Ken Kutaragi Speaks at CEREC Opening at the University of Electro-Communications
A university is building a game-focused research center around a field the government lists among its 17 strategic areas, and it is staffing the launch conversation with the man who built the PlayStation.
Reporting from 1 source: GAME Watch (Impress).
The University of Electro-Communications held an opening ceremony on September 29 for CEREC, a research and education hub focused on games. Ken Kutaragi, known as the creator of the PlayStation, joined university president Masakazu Muramatsu for a panel discussion. CEREC director Takuya Nojima outlined the center, established in January 2026, and a game production program starting in October.
The University of Electro-Communications opened CEREC, an entertainment creation research and education center, with a ceremony on September 29. President Masakazu Muramatsu told the room that content sits among the 17 strategic fields the government has set out, and that games make up a large share of it. He described games as a cross-disciplinary creative engineering field where AI, semiconductors, and other technologies meet.
CEREC director Takuya Nojima said the center opened in January 2026 and runs project-based game production with companies, production consultations, and contest support. From October the university starts a game-related program. Ken Kutaragi, identified in the event as the creator of the PlayStation and a special visiting professor at the university, joined Muramatsu for the opening panel.
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- GAME Watch (Impress) 久夛良木健氏「世界最先端の技術を生み出していったのがゲーム業界」。PlayStation開発からAI時代までを語る