Pac-Man remains active as a licensed property across merchandise, fortnite crossovers, museum-style exhibitions, and platform re-releases. The most recent story is a Sticky Monster Lab blind box set, with preorders open and an October 2026 release planned.
Pac-Man's current activity is spread across merchandise, game crossovers, gallery events, and re-releases rather than a single new game. In September 2026, Sticky Monster Lab opened preorders for a six-figure blind box series, sold as a complete box for 7,920 yen and scheduled for October 2026. That follows a Bandai capsule toy line in August 2026, the Pac-Man Mejirushi Accessory Continue, sold at 300 yen per play with 12 types in Round and Dot versions. The property also appears in Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 7 Season 4, whose trailer shows Pac-Man among characters from several other games. The season launches August 20.
Outside merchandise and crossovers, Bandai Namco Experience ran a Pac-Man art gallery in Shibuya in July 2026 and planned a Fukuoka run in late August. The gallery sells high-priced items including a 440,000 yen MIKOSHI, 16,500 yen E-candles, and 8,800 yen T-shirts. On the game side, the Switch 2 version of My Hero Academia: All's Justice arrives September 3 in Japan and September 4 worldwide with a Pac-Man minigame, and that Minigame mode will be added to other platforms via free update. Separately, G-Mode released the feature phone version of Pac-Man on June 18 for Switch and PC via Steam at 800 yen.
The throughline is a property being maintained through licensed products, event spaces, and appearances in other publishers' games. No new mainline Pac-Man title is announced in these stories. Instead, the activity is in collectibles, a gallery, a Fortnite season, and a minigame update, all dated across mid-to-late 2026.
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Sticky Monster Lab is producing a Pac-Man blind box series of six figures. The set includes Pac-Man & Pinky, Pac-Man & Inky (Dot Ver.), Pac-Man Robo, Pac-Man Robo (Napping), Blinky & Power Cookie, and Clyde & Power Cookie. Preorders opened September 25, 2026 at the BLITZWAY JAPAN online store, with a box of all six priced at 7,920 yen tax included and release scheduled for October 2026.
Epic Games released the trailer for Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 7 Season 4 "Override," which teases characters from Sonic the Hedgehog, Persona, Pac-Man, Crash Bandicoot, Mega Man, Spyro, Mortal Kombat, and Tetris. The season launches August 20.
Bandai will release the capsule toy Pac-Man Mejirushi Accessory Continue in the second week of August at 300 yen per play. The lineup includes 12 types of mark accessories based on the Pac-Man series, with characters like Pac-Man, Blinky, and Pinky available in both Round and Dot versions.
Bandai Namco Experience will hold the PAC-MAN art gallery 'PAC-MAN BEYOND - FROM 8-BIT TO INFINITE BITE.' at MIYASHITA PARK in Shibuya from July 24 to 27, 2026, and later in Fukuoka from August 28 to 31. The gallery displays modern art including a Kano School-style hanging scroll and sells items such as a PAC-MAN MIKOSHI (440,000 yen), PAC-MAN E-candles (16,500 yen), and T-shirts (8,800 yen). Advance reservations are open.
Bandai Namco Entertainment announced on Thursday that the fighting game My Hero Academia: All's Justice will arrive on Nintendo Switch 2 on September 3 in Japan and September 4 worldwide. The Switch 2 version introduces a new Minigame mode, which includes a collaboration minigame with Pac-Man. The Minigame mode will also be added to other platforms via a free update on the same day. The game originally launched in February for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The Switch 2 physical edition includes a special inner cover featuring a newly drawn illustration by studio Bones of Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki. The game's Story Mode adapts the manga's final battle arc, and the roster includes over 40 characters from the series. Online battles via GameChat's GameShare functionality are supported. Preorders are open for Standard, Deluxe, and Ultimate Editions, with preorder bonuses including early access to Izuku Midoriya (Rising) and All For One (Chaos) plus 30,000 Hero Coins.
G-Mode Corporation announced on June 17 that it will release the feature phone version of Bandai Namco Entertainment's "Pac-Man" on June 18 as part of its G-Mode Archives+ revival project. The game will be available on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam for 800 yen (tax included). This is the third Bandai Namco Entertainment title to be revived through G-Mode Archives+, following "Xenosaga Pied Piper" and "Namco Chronicle." The revival was first teased on G-Mode's official X account on May 22, which is Pac-Man's birthday. The feature phone version preserves the original arcade gameplay: players control Pac-Man through a maze, eating all cookies while avoiding four ghosts-Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. Power cookies allow Pac-Man to temporarily turn the tables and eat ghosts. G-Mode Archives+ is a project that faithfully reproduces feature phone game apps as they were at the time and distributes them on modern consumer game consoles. The project has previously released other titles including "Feature Phone" and "Namco Chronicle."