Pac-Man Chompin’ At the Bit To Make Come Back

Since freebasing crack on The Bloodhound Gang’s hit song “Mope” in 2000, reports of Pac-Man’s whereabouts have been sparse.

Good news: The famous yellow mouth is back to celebrate an amazing quater-century of life, clean and sober — or so Namco would have us believe:

Leading video games developer and publisher Namco Hometek Inc. announced today that it is celebrating Pac-Man’s 25th birthday with the release of Pac-Man World 3 this fall. … Shaped like a pizza missing a slice and making a wocka wocka wocka sound, Pac-Man exploded onto the video game scene and never looked back. 25 years later, Pac-Man has starred in dozens of games and has been the inspiration for more than 400 different products from cereal to watches to air fresheners and even a cartoon.

Ms. Pac-Man, on the other hand, hasn’t aged so gracefully turning $5 tricks in Jersey.

NAMCO CELEBRATES PAC-MAN’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH PAC-MAN WORLD™ 3 [Namco]