SINGAPORE – 13 December 2024 – Today at The Game Awards, Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia announced Shadow Labyrinth, a visionary inspired game set in a new Sci-Fi universe that draws from the company’s legendary arcade franchises. Developed by Bandai Namco Studios, the core theme of the game features a thrilling and visceral new take on the company’s most beloved icon, PAC-MAN. The reveal of Shadow Labyrinth unravels the mystery of this new vision for the PAC-MAN franchise as seen in Secret Level, Prime Video’s adult-animated anthology series, as the setting for a 2D Action-Platformer where players must consume to survive a hostile alien world. Shadow Labyrinth is coming in 2025 to Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X | S, and PC via Steam®. For more information, visit www.shadowlabyrinthgame.com.
Shadow Labyrinth is a broad departure from previous PAC-MAN games, players take on the role of another protagonist: Swordsman No. 8. In the game, following the events introduced in the Secret Level animated short, players awaken on an alien planet ravaged by war and monsters. They quickly encounter PUCK, a mysterious yet recognizable figure who teaches them that their aim in this treacherous world is to escape it, and to achieve that they must consume everything that waits in the darkness to survive – and ultimately become the planet’s apex predator. Drawing even more inspiration from the source material for this unique game, players traverse a maze-filled world where enemies and puzzles new and familiar will challenge them at every step. Success comes from mastery of fluid combat and exploration to uncover increasingly powerful abilities and skills and conquering challenging bosses on to discover their true purpose.
As players progress through Shadow Labyrinth and dive deeper into the maze of this mysterious world, they will discover its secrets and learn why PUCK chose them for this task. The game draws even wider inspiration for story and setting from Bandai Namco’s broader library of beloved arcade games. While there is much more to reveal about this thrilling new adventure, astute fans will find early hints of connections to other iconic games in the reveal trailer.
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