BEC (company)

BEC Co., Ltd.

Former type	Division (Defunct)
Industry	Video games industry
Fate	Merged with Banpresto
Successor	B.B. Studio
Founded	December 4, 1990
Defunct	April 2011
Headquarters	Japan
Key people	Eisaku Maniwa (President and CEO)
Owner	Bandai Namco

BEC (Bandai Entertainment Company) is a company founded by Bandai for video game development. They are best known for developing licensed video games for Bandai including Digimon, Dragon Ball Z and Mobile Suit Gundam.^[1] Once Bandai and Namco merged as Bandai Namco, BEC Co. became a video game development subsidiary for the company. On April 2011, Bandai Namco merged BEC with Banpresto in order to unify their Bandai gaming development subsidiaries under one division.^[2]

Games

• Cyborg 009
• Digimon Digital Card Battle (PS)
• Digimon World 2 (PS)
• Digimon World 3 (PS)
• Digimon World 4 (PS2, Xbox, GC)
• Digimon World DS (DS)
• Digimon World DS Dusk/Dawn (DS)
• Dokodemo Hamster 3: O-Dekake Safuran
• Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitouden
• Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
• Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu
• From TV Animation - Slam Dunk: I Love Basketball
• Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire (PS3)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Senki: Battlefield Record UC 0081 (PS3)
• MS Saga: A New Dawn (PS2)
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Saraba Uchû Senkan Yamato ~ Ai no Senshitachi
• Slayers
• Soul Eater: Battle Resonance (PS2, PSP)

References

1. "BEC Co., Ltd.". Giant Bomb.
2. "Bandai Namco Holdings: Corporate History". Bandai Namco Holdings. 23 November 2013.