It's not subtle or clever, but this unashamedly uncomplicated shooter is one of the best of the year.

Time Crisis with Transformers, but not any sense of pace, excitement or fun.

A clever and quietly innovative puzzlers, whose only flaw is too much of a good thing.

Yet another inessential and senseless expansion that ignores all the best elements of the original.

A great tie-in and, much more importantly, a great game. Generous in terms of content and childish fun.

As shameless a clone of Geometry Wars as you could ever hope to see. But fairly good fun all the same.

A near perfect update to what remains a game with far more style than substance, nice new graphics or not.

Only the limiting nature of the PSP holds back the most ambitious and fully-featured Metal Gear ever.

Fans may feel a little short-changed but this still features some of Rock Band's most effective moments.

A cheerier, more versatile alternative to Trials HD, that manages to make trial-and-error fun.

The best new feature has to wait till September but this is still a useful improvement on last year.

Compare The Pikmins.com will be overloaded once people tire of this well-meaning but dull wildlife sim.

It's not going to change the world but this is a simple, accessible pseudo flight sim that's plenty of fun.

A brave mix of RPG, action game and spy thriller, brought down by too many design and technical faults.

The new professions are a fun idea but there aren't enough of them to justify the high asking price.

FIFA Street meets Mario Strikers, but even as an arcade game this falls well short of world class.

It may look like any other tower defence game but this has just enough wrinkles to keep your interest.

One of the DS's best first person shooters, whether you remember Star Fox and Starglider (and X) or not.

The mismatched marriage of Mario Kart and PGR results in a racer that's less than the sum of its parts.

The improvements are incremental at best but this still seems like a near perfect MMA game.

Sony's Mario Kart clone has some impressive customisation tools but as a racer it lacks any real drive.

The king of puzzlers has rarely had more options but the lacklustre presentation and whiff of exploitation leaves a slightly sour taste.

An innovative and cleverly nuanced mix of race game and puzzler - albeit a rather pretentious one.

Nintendo beat their previous best yet again with a masterclass in imagination, game design and sheer fun.

No insult to the series' legacy, but a workmanlike sequel that didn't need to be made (or ported).

For a game five years in the making this is a disappointingly trivial and repetitive actioner.

Possibly the best Grand Theft Auto game never made and one of the most atmospheric video games ever.

The best arcade racer for years and a magnificent spectacle that makes racing exciting again.