Sony announces first mobile games for 2017 at event including Everybody’s Golf and Wild Arms
PlayStation Japan and Forward Works will be bringing some classic IP to mobile soon.
There have been many announcements so far for Sony’s mobile initiative in Japan with PlayStation games. Here are some of the highlights:
Wild Arms (Reboot) as announced in a Tweet below:
シリーズ誕生20周年を迎えた人気RPG｢ワイルドアームズ｣もスマホで再始動。制作にはオリジナルスタッフが加わり、新たな物語が描かれます！ #ForwardWorks pic.twitter.com/srUfdWAzkA
— プレイステーション公式 (@PlayStation_jp) December 7, 2016
Arc the Lad (Reboot) as announced in a Tweet:
PlayStation®の名作RPG ｢アーク ザ ラッド｣。物語の続きを描く完全新作がスマホに登場！オリジナルスタッフが制作に加わり、｢光と音のRPG｣が再始動！ #ForwardWorks pic.twitter.com/IUrRGJmVZT
— プレイステーション公式 (@PlayStation_jp) December 7, 2016
Everybody’s Golf (2017) for mobile:
あの国民的ゴルフゲームがスマホにデビュー！フォワードワークス第一弾タイトル『みんゴル』は2017年春配信予定！ #ForwardWorks pic.twitter.com/BO3rH2mjOO
— プレイステーション公式 (@PlayStation_jp) December 7, 2016
Forward Works will be heavily involved as indicated here:
フォワードワークスによるコンテンツ発表会”ForwardWorks Beginning”がスタートしました！今回、発表された内容はこのPS公式TWアカウントにて実況投稿します！ #ForwardWorks pic.twitter.com/9lS9R5N2ZP
— プレイステーション公式 (@PlayStation_jp) December 7, 2016
Takashi Mochizuki from WSJ in Tokyo is at the event and has posted about other publishers being involved as well like NIS with Disgaea and Yomawari:
ディスガイアと夜廻がスマホ向けに。 pic.twitter.com/8bzsflAujy
— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) December 7, 2016
Forward Works is also working with Square Enix on an unannounced project:
ForwardWorks、スクエニとも共同プロジェクトを進めていると発表。詳細はなし。
— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) December 7, 2016
After Nintendo dipping their toes into mobile, Sony and PlayStation are set to follow suit. Mobile games are gaining popularity everywhere and Japan has seen them growing even faster. I’m interested to see how they handle some of the older properties.
Safe to assume these games will be released on both iOS and Android. Whether they come to the West remains to be seen. Here’s the official blog post in Japanese.
