &#8220;step into a life-sized interactive maze for a fun, multi-sensory adventure.&#8221; In my head, I imagine this as gobbling up sugar cubes while being occasionally chased by men dressed as ghosts, but presumably there will be more to it than that.<\/p>\n<p>The celebrations aren&#8217;t limited to live events. Bandai Namco is partnering with Club Am\u00e9rica to offer a &#8220;limited number&#8221; of Pac-Man branded football shirts, and is also working with Insight Editions to publish an official Pac-Man cookbook. Yes, you read that correctly.<\/p>\n<p>The press release is light on information on the cookbook front, simply asking, &#8220;Ever wonder what a Ghost or Power Pellet tastes like?&#8221; (See the previous paragraph for my answer to the latter.) However, the book has a store page over on<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/p\/books\/pac-man-the-official-cookbook-jennifer-peterson\/7813392?ean=9798886637519&#038;gad_source=1&#038;gclid=CjwKCAiArKW-BhAzEiwAZhWsIEp83-vhxyLEuGcGvWRRz4XpIb_63vPTkfrQL8q6svri1p4qyDeAABoCT2YQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\"> bookshop.org<\/a>, which provides a few extra details. The cookbook will apparently feature &#8220;a maze of imaginative recipes&#8221; for &#8220;energy-filled snacks&#8221; and &#8220;super-filling dinners&#8221;. I&#8217;m mildly intrigued to see how they stretch this concept beyond two hundred pages of yellow pizzas, which Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani has <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pac-Man\" target=\"_blank\">intermittently claimed<\/a> to be the inspiration for Pac-Man&#8217;s design. Bizarrely, the cover art features no pizzas whatsoever, but does represents Pac-Man&#8217;s ghosts, cherries, and, er, a random burger. If you&#8217;re desperate to discover the recipe for Pac-Man&#8217;s iconic quarter pounder, the book launches May 13.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, Bandai&#8217;s upcoming game<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/pac-man-becomes-an-apex-predator-on-a-world-shattered-by-intergalactic-warfare-in-this-very-strange-new-metroidvania-coming-in-2025\/\"> Shadow Labyrinth<\/a> also ties into the festivities. The bizarre Pac-Man action platformer was originally unveiled at last year&#8217;s Game Awards, and sees players exploring a destroyed world with the aid of a yellow orb named Puck who can &#8220;consume darkness.&#8221; Bandai Namco hasn&#8217;t shared any new info on Shadow Labyrinth as yet, but promises more details on this weird spin on the arcade classic &#8220;in the coming months&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"5fb3b80b-277a-4752-addb-bf93b460278b\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bandai-namco-will-celebrate-pac-mans-45th-birthday-with-museum-displays-live-experiences-and-an-official-cookbook-featuring-a-maze-of-imaginative-recipes.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"5fb3b80b-277a-4752-addb-bf93b460278b\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/bandai-namco-will-celebrate-pac-mans-45th-birthday-with-museum-displays-live-experiences-and-an-official-cookbook-featuring-a-maze-of-imaginative-recipes\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pac-Man is 45 years old in 2025, and series owner Bandai Namco has a big old shindig planned to distract the ravenous yellow circle from the slowly encroaching spectre of death. The publisher has outlined a &#8216;year-long celebration&#8217; to commemorate Pac-Man&#8217;s anniversary, hosting numerous events around the world and, er, releasing a cookbook. According to a press release, the celebrations are planned to run through 2025 and into early next year, running along the theme of &#8216;imPACt&#8217;, whatever that means. This will include live events occurring across the next few months, such as a &#8220;special display&#8221; showcased at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, which runs from April 30 through June 4 this year. 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