is a Japanese video game development company. The company is a result of a merger between BEC and Banpresoft by their parent company, Bandai Namco Entertainment.

History

, short for Bandai Entertainment Company, was a joint venture by

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and

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for video game development. They were best known for developing licensed video games for Bandai including '' Digimon'', '' Dragon Ball Z'' and '' Mobile Suit Gundam''. Bandai eventually took full control of BEC, after Human went bankrupt in 2000, and once Bandai and

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merged to create

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, BEC became a video game development subsidiary for the merged company. was a subsidiary of Banpresto that developed video games. Its name was changed to in March 1997. On April 1, 2011, Bandai Namco merged BEC with Banpresoft in order to streamline and unify the Bandai gaming subsidiaries under one division, whilst the Banpresto brand was re-established as a toy company as part of Bandai Namco's toys and hobby business. B.B. Studio continued to use the Banpresto name on its products until February 2014, when it was decided that all Bandai Namco video games going forward would only carry the Bandai Namco name.

List of games

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External links

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Former Banpresoft website

Former BEC website
Software companies based in Tokyo Bandai Namco Holdings subsidiaries Video game companies established in 1994 Video game companies of Japan Video game development companies Japanese companies established in 1994 {{japan-videogame-company-stub