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• Two more Xperia models become PlayStation Certified

  Sony Ericsson has made two more Xperia handsets become PlayStation Certified in Japan at least. The introduction of the Xperia Acro and the Xperia Arc in the country will join Xperia Play in the PS Certified range. Updates are going out via NTT DoCoMo that will enable handsets to download PS Suite games. More details […]

• Ericsson snapped up by Sony for €1.05 billion

  Sony has bought out Ericsson’s remaining 50 percent share in the previously joint venture, giving it full control of the company and of the PlayStation certified Xperia Play handset.

• Kurushi, Kula World and more added to Japanese Xperia Play market

  Sony has launched a number of PSOne Classics on the Japanese Android Market to celebrate the local release of the Xperia Play.

• Sony and EA handing out four free games for Xperia Play

  Sony Ericsson and EA want to give you four free Xperia Play games. So, if you have the phone, instructions on how to the get the following games free can be found here: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Dead Space, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and Need for Speed: SHIFT. You have until January 15, 2012. […]

• Rumour - Sony to buy out Ericsson's half of Sony Ericsson

  Sonys is said to be willing to pony up $1 billion for Ericsson’s stake in the two companies’ joint mobile venture.

• More PSOne Classics and console-like games coming to Xperia Play

  Sony Ericsson is making a push for more games for the Xperia Play.

• 75 percent of Xperia Play owners buy games

  Sony Ericsson’s research suggests Xperia Play owners are more willing to fork out for mobile games than others.

• PopCap to bring titles to Android in Europe

  PopCap’s announced it’s to bring a couple of its titles to Android in Europe as part of a global agreement with Sony Ericsson.

• WipEout, Syphon Filter join EU Xperia Play catalogue

  Two new titles have been added to the European library of Xperia Play-compatible PSOne Classics.

• Xperia Play is a "phone first"

  Sony Ericsson’s Dom Neil-Dwyer has said the Xperia Play will succeed as a dedicated gaming-friendly smartphone where the N-Gage famously failed.

• Xperia Play games library set to expand

  Sony Ericsson has announced a swag of new titles for the Xperia Play, otherwise known as the PlayStation Phone, including Battlefield: Bad Company, Desert Winds, Order & Chaos, and Lumines.

• Minecraft coming to Xperia Play

  Mojang has said Minecraft will grace Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play for an exclusivity period before coming to other mobile devices.

• PlayStation Phone heads to America May 26

  The long-awaited “PlayStation Phone”, Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, has already launched in parts of Europe and Canada, but hasn’t yet made it to the United States. Don’t worry though, you’ve got just over a week left to wait.

• Sony Ericsson: "No concerns" with Xperia Play PS1 Classics despite low sales

  Sony Ericsson has said its not worried about sales numbers for PS1 Classics on Xperia Play, saying it has “no concerns” of it so far.

• Sony Ericsson admits Xperia Play "freight issue," Vodafone and 3 delay UK launch

  Sony Ericsson has told VG247 that a “freight issue” may impact the number of Xperia Play handsets reaching the UK in time for its launch tomorrow, but insists it will still release as planned despite Vodafone pulling its launch for the device overnight.

• Xperia Play to launch on April 1 in Europe, new commercial released

  Sony Ericsson has released a new trailer in its thumb-transplant series of Xperia Play ads, and confirmed an April 1 European release.

• Gameloft promises ten launch titles for Xperia Play

  Gameloft has confirmed it’ll release ten titles for the launch of Xperia Play.

• XPERIA Play gets a couple more benchmark tests and reviews

  New shots and a couple of reviews were released for Sony’s PSP phone, and according to the benchmark tests, the pre-release XPERIA Play has 1 GHz of processing power, similar to HTC’s Desire HD.

• PS Phone sized-up in new photos

  Yet more pictures of the PS Phone have been published, this time comparing the device to numerous others, such as the PSP itself, DS and a handful of mobile phones.