, formerly known as (or
Wolfteam), was a Japanese
video game development company founded in 1986. The company was renamed in 2003 when
Telenet Japan sold part of its stake and made Namco the majority shareholder.
Namco Tales Studio was originally the primary developer of the
Tales RPG series, as it had been since the series' beginning. In November 21, 2011, it was announced that the current Tales Studio would be dissolved and would merge with their publisher, Bandai Namco Games. On February 24, 2012, it was announced that the 80 people of the Tales team would join
Bandai Namco Studios.