Credit: Nick Fernandez / Android AuthorityAYANEO announced it’s making a gaming phone with a physical sliding design, similar to the Xperia Play.The phone was teased during a livestream, but no specs, images, or release date were revealed.The move follows the expiration of the sliding phone patent and comes amid several other AYANEO hardware announcements.AYANEO is branching out in an exciting way. At the end of a four-hour livestream packed with announcements, the company revealed it’s working on its first smartphone, which will have a physical slider in a similar concept to the old Xperia Play.There’s no release date, no specs, and no images of the actual device yet, but AYANEO teased the gaming phone concept with a few slides and slogans like “you’ll feel the difference” and “the magic lies in the slide.” The announcement came in a segment called “One more thing III,” which pretty much tells you how packed the event already was.