The Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play will be launching officially on 1 April. And according to CNET Asia there will be a massive number of optimized games for it, available at the very beginning.
We’ve prepared the list, which CNET Asia compiled, to show you which games will be served to new owners in the Playstation Pocket store.
CNET Asias say that there will be about 71 titles XPERIA Play-ready in the coming months, while Sony Ericsson has said that upon the official launch there will be about 50.
Now, optimized for the XPERIA Play doesn’t mean Playstation-ported games. It means that these will be games for Android, optimized to use the hardware gaming controls that the Play has.
In related news, ZodTTD – a popular game ports developer, posted on Twitter that his PSX4Droid emulator has been pulled from the Android Market. It is an emulator, which allows users to play Playstation 1 games on their Android smartphones. The reason given is “Content Policy Violation”.
It makes sense when you think about it. The XPERIA Play will lose most its charisma when every droid out there can run the same games.
The good news is that the other emulators remain untouched so far. We’ve personally tested the Super Nintendo (SNES) one on the Play and it works like a charm with the hardware controls.
Anyway, here’s the full games list of the upcoming XPERIA Play-optimized games.
| Publisher | Title | Genre |
| Angry Mob Games / Unity | Guerrilla Bob | Shooter |
| Art in Games / Unityu | Air Attack | Action and Arcarde |
| Com2us Games | Homerun Battle 3D | Sports |
| Digital Chocolate | Millionaire City | Social |
| Digital Chocolate | Rollercoaster Rush | Social |
| Digital Chocolate | Tower Blocks New York | Social |
| Digital Legends | Bruce Lee | Fighting |
| EA Mobile | FIFA 10 | Sports |
| EA Mobile | Tetris | Casual |
| EA Mobile | Sims 3 | Simulation |
| EA Mobile | Madden NFL 11 | Sports |
| EA Mobile | Need for Speed SHIFT | Racing |
| EA Mobile | Worms | Casual |
| Fishlabs | Galaxy on Fire 2 | Space Shooter |
| Flying Tiger | Toy Raid Strikers | Action |
| GameHouse | Doodle Jump | Casual |
| GameHouse | South Park Mega Millionaire | Casual |
| GameHouse | PlayMan Winder Games | Sports |
| GameLion | I Must Run | Platform |
| Gameloft | Star Battalion | Space Shooter |
| Gameloft | Asphalt 6 | Racing |
| Gameloft | Assasins Creed | Action Adventure |
| Gameloft | UNo | Card |
| Gameloft | Spiderman total Mayhem | Action Adventure |
| Gameloft | Real Football 2011 | Sports |
| Gameloft | Modern Combat Black Pegasus | War |
| Gameloft | Let’s Golf 2 | Sports |
| Gameloft | Splinter Cell Conviction | Shooter |
| Gameloft | Brothers in Arms Global Front | Shooter |
| Gameloft | Nova 2 | Shooter |
| Gameloft | BackStab | Action Adventure |
| Gamevil | ZeNonia | RPG |
| Gamevil | ZeNonia 2 | RPG |
| Gamevil | Soccer Superstars | Sports |
| Gamevil | Baseball Superstarts 2011 | Sports |
| Glu Mobile | Gun Bros | Shooter |
| Glu Mobile | Super KO Boxing 2 | Fighting |
| Glu Mobile | Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock Mobile | Music |
| Glu Mobile | Family Guy: Time Warped | Platform |
| Halfbrick Studios | Age of Zombies | Fighting |
| Handygames | InfeCCt | Puzzle |
| Handygames | Guns n Glory | Tower Defence |
| Handygames | Super Dynamite Fishing | Sports |
| Handygames | Townmen 6 | RPG |
| Handygames | Aporkalypse | Casual |
| HyperDevBox Japan | Spectral Souls | RPG |
| Jakyl | Ground Effects | Racing |
| Jakyl | Aftermath | Shooter |
| Luma Arcade / Unity | Racer | Racing |
| Namco | PAC-MAN Championship Edition | Arcade |
| Namco | Ms. PAC-MAN | Arcade |
| Namco | PAC-MAN | Arcade |
| Polarbit | Wreckless Racing | Racing |
| Polarbit | Raging Thunder 2 | Racing |
| Polarbit | Armageddon Squadron 1 | Flying |
| Polarbit | Wave Blazer | Racing |
| Polarbit | Toonwarz | Shooter |
| Polarbit | Iron Sight | Strategy |
| SCE | Wild Arms | RPG |
| SCE | Syphon Filter | Shooter |
| SCE | MediEvil | Adventure |
| SCE | Rally Cross | Racing |
| SCE | Cool Boarders | Sports |
| SCE | Destruction Derby | Racing |
| SCE | Jumping Flash | Platform |
| SilverTree Media | Cordy | Platform |
| Skyvu | Battle Bears | Action |
| Storm8 | Restaurant Story | Casual |
| Storm8 | Bakery Story | Casual |
| Storm8 | Farm Story | Casual |
| Trendy | Dungeon Definders: Second Wave | RPG |
Also Gameloft will be releasing the BackStab game title exclusively for the XPERIA Play. It will be available only to XPERIA Play owners for a month or two, after which it will be released for the rest of the droids.
The story’s based in the 18th century on the Caribbean.
Here are some screenshots of the game for you guys to enjoy.
And if those aren’t enough for you, here’s an official video promo of the BackStab game.
