Pac-Man World Re-Pac is bringing the celebration back, remastered for modern platforms
During the recent Nintendo Direct Mini, Bandai Namco showed up to announce that Pac-Man World Re-Pac is bringing the now 20 year old game back, in celebration of the series 40th birthday this year, check out the trailer for it below.
The game is coming to all platforms, so Switch, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 and will overhaul everything from the original release, taking advantage of what the new hardware allows for.
“PAC-MAN WORLD represented a big step in the PAC-MAN franchise, taking the beloved character and fun gameplay to another level evolving this into a 3D platforming game. With PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC we are reintroducing an enhanced version for a new generation of fans,” said Herve Hoerdt, Senior Vice President Marketing, Digital and Content at Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S. “We are excited to see people chomp their way through the colourful Ghost Island to rescue PAC-MAN’s family and friends.”
The game has multiple modes with Quest Mode, a Maze Mode that brings classic PAC-MAN game play to 3D mazes, and a complete version of the original game in Original Mode that players can unlock by completing the main game. In the main Quest Mode experience, players use a variety of attacks and abilities, including powerups, as they run, jump, solve puzzles, and of-course chomp their way through six exciting worlds of Ghost Island.
The game itself is coming on August 26th, so only a few months away
