Bandai Namco Entertainment

Japanese video game publisher
Organization video_game_developer Q1194689
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Summary

Bandai Namco Entertainment is a video game developer[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video game developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,601 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Gamescom Award − Best Lineup[3], Gamescom Award − Best of Show Floor[4]
  • Country: Japan[5]
  • Instance of: video game publisher[6]
  • Founder: Masaya Nakamura[7]
  • Owned by: Bandai Namco Holdings[8]
  • Follows: Namco Tales Studio[9], Namco[10]
  • Headquarters location: Tokyo[11]
  • Child organization or unit: Cellius[12], Bandai Namco Studios[13]
  • Commons category: Bandai Namco Entertainment[14]
  • Industry: video game industry[15]
  • Inception: March 31, 2006[16]
  • Parent organization or unit: Bandai Namco Holdings[17]
  • Official website: https://www.bandainamcoent.com[18], https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bandai Namco games[20]
  • Product or material produced: list of Bandai Namco games[21]
  • Nominated for: Steam Award for Best Developer[22]
  • Legal form: kabushiki gaisha[23]
  • Social media followers: 1,290,000[24], 1,440,000[25], 1,610,000[26], 1,790,000[27], 1,930,000[28]

Product Details

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  • Country: JP[29]

  • Began / founded: 2015-04-01[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3953b1d9-b0fa-4da0-b880-5c0c2307ce12[31]

Why It Matters

Bandai Namco Entertainment has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Bandai Namco Entertainment receive?

Honors received include Gamescom Award − Best Lineup[3] and Gamescom Award − Best of Show Floor[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . now.gamescom.global. Retrieved . now.gamescom.global. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . gamescom.global. Retrieved . gamescom.global. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . steamcommunity.com. steamcommunity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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