Bandai Namco Forge Digitals Inc., formerly known as , is a Japanese video game development company. The company is a result of a merger between and Banpresoft by their parent company, Bandai Namco Entertainment.
History
, short for Bandai Entertainment Company, was a joint venture by Bandai and Human 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 Namco merged to create Bandai Namco Holdings, 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.
In April 1998, Banpresoft launched its internal development division, leading to the production of titles such as Super Robot Wars Alpha and subsequent entries in the Super Robot Wars series. The company continued to expand, increasing its capital to 200 million yen in June 2002 and relocating to Komagata, Taito-ku, Tokyo in July 2005.
By 2007, Banpresoft restructured its development teams, transferring non-Super Robot Wars projects (Summon Night, Ar tonelico, etc.) to Banpresto’s Consumer Division. In May 2007, the company moved to Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, inside the Bandai Namco Miraiken building.
In May 2008, Banpresoft became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Games.
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.
In July 2024, B.B. Studio, which was in the past a subsidiary of parent company Bandai Namco Entertainment became a direct subsidiary of Bandai Namco Studios.
On March 3, 2025, Bandai Namco announced the change of name from B.B. Studio to Bandai Namco Forge Digitals.
List of games Year Title Platform(s) 2011 2nd Super Robot Wars Z Hakai-Hen PlayStation Portable Gundam Memories: Memory of the Battle PlayStation Portable Ambition of Mobile Suit Gundam: New Gillen PlayStation Portable Weiss Schwarz Portable PlayStation Portable 2012 Super Robot Wars OG Saga Masou Kishin II: Revelation of Evil God PlayStation Portable 2nd Super Robot Wars Z Saisei-hen PlayStation Portable Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation PlayStation 3 Lagrange: Kamogawa Days PlayStation 3 Super Robot Wars: Card Chronicle iOS 2nd Super Robot Wars Original Generation PlayStation 3 2013 Gundam Card Battler iOS Magi: Hajimari no Meikyū Nintendo 3DS Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission Nintendo 3DS Super Robot Wars UX Nintendo 3DS Super Robot Wars Operation Extend PlayStation Portable Super Robot Wars Original Generation Saga: Masō Kishin 3 – Pride of Justice PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Infinite Battle PlayStation 3 2014 Magi: A New World Nintendo 3DS 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Jigoku-hen PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories PlayStation 3 Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masō Kishin F – Coffin of the End PlayStation 3 2015 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku-hen PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita SD Gundam Strikers iOS Super Robot Wars BX Nintendo 3DS Super Robot Wars X-Ω iOS, Android Gundam Battle Operation Next PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 2016 Digimon World: Next Order PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Moon Dwellers PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 2017 Super Robot Wars V PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, PC 2018 Full Metal Panic! Fight: Who Dares Wins PlayStation 4 Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 2 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM BATTLE OPERATION 2‘Gundam Battle Operation 2’ Finally Gets A Proper Western Release Super Robot Wars X PlayStation 4, PlayStation VIta, Nintendo Switch, PC 2019 Super Robot Wars T PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Disney Tsum Tsum Festival Nintendo Switch 2020 Namcot Collection Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 2021 Super Robot Wars 30 Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 Gundam, Mazinger, SSSS.Gridman, and more collide in new Super Robot Wars gameSuper Robot Wars 30 Scores October Switch Release With English Subtitles Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation: Code Fairy PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 2022 Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Walkers Offline Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC 2025 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Battle Destiny Remastered Nintendo Switch, PC Super Robot Wars YNintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5 TBASuper Robot Wars Z II: Ruination Remastered TBA
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External links
Former Banpresoft website Former BEC website