Sony, Namco Form Joint Venture to Develop Games With Cell Processor

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 24, 2007 - 1:21pm.

Tokyo - Sony announced on Wednesday that it has formed a joint venture with fellow Japanese game publisher Namco Bandai that will develop titles for consoles, the PC and mobile platforms, Bloomberg News reported.

Namco Bandai will own 51% of the new company, Cellius, which is set to begin operations on March 6.

Sony Computer Entertainment spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka told Bloomberg that Cellius will use Sony's Cell processor -- developed for the PlayStation 3 -- in the creation of its game titles.