Competitive 'Pac-Man' is heading to casinos next year
If you think you're good at Pac-Man, it's time to put your money where your Pac-mouth is.
A competitive form of Pac-Man is coming to casinos, pitting two to four players against each other with a cash prize on the line. The game is debuting at the Global Gaming Expo in early October, and it's called Pac-Man Battle Casino.
Pac-Man Battle Casino is based off of 2011's Pac-Man Battle Royale, an arcade game for up to four players where each player controls a different Pac-Man as they try to eat each other. The Battle Casino version uses this same general concept as players try to out-eat each other (while eating as many pellets and ghosts as possible), but instead of feeding quarters into a machine, you can put quite a lot more money on the line (and hopefully win your investment back).
The game itself looks sort of like an air hockey table, where up to four players take a side of the table and face off within arm's reach of each other.
Pac-Man Battle Casino was developed in partnership between Bandai Namco and Gamblit, and has its sights set on a younger audience who may be more interested in playing games like Pac-Man than playing the slots.
Gamblit has created a handful of arcade-like casino games already, making gambling more of an interactive, skill-based experience for casino goers. Where slots draw a crowd with an average age in the late-50s, Gamblit's games tend to attract a crowd with an average age in the 30s.
Pac-Man Battle Casino will be hitting casinos in early 2018.
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