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Pac-Man, the gritty Metroidvania seen in Amazon's Secret Level, gets a new launch date and some very dark gameplay

Remember that horrifying Pac-Man story from Amazon's Secret Level show? Well, we already knew it would get turned into an actual game, Shadow Labyrinth, and now we've seen that Metroidvania game in ...
Polygon

The dark Pac-Man Metroidvania secretly has what I can only describe as Pac-Man Championship Edition 3 hidden inside of it

Bandai Namco’s bold new take on Pac-Man — the 2D action platformer known as Shadow Labyrinth — has a secret: Despite being a grim sci-fi, Metroid-inspired game that looks nothing like a traditional ...
WBUR

Preview: ‘Shadow Labyrinth’ reimagines ‘Pac-Man’ as a grimdark metroidvania

I stumbled into “Shadow Labyrinth” sidewise. Idly flicking through Prime Video’s “Secret Level” last December, I watched seven minutes of surprisingly gory science fiction ostensibly based on “Pac-Man ...
NPR

45 years in, Pac-Man gets a gritty twist

Out today is a new video game within the Pac-Man universe. It's called Shadow Labyrinth. It's very different than the pellet chomping arcade game that once dominated arcades. "Pac-Man," the classic ...
GameSpot

Shadow Labyrinth Brings Its Pac-Man Metroidvania Adventure To Nintendo Switch In July

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. During today's Nintendo Direct, Bandai Namco released a new trailer for Shadow Labyrinth, the metroidvania-style adventure infused with Pac-Man. The ...
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Pac-Man, the gritty Metroidvania seen in Amazon's Secret Level, gets a new launch date and some very dark gameplay

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