Namco Homtek and Bandai Games Are Now As One

NAMCO HOMETEK and Bandai Games today announced that the integration of their two companies is now complete. The two companies are now officially known as NAMCO BANDAI Games America in North America. The company operates out of the Santa Clara, California facility, formerly held by NAMCO HOMETEK.

Effective January 2, 2006, NAMCO BANDAI Holdings owns all of the BANDAI NAMCO Group US subsidiaries including Bandai America, Bandai Entertainment, NAMCO AMERICA, NAMCO CYBERTAINMENT, NAMCO NETWORKS AMERICA and NAMCO BANDAI Games America.

"We are thrilled that the integration of the two North American entities is now complete and we are all now under one roof," said Genichi Ito, the new President and CEO of NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. "We are proud to be part of the new NAMCO BANDAI Games America family and look forward to a successful year ahead."

"The integration of our two companies has been a team effort over the last several months," said Naruo Uchida, who is joining from Bandai Games and now serving as the Corporate Planning Senior Vice President of NAMCO BANDAI Games America. "We have worked together to fuse the many strengths each of our companies have to form one strong North American operation."