# Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver

> defunct video game developer

**Wikidata**: [Q131721146](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131721146)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/bandai-namco-studios-vancouver

## Summary
Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver was a video game developer subsidiary of Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was founded on 2013-03-01 and was formally dissolved on 2018-11-16.

## Key Facts
- Founded (inception): 2013-03-01.  
- Dissolved: 2018-11-16.  
- Parent organization: Bandai Namco Entertainment (a Japanese video game publisher).  
- Industry: video game industry.  
- Instance of: video game developer.  
- Wikidata description: defunct video game developer.  
- MobyGames company ID: 22914.  
- Operated under the Bandai Namco corporate umbrella during its existence.

## FAQs
### Q: What was Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver?
A: It was a video game development studio that operated as a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Entertainment.

### Q: When was the studio active?
A: The studio was established on 2013-03-01 and was dissolved on 2018-11-16.

### Q: Who owned Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver?
A: The studio was owned and operated by Bandai Namco Entertainment, a Japanese video game publisher.

### Q: Is Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver still operating?
A: No. According to available records it was dissolved on 2018-11-16 and is described as a defunct video game developer.

## Why It Matters
Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver represented Bandai Namco Entertainment’s direct development presence under the "Bandai Namco Studios" identity during the 2010s. As a corporate subsidiary created in 2013, it formed part of the organizational structure through which a major Japanese publisher maintained development capacity and regional studio operations. Its formal dissolution in 2018 is a concrete example of studio lifecycle dynamics in the games industry—showing how publishers open, reorganize, or close development teams in response to strategic shifts. For researchers, historians, and industry analysts, the studio’s dates, corporate parentage, and formal identifiers (such as the MobyGames company ID) provide verifiable anchor points for tracing project attribution, corporate restructuring, and regional industry presence tied to Bandai Namco during that period.

## Notable For
- Being a direct development subsidiary of Bandai Namco Entertainment.  
- Having an official inception date of 2013-03-01 and an official dissolution date of 2018-11-16.  
- Being cataloged in industry databases (MobyGames company ID 22914).  
- Being formally described in reference sources as a defunct video game developer.

## Body
### Identity and Classification
- Instance of: video game developer (a software development organization specializing in creation of video games).  
- Industry: video game industry.  
- Wikidata description labels the entity as a "defunct video game developer."

### Dates and Lifecycle
- Inception (founding) date: 2013-03-01 (source reference: Q612975).  
- Dissolved / abolished date: 2018-11-16.

### Ownership and Corporate Context
- Parent organization: Bandai Namco Entertainment.  
- Bandai Namco Entertainment is a Japanese video game publisher; it functioned as the owning/operating parent during the studio’s existence.

### Identifiers and Records
- MobyGames company ID: 22914.  
- Listed in structured data and reference sources as a distinct corporate development entity under the Bandai Namco umbrella.

### Status
- Current status: defunct (dissolved on 2018-11-16).

## References

1. MobyGames