Bandai Namco has announced that Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 will be free for Playstation, Xbox One, and PC via steam from today (April 24) to May 10. The game will be available for free to claim from 01:00 PM ET and will end at the same time on May 10. This is done for the purpose of delivering “more fun for everyone—at home” and help fight the spread of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
If you’re going to stay at home, you might as well do it with some entertaining from the classics, right?
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 is Free
Here is the full message that has been given from the company:
“To our Bandai Namco Entertainment family and friends around the world,
People around the globe are doing their part to change their life and workstyles in order to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. Here at Bandai Namco Entertainment, we have put into action initiatives to support and safeguard the health of our employees, their families, and friends, as well as our customers, vendors, and our communities.
With the help and cooperation from employees throughout our global organization, we have prepared and enacted remote working conditions within our offices across the globe. We would like to thank everyone for their individual contributions by staying home to help flatten the curve and keep everyone’s livelihood safe and secure.
We would also like to express our most sincere gratitude for those working in the medical field who are on the front lines facing the daunting task of keeping the pandemic under control. While there are various relief efforts underway, as an entertainment provider, Bandai Namco Entertainment is also planning to take action to serve our fans.
Our vision is to follow our slogan word for word and provide—“more fun for everyone.” We are striving to provide entertainment that everyone can enjoy in the hope we can bring smiles and laughter to video game players throughout the world during this difficult time.
As such, we will be sending our beloved goodwill ambassador, Pac-Man, into everyone’s homes by making Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 available for free starting from April 24, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. PT to May 10, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. PT for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PCs via Steam. Through this free limited-time giveaway, we hope to bring fun into everyone’s homes around the globe.”
This follows the likes of Sony who have given players all around the world two free games to help us all through this unprecedented time. The ‘Stay at Home Initiative‘ has given players the Uncharted Collection and Journey, although players in Germany and China will have the Uncharted Collection swapped out for Knack 2.
As lockdowns across the world still continue can we expect more companies to follow suit? One thing is for certain, everyone in the gaming community is stepping up to support each other and this just goes to show what an amazing group we all belong to.