Bandai Namco has announced that a merch collaboration between Pac-Man and band blink-182 will be available during San Diego Comic-Con 2026. It includes a limited-edition, numbered blink-182 x Pac-Man Comic-Con vinyl produced by Blood Records, as well as a blink-182 version of the now memorable Pac-Man x 7-Eleven T-shirt worn by Mark Hoppus at Coachella 2023.
The collab items will be available at the blink-182 x PAC-MAN booth #1415 located at the San Diego Convention Center. San Diego Comic-Con 2026 runs from Thursday, July 23, through Sunday, July 26. Booth #1415 will also feature an arcade-themed space that also celebrates the cultural resurgence of the band as they commemorate the 25th anniversary of their defining album. Here, attendees will be able to pick up both Pac-Man and blink-182 merch. It is unknown if the collaboration merch will be available to the public at a later date.
Recently, G-MODE and Bandai Namco announced the release of PAC-MAN in the G-MODE Archives series, based on the Japanese phone version of the original arcade PAC-MAN. It launched on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam in Japan for 800 yen on June 18. G-Mode Archives+ PAC-MAN will not have English language support. G-MODE describes it as “a reissue project that faithfully reproduces the original version of the game”.
The Steam store page provides this description:
The timeless masterpiece that has taken the world by storm is here!
Eating all Pac-Dots while dodging the ghosts!
Pac-Man:
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A classic arcade game released in 1980.
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An action game where players chase each other through a closed maze.
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A port of a Japanese flip phone title (feature phones popular before smartphones).
*This release does not add elements such as languages and achievements that were not part of the original version.
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