Tekken and Pac-Man owners Bandai Namco announce major res...

What’s Happening

Real talk: Change is afoot at Bandai Namco Holdings.

They’ve just dropped a company-wide restructuring effort that extends from their film, toy and arcade lines to their videogame label, Bandai Namco Entertainment, owners of Pac-Man, Tekken, Soulcalibur, and Ace Combat, among others. Read more Home News Tekken and Pac-Man owners Bandai Namco announce major restructure with investment from Sony Also soon to sell a studio to Nintendo Image credit: Bandai Namco News by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell News Editor Change is afoot at Bandai Namco Holdings. (plot twist fr)

Effective from 1st April no, I don’t think this is a early April Fool’s joke, it’s a financial year thing the reshuffle will involve “personnel changes at the departmental head level”, in the words of AnimeNewsNetwork .

The Details

Osamu Sarudate from the Bandai Namco Entertainment NE production department unit 1 will become executive officer of the card business division, while the card business division’s general manager Koji Tezuka is taking over the Gundam division, and Yuzuke Minagawa is now executive officer of the CX park business division. The company are also renaming or re-organising several departments and divisions.

As ANN recap, Sony agreed last year to buy 16 million s in Bandai Namco for approximately $464. Nintendo, meanwhile, just dropped in November last year that they would take over Bandai Namco Studios Singapore in a transfer agreement.

Why This Matters

BNSS are a support studio who worked with Nintendo on the recent Kir. Bandai Namco are among the companies who’ve cut back in the wake of the Covid stay-at-home boom period. They got rid of over 100 staff in the period April 2024 to February 2025, having cancelled several games in February 2024.

This is the kind of news that gets gamers talking across social media.

Key Takeaways

• In October that year, it was reported that management had essentially forced staff to quit into rooms where they had nothing to do.
• So far, no layoffs have been just dropped in the course of this week’s proposed restructuring.

The Bottom Line

In October that year, it was reported that management had essentially forced staff to quit into rooms where they had nothing to do. So far, no layoffs have been just dropped in the course of this week’s proposed restructuring.

What do you think about all this?