Namco Bandai Holdings Inc. is a merger of two of the biggest and longest-running gaming companies in the world, Namco and Bandai. On September 29, 2005, Bandai Co., Ltd. and Namco Limited implemented a management integration to form Namco Bandai Holdings Inc. This step was taken to compete more effectively on the global stage in the fast-changing entertainment industry and to deliver further growth. The resulting Bandai Namco Group is a global entertainment group involved in business fields ranging from toys, amusement facilities, video game software and visual software, to apparel, sundries and network content.

Namco Bandai Games America Inc. is the company's US-based office in Santa Clara, CA. The company is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) Inc. based in Cypress, CA., and of the global entertainment group Namco Bandai Holdings, based in Tokyo, Japan.