Japan Game Awards
On April 1, 2014, Namco Bandai Studios was renamed Bandai Namco Studios Inc., following an effort by its parent company to unify the Bandai Namco brand across its international divisions. The company began development on virtual reality arcade games the same month, which were designed for Bandai Namco Entertainment's VR Zone chain of video arcades. In 2016, Bandai Namco Studios released "Summer Lesson", a virtual reality game designed for the PlayStation VR headset. The Vancouver division closed on November 16, 2018, though a "skeleton crew" was kept to support "Tekken Mobile", and opened a Malaysia division in 2016. Bandai Namco Studios won the "Grand Prize" award at the Japan Game Awards for its work on "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate", as well as the "Japan Game Awards 2019 Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award" from the organization.