At least you can wince through it in just 20 minutes. [Jan 2013, p.83]

A charmer that's far too short and packed with pace-ruining touchscreen moments. [Jan 2013, p.83]

Thoroughly addictive. [Jan 2013, p.81]

Visually underwhelming. [Jan 2013, p.81]

While the art style is a visual treat and Kurt's powers beautifully unique, the difficulty curve is brutally unforgiving. [Jan 2013, p.81]

Even more potent today than it was in 2006, Okami is Zelda's one and only match. [Jan 2013, p.81]

A match for its bigger cousins on the surface. But dig deep and liberation starts to unravel. [Jan 2013, p.80]

Both are oozing with humour and quality. [Jan 2013, p.79]

This one's for nostalgia-soaked veterans only. [Jan 2013, p.79]

It's potential is never fully realised. [Jan 2013, p.79]

Just as brilliant as they were on PS2, ZOE HD is a mech fan's dream. [Jan 2013, p.79]

The freedom and power is intoxicating. [Jan 2013, p.74]

You'll be shocked that a Nintendo launch game can shake you up so easily. [Jan 2013, p.72]

Not as fun as LittleBigPlanet's platform offerings, but the track editor impresses. [Jan 2013, p.71]

Wickedly enjoyable. [Jan 2013, p.71]

A great sequel packed with action. [Jan 2013, p.70]

Ropey controls can't stop the charm offensive of this unique cartoon platformer. [Jan 2013, p.68]

A rollicking good time. [Jan 2013, p.66]

Decidedly 'meh.' [Jan 2013, p.64]

Nauseatingly basic and lazily produced, this should be avoided by all but fervent PS devotees. [Jan 2013, p.63]

Gorgeous to look at and cracking to play, but criminally short - especially with that price tag. [Jan 2013, p.62]

A daring step forward for CoD that goes some way towards reinvigorating the series. [Jan 2013, p.59]

The past and present collide in the undisputed champion of current gen wrestling games. [Christmas 2012, p.2]

This is tower defence at its most pure. [Christmas 2012, p.98]

Fireproof have constructed a contemporary Myst for an ever more discerning gaming audience and we're gagging to see what they come up with for the hopefully inevitable sequel. [Christmas 2012, p.98]

A distraction for Angry Birds aficionados, but a clucking frustration otherwise. [Christmas 2012, p.98]

Easily forgettable music. [Christmas 2012, p.98]

The controls disappoint, but this is a great excuse to revisit an old favourite. [Christmas 2012, p.98]

An awful English dub further spoils the original's charm, turning a potential killer-app into a right royal waste of potential. [Christmas 2012, p.96]

A cliff-hanger sets us up for a tearful finale. [Christmas 2012, p.96]

Shame the clever strategy doesn't entirely gel with the brainless blasting. [Christmas 2012, p.96]

Does one trick well, but lacks the comprehensiveness of competitors. [Christmas 2012, p.94]

There are no single player components for when the lag gets the better of you. [Christmas 2012, p.94]

No more excuse to create your very own Bella and Edward. [Christmas 2012, p.94]

It's a fun scoring system, but it can get frustrating if one player is significantly better than the other. [Christmas 2012, p.94]

A decent if slightly light upgrade to this thoroughly enjoyable B-Ball sim. [Christmas 2012, p.94]

A slick action RPG with wit and charm, this is a genuine alternative to Diablo III. [Christmas 2012, p.93]

Another great excuse to delve back into this massive world, though archaic gameplay grates. [Christmas 2012, p.92]

For gamers made of sterner stuff, it's a must have. [Christmas 2012, p.91]

With only five stages, it's hard to justify the price tag unless you intend to chase high scores. [Christmas 2012, p.91]

It's tedious stuff. [Christmas 2012, p.91]

This is smart, powerful storytelling and one of 2012's shiniest hidden gems. [Christmas 2012, p.91]

Stupidly entertaining. [Christmas 2012, p.89]

A mix of old styles and new concepts that out-funnys most other 'comedy' games. [Christmas 2012, p.89]

Charming, beautiful and fresh; like playing through your favourite bedtime story. [Christmas 2012, p.88]

Great for younger Potter fans, fully-grown Muggles may want to rent for JK's new stories. [Christmas 2012, p.88]

The extra strategy is something we never thought we'd need, but now that we have it, we love it! [Christmas 2012, p.87]

As a quaint button masher there's a superplex of fun to be had. [Christmas 2012, p.87]

An essential Trials Evolution bolt-on. [Christmas 2012, p.87]

The design remains as potent as ever. [Christmas 2012, p.87]

Time to call time on the dancing game genre, perhaps? This is the weakest DC yet. [Christmas 2012, p.87]

Quality Kinect action, but it's unlikely to wow any Fable naysayers. [Christmas 2012, p.86]

Unsure of its own direction, this is interesting but a missed opportunity. [Christmas 2012, p.85]

Too much monkeying with the recipe lets the side down after a promising start. [Christmas 2012, p.85]

An utterly essential pack for Doom virgins; a dated-but-potent blaster for the rest. [Christmas 2012, p.83]

One of the weakest, most boring Bond games of all time. The brand deserves much better. [Christmas 2012, p.83]

A marvellous return, but a few quibbles hold it back from being the new pinnacle of the series. [Christmas 2012, p.78]

The same adventuring brilliance. Some core improvements help to trump the original. [Christmas 2012, p.76]

An exciting, well-constructed racer, coated in a sheen of vein-popping frustrations. [Christmas 2012, p.72]

The new benchmark for shooters across all platforms. [Christmas 2012, p.68]

We were surprised, excited and twinkly-eyed during an excellent finale. [Christmas 2012, p.28]

An essential purchase for party lovers that whets the Nintendo appetite. Bring friends. [Christmas 2012, p.84]

On the right difficulty setting Absolution is Hitman at its cleverest, funniest, twisted best. [Christmas 2012, p.63]

A thrilling, colorful racer that pushes the 360 to its absolute limits [Christmas 2012, p.75]

As far as platformers go, this is right up there. [Dec 2012, p.93]

There's so much more game to it. [Dec 2012, p.93]

Charmingly cute visual design. [Dec 2012, p.93]

A fantastic excuse to jump back into a truly great game. [Dec 2012, p.92]

A knowing homage to JRPG times of yore, though a nasty price point holds it back. [Dec 2012, p.92]

The brutal pinnacle of that near-perfect RPG. [Dec 2012, p.90]

This is better - so much better - than the AMC series, and it's quickly become some of the most essential gaming of this, or indeed any other, year. [Dec 2012, p.90]

A good pick-up for sports fans who like a side-order of tactics with their neck-snapping violence. [Dec 2012, p.90]

Fast, furious and packs staggering depth into its streamlined controls. [Dec 2012, p.90]

A superlative remake of one of the most important games ever made. [Dec 2012, p.89]

The high watermark by which the future of the genre shall be measured. [Dec 2012, p.88]

Think Minesweeper meets Pringles. [Dec 2012, p.87]

Fun in multiplayer, but lack of a proper story mode means single-player is lacking. [Dec 2012, p.87]

Pinball is a really great fit for the Vita - holding the screen vertically makes it the best game of handheld pinball we've played. [Dec 2012, p.85]

Hypnotically old stuff. [Dec 2012, p.85]

There are better scrolling shooters out there. [Dec 2012, p.85]

Quite a simple game, enlivened to no end by pure silliness and huge breadth of content. [Dec 2012, p.85]

If this joyous and oh-so-touchable platformer can't save Vita, nothing can. [Dec 2012, p.84]

Gorgeous looking (if not just a little bit confusing at times) and wickedly funny too. [Dec 2012, p.83]

Dodgy equipment and cunning patrols make sneaking missions more fraught than ever in an expansion that tops many of the levels bundled in the game. [Dec 2012, p.83]

Best not leave your fingerprints on this one. [Dec 2012, p.83]

A beautifully crafted one-more-go action feast designed for score-chasers. [Dec 2012, p.83]

Breathless, beautiful combat that hasn't matured in any way. Roman Bellic would love it. [Dec 2012, p.82]

Won't win prizes for innovation, but this is a winning - and generous - portion of puzzles. [Dec 2012, p.80]

For those serious about the guitar, it's an enjoyable game and a structured way to learn. [Dec 2012, p.78]

Monolithic scale and ambition make this a tough but incredibly rewarding epic. [Dec 2012, p.74]

Sticks to what works while adding enough new features to keep it fresh. [Dec 2012, p.72]

Sticks to what works while adding enough new features to keep it fresh. [Dec 2012, p.72]

A good improvement on last year's PES, but still lacking the polish to be top dog again. [Dec 2012, p.70]

Don't be fooled by low-fi visuals: XCOM's as strategically sound as Advance Wars. [Dec 2012, p.68]

Dishonored is one of the defining games of this generation... A dark, stirring and beautiful game. The new Master Assassin. [Dec 2012, p.63]

Turning your vehicles relies on motion controls, which might be alright for fast-paced racers, but for the intricate business of lining up trailers under silos and such it's a massive hindrance. [Nov 2012, p.92]

Unlockable skills and a slapdash leveling system do little to help, while immovable virtual controls add salt to the gaping Batarang wound. [Nov 2012, p.92]

Getting to the bottom of the countdown mystery in Mega City One is great fun, for those with the patience for a well-told story. [Nov 2012, p.91]