Pac-Man World 3 is a platforming video game developed by Blitz Games and published by Namco. It was released in 2005 to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Pac-Man series. In this third installment of the Pac-Man World series, players control Pac-Man in a 3D environment, as he celebrates his birthday. However, he finds himself transported into a strange and new land, where he must confront and overcome various challenges, including battling familiar ghosts and new enemies. The game combines traditional Pac-Man pellet-eating gameplay with adventure genre elements, such as puzzle-solving and combat.