Sleepy Jack an Xperia Play exclusive

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 10 October, 2011

For one month.

SilverTree Media's intriguing Sleepy Jack is a one-month Xperia Play exclusive and is out now, Sony Ericsson has announced.

The arcade platform game, from the makers of Cordy, was announced at E3 this year and revealed at Gamescom.

You control Sleepy Jack as he journeys through his dreams.

Alongside the game announcement, Sony Ericsson shared some interesting Xperia Play stats.

80 per cent of Xperia Play owners play games at least once per day, eight times more than on other leading smartphones, the company claimed.

75 per cent of downloads are premium paid for content. The maximum industry average on other handsets is 25 per cent.

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  • ZizouFC #1 8 months ago

    He's so sleepy!

  • Whitster #2 8 months ago

    I'd rather have Saucy Jack, the Spinal Tap game.

  • Toothball #3 8 months ago

    I got an Xperia Play the other week. I picked up Minecraft and some version of Slitherlink. I've probably spent more time trying to find the right clock widget for so far than playing games on it.

    Regardless, exclusives are nice, but is this one any good? I'm new to this phone gaming thing, and coming from a more traditional gaming background I like to know whether a game is good before I pay for it, whether that game costs £1 or £100. The number in between doesn't often factor into that.

    Edit: Wait, I thought on this a bit more and it turns out I was lying. I buy all sorts of games on Steam for no other reason than that they're cheap. I guess that's the way mobile gaming works too, I just have to get my head around it first. I'll probably buy this later, the description implied that the price was a limited offer too and I'm a sucker for a gaming sale.
    Edited by Toothball at 10/10/11 @ 15:41

  • arcam #4 8 months ago

    Hmm, I liked Cordy on Android, but can never get far playing a platformer with a touchscreen. I guess the Xperia Play solves that problem nicely.

  • Toothball #5 8 months ago

    Well, it turned out to be quite a pleasant game. It does come off initially as a tunnel shooter, but you spend as much time trying to speed through sections with series of boosters, and catching Zs that are spread around the levels. Some levels don't even contain enemies, instead challenging you to focus on manoeuvring to catch everything. The game is pleasantly colourful on the whole, although my Play did have a few pauses for thought when I found the option to increase the graphics quality in the menu. Made for an interesting diversion from Starfox, which is currently parked in my 3DS.