Following on from the recent announcement by Sony Ericsson and Electronic Arts regarding the exclusive Xperia Play and Fifa 12 release deal, the mobile phone company has added to the list of expected titles that are coming to their Xperia Play handset in the future.

Some of the games that have been announced at Gamescom include the previously announced Fifa 12, Dead Space and Need For Speed Hot Pursuit by EA along with titles from Gameloft, Polarbit, Orange Pixel and Hexage such as Let’s Golf 3, Reckless Getaway, Reckless Racing 2, EVAC HD and Radient HD.

List of announced releases so far:

• Reckless Getaway, Reckless Racing 2 and Tanks by Polarbit
• Let’s Golf 3 by Gameloft
• Townsmen 6, Guns & Glory WW2 and Clouds and Sheep by HandyGame
• They Need To Be Fed by YoYo Games
• Lame Castle by Be-Rad Entertainment
• Hyperlight by Catfishblues Games
• Diversion and Crazy Snowboard by Ezone PTY LTD
• Gibs & Gore Micronytes
• Protoxide and Battle Boats 3D by Herocraft
• EVAC HD and Radient HD by Hexage
• PewPew 2 by Jean-Francois Geyelin
• Stellar Escape by Orange Agenda
• Jumpy, INC and Meganoid by Orange Pixel
• Death Worm by PlayCreek LLC
• No Gravity by Real Tech VR
• Crusade of Destiny by Divide Arts
• Desert Winds by Southend Interactive

A huge commitment has been shown by game publishers and Sony Ericsson to boost the number of available games for the Xperia Play to over 150 titles. These are games specifically tailored to the control system used by the Xperia Play.

USA: Sunday 13th February 10:00PST, 13:00EST

UK: Sunday 13th February 18:00GMT

Europe: Sunday 13th February 19:00CET

India: Sunday 13th February 23:30IST

Japan: Monday 14th February 03:00JST

Sydney: Monday 14th February 05:00EDT

So are you ready to play? If so, head on over to the Sony Ericsson Facebook page, click on the “Next Level” link and join the event.

Compatible countries are: UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and The Netherlands, with support for other countries coming in future updates. The app is available for Android handsets running Android 1.6 and above. Sony have also released the app for the iPod Touch and iPhone.

With Android 2.1 well under way on the Xperia X10, Sony Ericsson have finally released their Live View product, which allows you to see what’s going on at a glance. The small bluetooth device can be paired with your phone and worn on your jacket, wrist, or let out on the table taking up less space than your handset. The device will allow you to see what calls you’ve had on your phone, along with messages.

In the UK, the device is retailing for £49.99-£69.99 and can be ordered from various retailers, including the Sony Ericsson Store and Play.com. For a limited time, Sony Ericsson are offering customers the chance to purchase Live View for 20% off the retail price by using the code “SELV3″. Sony Ericsson however, are selling LiveView for £59.98, or £47.98 after the 20% discount, this doesn’t include the £3.50 postage though, so third party retailers, such as Play, may be the better option as they are selling it for £49.99 with free postage.

The device can only be used with devices running Android 2.0 and above, so if your carrier hasn’t approved or released the Android 2.1 update for your X10, you unfortunately, won’t be able to make use of the device just yet.

Sony Ericsson won’t be the first company to do the same sort of marketing ploy. The Acer Liquid for example was renamed to Liquid E when the handset was updated to Android 2.1 from 1.6. The Liquid E however also saw hardware improvements, such as a RAM boost. Unfortunately, or fortunately for existing X10 owners, there doesn’t appear to be any hardware changes, so we won’t be seeing multi touch on the X10 HD either.

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LiveView connects with your Android powered device, through an app which can be downloaded. Once installed, LiveView will mirror the activity on your phone, allowing you to check messages, calls, calendar events and even control your music, or view Facebook or Twitter updates, all without taking your phone out of your pocket. The device features a 1.3 inch display, with a pixel resolution of 128×128. There are four touch sensitive points on the LiveView touchscreen, as well as two physical buttons for power and menu selection. The battery should last for around 4 days and can be charged via the Micro USB port it has.

Sony Ericsson are to release the LiveView accessory sometime later this year after the Android 2.1 update has landed for the range of Xperia handsets, as LiveView does require Android 2.0 and above. Take a look at the photos after the jump and the video to get a better idea of the size of LiveView.

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XperiaX10.net have recieved what could be an official Sony Ericsson Xperia ‘roadmap’ which has apparently been leaked from the IFA 2010 tradeshow in Berlin that took place in early September. The document seems to be a guide or ‘map’ of the future for updates on the Xperia X10 range of handsets and on the upcoming Xperia X8 handset.

Disappointingly, there is no mention at all of any future update to Android 2.2 OS (or Froyo as it is also known) for any of the X10 line up or the X8 although, we can’t be 100% sure that the document is genuine or that it is complete and of course, just because a 2.2 update isn’t mentioned in this document it doesn’t necessarily mean that Sony Ericsson have absolutely no intention of bringing Froyo to the newer handsets in the Xperia range at some point in the future. Look at how long it has taken the company to just discuss bringing Android 2.1 to the Xperia X10 and that should give some indication that Sony Ericsson aren’t exactly forthcoming with information on an update that may take months to come about.

There are numerous features listed on the roadmap, which specifically mentions updates ‘named’ Android 1.6x, Android 2.1 and Android 2.1x, that the Xperia X10, X10 Mini, X10 Mini Pro and Xperia X8 are due to receive with updates including 720P video recording capabilities, 5 homescreens for the  X10, HTML5 compability and Bluetooth 2.1 plus a change of how the corner buttons are used on the Mini series and Xperia X8. The document also claims that Sony Ericsson will update their Mediascape and Timescape applications and add a social phonebook feature to the X10.

All the positivity of the prospect of new updates and features could be slightly soured for Xperia X10 owners though, with the possibility, however true it may be, that the Xperia X10 range and the Xperia X8 may never see Froyo at all.

After a tremendous amount of waiting, X10 owners will finally receive an updated Android OS. When the Android powered handset was released in Europe the phone came with an already outdated Android version, Google Android 1.6, when most other devices had 2.1. Eventually the Xperia X10 was released in America but, still came with the same version of Android. Now users can rejoice as Sony Ericsson prepare to launch Android 2.1 for the X10, X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro.

The actual release date and week will vary for various regions but, according to Sony Ericsson Spain, the update is due to be released in the week 38. This brings us to the 20th to the 26th September. Sony Ericsson UK have also confirmed that the update is due to be released before the end of September, presumably the same week as Spain. One reader from the Xperia X10 blog commented that Sony Ericsson Brazil had also given a guideline for the Android 2.1 release. Unfortunately this is slightly later and is slated for a week 43/44 release. Now all we need is for Sony Ericsson to reveal information regarding the release of Android 2.2 on their handsets.

The next handset to be released in the Xperia range has hit the FCC, which hopefully means we should see a US release soon. On the FCC website, users can view photos of the upcoming Sony Ericsson handset of both the outside and inside. As well as the photos of the Xperia X8, you will also find the user manual for the X8 posted which can be downloaded for viewing.

There’s no new surprises with the handset itself however. The specs remain the same as what we had previously heard. The Sony Ericsson X8 features a 3 inch display, making it in essence a middle sized X10. However the camera is downgraded from both the X10 and X10 Mini and will feature a 3.2 megapixel camera but, this is Sony Ericsson so the camera should still be pretty decent. Unfortunately, it seems that the handset will also ship with Android 1.6 instead of 2.1 which Sony Ericsson have promised will be available for the X10 in late Q3.

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What they dug up, is a photo of Justin Timberlake carrying an Xperia X10, from Sony Ericsson. However, this also led to rumours that Timberlake could have an X10 running Android 2.1 or even 2.2. The Tweet was sent through the Twitter Android application, which is only available on Android handsets running 2.1 or above, which the X10 doesn’t have yet, for consumers anyway. Could Justin Timberlake been have given the celebrity treatment for his handset? While that is possible, it’s more likely that he has more than one handset, or someone manages his Twitter account, which are both more likely possibilities.