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Namco Networks

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Former type
  
Division (Defunct)

Owner
  
Bandai Namco

Headquarters
  
San Jose

Founded
  
2005

Industry
  
Mobile game

Website
  
namcogames.com

Founder
  
Toshihiro Nagoshi

Ceased operations
  
2011

Fate
  
Merged with Bandai Namco Entertainment America

Defunct
  
2011; 6 years ago (2011)

Parent organization
  
NAMCO BANDAI Holdings (USA) Inc.

Namco Networks America, Inc. is a developer and publisher of small-scale games targeting the mobile and casual game markets. The startup company based in San Jose, California was strategically acquired by Bandai Namco Holdings and renamed as Namco Networks to serve as its mobile games division.

History

In November 2010, Namco Networks laid off 90 staffers and stated that more of the work would be shifted to its counterpart in Japan, referring to the division of Bandai Namco Games that was once known as Bandai Networks prior to the merger.

References

Namco Networks Wikipedia