Code Vein was a blood-themed action-RPG set for 2018 from Bandai Namco.
Code Vein was a blood-themed action-RPG set for 2018 from Bandai Namco.
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Bandai Namco will close its Santa Clara office and move employees to Southern California

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Bandai Namco Entertainment America has decided to close its office in the Northern California city of Santa Clara and relocate the employees to a new Southern California office.

The North American branch of the Japanese maker of games (known for Japanese role-playing games, fighting games, and arcade classics such as Pac-Man) and toys (Tamagotchi) said it is making the move to enable the company to improve cross collaboration between its digital and physical goods sectors.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.