Qualcomm and Gameloft have signed an agreement that’ll see the two companies working together to bring high-quality games to mobile phones.

The companies, which have already have a working relationship, will start their new partnership by optimising Gameloft’s 'SpiderMan Total Mayhem HD','Real Football 2011 HD', 'GT Racing: Motor Academy HD' and 'Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus' for Android-based devices.

New figures from PopCap Games have shown large increases in the usage and frequency of mobile game playing among US and UK adults.

33.6% of all adults in the USA and the United Kingdom say they've played a game on their mobile phone handset in the past month, with almost a quarter (24.6%) having played in the past week. The figure was much higher for smartphone users; 83% of them had played in the past week.

The winners of the 16th Annual Global Mobile Awards were announced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress last night.

Apple’s iPhone 4 was awarded Best Mobile Device, HTC collected the Best Device Manufacturer Award and Angry Birds picked up the Best Mobile App Award.

Sony Ericsson has released a promotional video for its forthcoming Xperia Play smartphone - hailed by some as the company’s ‘PlayStation Phone’ - and says the device will be launched officially on the evening of Sunday 13th February.

As well as having PlayStation-style slide-out controls, the device is being promoted as ‘PlayStation Certified’ and is expected to run version 2.3 of Android.

Sony says it's planning a 'PlayStation Suite' that'll offer gaming on Android smartphones and tablets. Games will be available from a dedicated PlayStation Store for Android devices.

The company also revealed a new 3G-connected and GPS-enabled next-generation PlayStation Portable (PSP) device, which it referred to as NGP.