Which Crossy Road studio co-developed Pac-Man 256?

Hipster Whale co-developed Pac-Man 256, the Crossy Road studio’s follow-up collaboration with Bandai Namco. The game reimagines Pac-Man as an endless maze, combining the familiar dot-eating formula with the famous Level 256 glitch from the original arcade game.

The connection to Crossy Road is more than a trivia link. Pac-Man 256 uses a similarly modern, streamlined presentation and was designed by Hipster Whale alongside 3 Sprockets and Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver. Bandai Namco Entertainment published it. That means Hipster Whale is a co-developer, not the sole company behind every version of the game.

Pac-Man 256 first launched on iOS and Android in August 2015, during Pac-Man’s 35th-anniversary year. Console and computer versions followed in 2016 and added local multiplayer for up to four players. Players flee an advancing “Glitch” while using power-ups such as lasers and tornadoes. A common mix-up is confusing Hipster Whale with the publisher or with other Australian developers; Housemarque, Mediatonic, and Halfbrick Studios did not co-develop this title.