While Bandai Namco Entertainment has called on the ILCA studio (which stands for I Love Computer Art) on numerous occasions, which has become somewhat popular internationally since we learned that it was in charge of Pokémon remakes Sparkling Diamond and Sparkling Pearl Pokémon, the Japanese publisher has decided to go further in its partnership with the latter, by founding Bandai Namco Aces, a new entity responsible for developing high-end games. The idea is indeed to exploit the know-how of ILCA to offer games of superior quality in using state-of-the-art technologies. The first game that will benefit from all this is none other than the next Ace Combat, since it has been announced that ILCA is in charge of development. Based in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, Bandai Namco Aces now has 350 employees and is expected to increase capacity in the coming months.
bandai namco aces
Shinjuku Sanko-cho Building, 5-15-5, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Takuya Iwasaki, President and CEO
Kazutoki Kono, Executive Vice President
Jun Ikeda, Director
Shinya Sorimachi, Director
Masatoshi Furubayashi, Director
Toshifumi Odaka, Auditor
Capital: 10 million yen (investment ratio: Bandai Namco Entertainment 51%, ILCA 49%)
