I have an Xperia Play that arrived the day before I left for E3. They really are well-made and great little machines. But that review will wait until I’m back in the office. Today, let’s take a look at what is available and coming soon for the Xperia Play, the first Playstation Suite certified device.
Now Playstation Suite isn’t quite ready, but that hasn’t stopped a boatload of developers from jumping on the bandwagon and getting down to business. There are some great games available like Asphalt 6 which is just so amazing to play on that big OLED screen. Crystal clear and sharp are the words that come to mind for that display and that makes the games even better.
There’s a series of exclusive games coming from Silvertree Media, Southend Interactive, Polarbit and more. Here’s the list of Xperia Play exclusives:
- Minecraft - Yes, it’s been shrunk, modified and is heading out on the Xperia Play
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Shadow Vanguard
- Sleepy Jack - Where you play in a child’s dream state where his toys come to life.
- Battlefield Bad Company 2 - No joke, it’s going mobile and I think it could be awesome.
- Desert Winds - Optimized to show off the power of the new Snapdragon processors from Qualcomm, this is a pretty big sword-swinging hack and slash style RPG.
- Icebreaker
- Cracking sands and Armageddon Squadron 2 from Polarbit
A lot of other companies, like Gameloft are joining in and have games in the pipeline heading for the Xperia Play and that will mean some really cool stuff is on the way. There are already 20 titles available as it just started shipping worldwide (Verizon only here in the US) and there are some 50-60 titles that are tagged as ’Xperia Play optimized.’
And that’s still, not including all the Playstation classics that should be showing up in the future. The Xperia Play, I was told by Stephen Sneeden from Sony Ericsson Product Marketing, is aiming for the old school gamers who grew up with the older generations of consoles and have now become smartphone users.
The big difference between this and other SE phones? The plain Jane standard Google Android interface and of course the d-pad and PS buttons.
New Games coming soon on Xperia PLAY:
- Pocket Legends by Spacetime Studios
- Star Legends: The Black Star Chronicles by Spacetime Studios
- Eternal Legacy by Gameloft
- Guns ’n’Glory 2 by HandyGames
- Dungeon Hunter 2 by Gameloft
- Pocket RPG by Tasty Poison Games
- D.A.R.K. developed by Gamelab
- Samurai II: Vengeance by MADFINGER Games
- Vendetta Online by Guild Software
- Order & Chaos - Gameloft
- Happy Vikings by Handy Games
- A game with BALLS by Puppy Punch Productions
- Lumines by Connect2Media
