B.B. Studio
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B.B. Studio | |
Type | Subsidiary of Bandai Namco Entertainment |
Founded | December 1990 (BEC) 1994 (Banpre Kikaku) March 1997 (Banpresoft) April 1, 2011 (B.B. Studio) |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | not disclosed |
Industry | Video games |
Products | Video games |
Employees | 51 |
Website | https://www.bbst.co.jp/ |
B.B. Studio Co., Ltd. (株式会社B.B.スタジオ, Kabushiki-gaisha B.B. Sutajio) is a video game development subsidiary of Bandai Namco Entertainment.
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BEC Co., Ltd.
BEC Co., Ltd. (株式会社ベック, Kabushiki-gaisha Bekku), short for Bandai Entertainment Company, was a joint venture between Human Entertainment and Bandai. It was formed in December 1990.
Human Entertainment closed in 2000, making BEC a full subsidiary of Bandai.
Banpre Kikaku Co., Ltd
Banpre Kikaku Co., Ltd. (株式会社バンプレ企画, Kabushiki-gaisha Banpure Kikaku), the video game development division of Banpresto, was formed in 1994.
Banpresoft Co., Ltd
Banpre Kikaku Co., Ltd. was renamed Banpresoft Co., Ltd. (株式会社バンプレソフト, Kabushiki-gaisha Banpuresofuto) in March 1997.
Banpresoft was fully acquired by Bandai Namco Entertainment on April 1, 2008.
B.B. Studio
On April 1, 2011, Bandai Namco Entertainment, the company formed after the merger of Bandai and Namco in 2005, merged BEC Co., Ltd. with Banpresoft Co., Ltd. This was done to bring the Bandai video game development divisions together under a single, unified, division. The resulting division was named B.B. Studio.
Video games by B.B. Studio owned by WEC Museum
Title | Release | Platforms | Notes |
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Namcot Collection | 2020 | Switch | Emulation of the Famicom version of Wagan Land. Co-developed with M2. |
Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1 | 2020 | Windows | Emulation of NES/Famicom versions of Dig Dug, Dragon Buster, Dragon Spirit: The New Legend, Galaxian, Mappy, Pac-Man, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Sky Kid, Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti, The Tower of Druaga, and Xevious. Co-developed with M2. |
Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2 | 2020 | Windows | Emulation of NES/Famicom versions of Battle City, Dragon Buster II, Dig Dug II, Galaga, Gaplus, Legacy of the Wizard, Mappy Land, Mendel Palace, Pac-Land, Rolling Thunder, and Super Xevious. Co-developed with M2. |