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Pac-Man Championship Edition DX soft-launched on iOS as a free to play game

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Pac-Man Championship Edition DX soft-launched on iOS as a free to play game

Bandai Namco has soft-launched highly praised console game Pac-Man Championship Edition DX for iOS in New Zealand.

However, the game isn't the exact same one you might have played on Xbox 360 or PS3. You see, it's a free to play game rather than premium.

So, while this sequel to the Gold Award-winning Pac-Man Championship Edition is fundamentally the same as the console game, there are a few notable differences.

As you might fear, yes, there are wait-timers on lives and bombs in this iOS version. Yep, if you run out of either you're going to have to wait for more or, if you'd rather, pay for them.

That's the biggest difference, really. Others are some changes to level design, and the expected swipe controls.

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX

Otherwise, it's mostly the same game. That means you'll be eating pellets and fruit around the neon colored mazes to score points. The speed increases the higher your score is.

Of course, DX's addition of sleeping ghosts that chase you once you've passed them, and conga lines of rainbow ghosts for huge points remains, too.

We'll let you know when Namco Bandai launches Pac-Man Championship Edition DX on the global App Store.

Chris Priestman
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