We’ll pardon you if you thought a Xperia Play was eons before. Let’s fast run through the shot-yet-illustrious story: we published first details in August last year, followed by the really initial cinema in late October. More as well as some-more sum emerged via a residue of the year. By a time 2011 hit, the prototype was creation a Chinesemediarounds (teardown enclosed, and then we managed to get our own Xperia Play prototype for preview. It’s during this point that Sony Ericsson joins in upon a fun with the creepy Super Bowl ad reveal.

But after months of detailed leaks, early hands-on previews, andnumerousexecutivenon-denials, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is finally 100% central. It’ll run Android Gingerbread, and come preloaded with the “mythological” PSone game, as well as Sony Ericsson promises a library of 50 one more titles available during launch from 20 publishing partners, and which some games ported from existent smartphone platforms (like Reckless Racing) will have additional levels upon Xperia Play. Local area multiplayer gaming is a go, as you’ll be means to host a WiFi hotspot upon a single device as well as join a diversion with another.

It’s rising in March, and will be accessible upon Verizon in “early open,” suggesting that we’ll see the European launch prior to it hits a States.

Update: Loads of video after the mangle!

Via Engadget