Father of PlayStation becomes Marvelous AQL director

Tokyo-based publisher hopes to accelerate business.

Ken Kutaragi, the father of PlayStation and former chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment, has been welcomed as an external company director at Marvelous AQL, according to a Nikkei report.

The decision will become final at a general meeting of stockholders at the end of June.

Marvelous AQL hopes to harvest Kutaragi’s knowledge of the industry to accelerate business in Japan and overseas.

Thanks, Hachima Kikou.