To the displeasure of a number of its fans, Bandai Namco's logo is getting a redesign next year, which the company says will embody the its new purpose to offer 'fun for all into the future'.

Last year, Japanese publisher Bandai Namco announced that it was doing away with its logo, the same one it had used since the two formerly separate companies merged all the way back in 2006.

Bandai Namco ditches old blobby logo for something more Twitch-y Publisher says it ‘reflects our new Purpose,’ yes, with a capital P by Owen S. Good Oct 1, 2021, 10:45 AM PDT ...

Bandai Namco has decided to update its logo, in an attempt to express “the fusion of Bandai and Namco that was created when the two companies integrated,” according to a company press release.

Bandai Namco has inflicted a new company logo upon the world. Here's the logo the company behind Tekken, Gundam and Pac-Man has now: And here's the new logo, set to come into effect from April 2022.