Xperia Play Launch Party – Let the Games Begin
Posted by Dani in Android, News, Sony Ericsson
I attended the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Launch Party 31 March 2011 and had a fantastic time. The Xperia Play was launched on 1st April 2011 and arrives with 60 games in the first week, six of these are games from the PlayStation 1 platform.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY
launching to market with over 60
games
· The world’s first PlayStation® Certified smartphone now launching to first markets
· More than 60 games available within the first week, including top franchises Assassins Creed, Need for Speed and The Sims
· Original PlayStation® titles available for download exclusively on Xperia™ PLAY
· Partnerships with over 20 publishers as well as middleware companies Unity and Havok to ensure a steady flow of new innovative games
London, April 1, 2011 – Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY, the world’s first PlayStation® certified smartphone, is now on sale in shops in the UK, Germany,Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Hong Kong and Taiwan with further availability in an additional 6 markets over the next 2 weeks. The Xperia™ PLAY launches with more than 60 games from the industry’s biggest content providers including Sony Computer Entertainment, Gameloft, Electronic Arts and Glu Mobile. The range of games available to download at launch is a combination of original PlayStation® titles, well known 3D titles that take the full advantage of the graphical capabilities and controls of Xperia™ PLAY as well as popular casual games all optimized for the unique game pad.
Dominic Neil-Dwyer, Head of Market Development at Sony Ericsson commented: “It’s great to get Xperia PLAY into consumers’ hands at last. This is just the start and the future is exciting based on all the interest and support we have from the game industry. A steady stream of fresh innovative content will be coming to Xperia PLAY over the coming months.”
Xperia™ PLAY will be available in the following markets starting from today and in the next two weeks: United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Spain, France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Russia, India and Portugal.
Appendix: Games available within the first week of launch:
- Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior from Digital Legends (pre-installed)
- FIFA 2010 from EA Mobile (pre-installed**)
- Sims 3 from EA Mobile (pre-installed**)
- Star Battalion from Gameloft (pre-installed**)
- Tetris from EA mobile (pre-installed**)
- Asphalt 6 from Gameloft (free to download)
- Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave from Trendy Entertainment
- Galaxy on Fire 2 from Fishlabs
- Assassins Creed from Gameloft
- Need for Speed SHIFT from EA Mobile
- Worms from EA Mobile
- Nova 2 from Gameloft
- Modern Combat Black Pegasus from Gameloft
- Guns n Glory from Handygames
- Reckless Racing from Polarbit
- Real Football 2011from Gameloft
- Gun Bros from Glu Mobile
- Racer Luma from Arcade/Unity
- Cordy from SilverTree Media
- Aporkalypse from Handygames
- Brothers in Arms Global Front from Gameloft
- Guerrilla Bob from Angry Mob Games/Unity
- Let’s Golf 2 from Gameloft
- Zenonia 2 from Gamevil
- Cyberlords from Handygames
- Guitar Hero™ Warriors of Rock Mobile from Glu Mobile
- Age of Zombies from Halfbrick Studios
- Spectral Souls from HyperDevBox Japan
- Splinter Cell Conviction from Gameloft
- Air Attack from Art in Games/Unity
- Armageddon Squadron from Polarbit
- Uno from Gameloft
- InfeCCt from Handygames
- Spiderman total Mayhem from Gameloft
- Millionaire City from Digital Chocolate
- Avatar from Gameloft
- Raging Thunder 2from Polarbit
- Homerun Battle 3D from Com2us Games
- Aftermath XHD from Jakyl
- I Must Run from GameLion
- Baseball Superstars 2011from Gamevil
- Ground Effect Pro from Jakyl
- ZeNonia from Gamevil
- Super KO Boxing 2 from Glu Mobile
- Farm Story from Team Lava
- Wave Blazer from Polarbit
- Soccer Superstars from Gamevil
- Battle Bears from Skyvu
- Tower Blocks New York from Digital Chocolate
- Super Dynamite Fishing from Handygames
- Iron Sight from Polarbit
- Toonwarz from Polarbit
- Restaurant Story from Team Lava
- Escape from AMA
- Raving Babies from AMA
- Bakery Story from Team Lava
- Denki Blocks! Deluxe from Jakyl
- Rollercoaster Rush from Digital Chocolate
PlayStation original games:
- Crash Bandicoot® from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Cool Boarders 2 from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Destruction Derby from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Jumping Jack Flash from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- MediEvil™ from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Syphon Filter™ from Sony Computer Entertainment
* In France Syphon Filter™ will be pre-installed on Xperia PLAY.
** Pre-install may vary by territory
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