Sony Announces Project Field That Brings Card Games To Life

(RTTNews) - Sony announced Project Field, a new play way to bring card games to life, along with a host of smartphone games at an event in Japan, aiming to accelerate mobile drive.

Project Field is a Japan-only card collection platform where actual physical cards will work with a smartphone app. The first title to be announced is based on Yo-kai Watch for mobile. There is no news about an international release, reports said.

The platform uses a specially developed Sony pad with smartphones or tablets, and outfitted with an IC reader, sensors, LED, and Bluetooth. The pad can easily connect with tablets and smartphones that are running the corresponding Project Field games.

In the next financial year, Sony will release as many as six smartphone games, aiming to boost its gaming franchises.

The upcoming titles are expected to free up some of Sony's popular gaming franchises, such as Everybody's Golf, from PlayStation consoles, and will make them available on Apple Inc's iOS and Google's Android mobile platforms.

The company also revealed that it is working on a total of 10 mobile gaming titles, including PaRappa the Rapper and Arc The Lad.

These are expected to available in Japan and certain parts of Asia initially.