As strange as it is, I was really on board for Shadow Labyrinth. I try to maintain a why not policy when it comes to games, so when someone asks, “Why would Bandai Namco make an ultra-dark ...

Shadow Labyrinth is one of the strangest takes on a classic arcade series in a long time, and from the fifteen minutes we played of the game so far, it seems to be a success. Pac-Man began in arcades ...

Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic Pac-Man. As Swordsman No. 8, awoken by a floating yellow orb, PUCK, on a mysterious planet amidst relics of ...

Amazon Prime’s Secret Level gave us the dark sci-fi Pac-Man riff “Circle,” a short-form experiment with Alex-Garland-meets-Pixar vibes. This was quickly confirmed as a backdoor pilot for Bandai ...

Gone are the days of the cute little Pac-man Puck. Another surprise announcement at The Game Awards was a new take on the Pac-man franchise. Shadow Labyrinth is brought to us by Bandai Namco and ...

In the depths of the Valley of Thanatos in Shadow Labyrinth, PUCK and Number 8 stumble upon a familiar face - Terrorium. This beast is back with a vengeance and a new trick up its sleeve. This boss ...

The gameplay trailer showcased new mechanics. One is the Gaia form, during which the protagonist and Puck merge into a large, monstrous form. This allows them to consume defeated enemies to gain items ...

From his earliest gaming memories playing Spyro 2 on the PlayStation, to being obsessed with the swing-out animations in Marvel's Spider-Man, Cameron has always been, and continues to be, in love with ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook During The Game Awards, Bandai Namco revealed Shadow Labyrinth, a new Pac-Man inspired game that ...

45 years after the release of Pac-Man, Bandai Namco is finally answering the age-old question: “How would it play as a 2D Metroidvania?” Surely you’ve all been wondering that, right? Well, ask no more ...

There's a moment about 20 minutes into Shadow Labyrinth, a new video game that takes place within the Pac-Man universe, that sets the tone for what's to come. Pac-Man, here called Puck, sheds its ...

Shadow Labyrinth from developer Bandai Namco Studios sits on the extreme end of the bar when it comes to reinventing a franchise. Shadow Labyrinth is...a Pac-Man game. That sentence alone might throw ...