Highlights
- A new Pac-Man battle royale game titled Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is set to be released in early 2024.
- Up to 64 players can compete in this online-only multiplayer game and invade each other's worlds to devour pellets, ghosts, and other players.
- The game features power-ups, customizable Pac-Man avatars, and vibrant 3D graphics, offering an exciting twist on the classic arcade formula.
A new Pac-Man battle royale game is in the works that will allow players to compete against each other in frantic pellet-chomping match-ups. Pac-Man is one of the first major gaming franchises, and was a staple of 80s-era arcades in its heyday. Countless sequels, spin-offs, and remakes have been released on home consoles in the decades since, and Pac-Man himself has appeared in other games like Super Smash Bros. and Fall Guys. In more recent years, the Pac-Man series has seen a handful of releases in the form of the multiplayer Pac-Man 99 and the updated Pac-Man World Re-Pac.
Rumors of another new Pac-Man game took off after Bandai Namco filed a patent related to the franchise in New Zealand back in August titled “Pac-Man Superfast.” It wasn’t entirely clear if this trademark was tied to an upcoming game or some sort of tie-in media, but fans were left eager to see what was in store for the iconic yellow mascot with a taste for both pellets and adventure - and it seems that there is indeed a new Pac-Man game on the horizon for next year that will see players test their maze-navigating skills in fierce battle royale competition.
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Bandai Namco has announced a brand-new Pac-Man game, one that is set to launch in early 2024. Said game is titled Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs, an online-only multiplayer battle royale that will see up to 64 players face off in classic Pac-Man gameplay across multiple mazes. Each player can invade their opponents’ worlds to devour pellets, ghosts, and even other players and grow their custom Pac-Man avatar. Mazes are eliminated from play as a round goes on, and any players unlucky enough to be stuck in one vanishes along with it - adding an element of urgency to the already fast-paced Pac-Man action.
Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs also features power-ups that players can collect to help them survive in the maze, such as shields to guard them from opponents, force fields that repel ghosts even before Pac-Man eats his famous Power Pellet, and speed boosts to help the yellow circle race along the field. As mentioned before, players can customize their Pac-Man with a wide range of unlockable costumes and accessories to ensure that no two avatars look alike.
The now-defunct Pac-Man 99 gave players a taste of what a multiplayer, battle royale take on the classic arcade formula can bring, and it looks like Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs could take this concept to the next level thanks to its vibrant 3D graphics, customizable Pac-Man avatars and vast range of fluctuating mazes that players can travel between at will. So far, there isn’t an exact release date for this new Pac-Man game, but players can expect to see it launch on all major systems sometime next year.
Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs will launch on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in early 2024.
