XPERIA Play

XPERIA Play headlines

• PlayStation Suite-exclusive content inbound

  Compatible Android devices will soon benefit from “content which has been newly created for the PlayStation Suite and PlayStation Store”, Sony Mobile chief marketing officer Steve Walker announced at the Mobile World Congress 2012.

• PES 2012 Xperia Play promoted with mutilated couch, Kristen Schaal

  Here is a trailer for a video game which made me laugh aloud. This is by way of being a calendar event.

• Quick quotes: Vita a "premier product" compared to development-friendly Xperia Play, says Sony

  “The Xperia Play – it’s the PlayStation Suite on the developer side – is designed to allow for smaller game types, mobile game types, to include PlayStation content. Those more engaging experiences, the ones that allow you to affect the world around you and the world affects your gameplay, will only be available on Vita. […]

• 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 in "discussions" to expand PlayStation Suite platforms

  Sony is actively exploring bringing its PlayStation Suite environment to other hardware manufacturer’s products.

• Sony details November PlayStation Suite beta

  Lucky developers can get their hands on Sony’s PlayStation Suite software development kit in November – but not the Vita part.

• 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.

• PlayStation Suite SDK makes cross-platform content easy

  Game developers, listen up. Sony’s putting the finishing touches on a present for you, and we think you should act grateful. Revealed at Tokyo Game Show, the new PlayStation Suite SDK does pretty much what it says on the tin – it’s a Software Development Kit for both PS Vita and Android OS, meaning you […]

• Saturday Shorts: Borderlands, Xperia, MineCon, EQ, Mega Man, sales

  It’s that time again, only it’s Saturday.

• 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.

• Minecraft Pocket Edition out now on Xperia Play

  Mojang has released an alpha version of Minecraft for Android, currently exclusive to Xperia Play, which can be yours for $7.

• Tuesday Shorts - Minecraft Xperia Play, Square Enix rebrand, Majesty iOS

  Oh god, I have to get some of this stuff off my desk or I will go mad. Mad. You’d better go through them – goodness only knows what treasure I’ve buried today.

• Sony Ericsson teases Minecraft for Xperia Play

  Sony Ericsson’s teased a very small teaser of Minecraft running on Xperia Play. It’s not a great deal of footage at only nine seconds long, but nine seconds is better then nill. Get it after the break, via PocketGamer.

• 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.