Google and Pac-Man are celebrating the 45th anniversary of the iconic maze video game with a new Google Doodle, allowing fans to play a special version of the game. Since its initial release in 1980, the Pac-Man franchise has grown into one of the most iconic brands in gaming, with a long and storied history for the Namco game. Pac-Man has been featured in everything from a multitude of video games to TV series and even sparked the "Pac-Man Fever" trend in the early 1980s. Now, Pac-Man is celebrating a massive milestone in collaboration with Google.
Pac-Man's 45th anniversary has already seen the gaming brand collaborating with a variety of different companies to celebrate the milestone. Bandai Namco teamed up with Krispy Kreme earlier this year to bring a series of Pac-Man-themed donuts as a special promotion for the donut chain. The developer even made Pac-Man Championship Edition playable in specific Volkswagen cars, offered through the "AirConsole" app found within some 2025 lines of Volkswagen vehicles. A new promotion is now bringing a special version of Pac-Man to Google.
Google officially rolled out its newest Pac-Man collaboration...
