Namco Bandai to Publish Dragon Ball

Video game publisher Namco Bandai has scooped up the publishing rights to distribute the Dragon Ball games in North America.

From next January, Atari won't publish the games - instead, Namco Bandai will take over for a 5 year period initially. The agreement also includes three titles this year - Raging Blast for the Xbox 360/PS3, Revenge of King Piccolo for the Wii and Attack of the Saiyans on the DS.

We are very excited to have signed this long term agreement with Toei Animation Co., Ltd and FUNimation Entertainment, which grants NAMCO BANDAI Games North American multi-platform rights to the testosterone driven action packed world of Dragon Ball. This move reunites NAMCO BANDAI Games with the Dragon Ball series in North America which will considerably increase our ability to develop titles that perfectly capture every nuance of what makes the Dragon Ball world exciting to the consumer.

Makoto Iwai, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.