• Sony Announces New Smartphone-Focused Branch, ForwardWorks

    by on March 24, 2016 at 2:00 AM, EDT

    Sony Computer Entertainment has announced they’re launching a new company focused on smartphone gaming and applications.

    Dubbed simply ForwardWorks, the new company will be kicking off the same day as their rebranding to Sony Interactive Entertainment, on April 1st.

    Based in Tokyo, Japan, the new company will utilize PlayStation intellectual properties and characters, as well as Sony’s own know-how with game development, to produce apps focused on the smartphone market in Japan and Asia.

    Here are the key staff involved:

    • Atsushi Morita, President
    • Andrew House, Member of the Board
    • Hiroshi Ueda, Member of the Board
    • Kazuhiko Ono, Auditor
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