Avi Arad wants to bring Pac-Man back 
to television — and he wants to do it in 3D.
Arad, former CEO of Marvel Studios and now executive adviser for Namco Bandai, showed a three-minute teaser of his vision for the new Pac-Man at an E3 event celebrating the pellet chomper’s 30th birthday.
Pac-Man, that pellet-eating, ghost-avoiding icon of the video game industry is ready for his close-up – again.
Namco Bandai announced late Tuesday that it was working on a new television program featuring its most popular character – one that would air in stereoscopic 3D. It’s the brainchild of Avi Arad, former CEO of Marvel Studios and current executive advisor for Namco Bandai, who showed a three-minute clip from the show at an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man.
On May 22, 1980, the video game world truly went mainstream.
“Pong” and “Space Invaders” were huge, sure, but when “Pac-Man” hit the scene, it was something completely different.
The yellow dude with the insatiable appetite for power pellets turns 30 tomorrow, having racked up everything from sales records to a breakfast cereal. Heck, even Google is getting in on the action, dedicating its home page to the game today and tomorrow (with the Google logo – technically called the “Google Doodle” – now a playable version of the game.
Chris Morris: Journalist 