NHL 2K11 has the fundamentals of a good hockey game without the features and polish of a great one.

Bringing a fair amount of character to the catapult set-up, The Horrible Vikings comes with too much baggage to really take on the genre's masters.

Much like the first game, your tolerance of the whims of fire will determine whether you enjoy this or not.

Violent and funny in most of the right places, Alive4ever Mini might just be another follower of the undead fashion, but it does what it sets out to do well enough that you can forgive the absence of new ideas in the game.

Rope Rescue HD is an average Angry Birds-style game with few new wrinkles.

A clever little word game, Lumicon could do with a few more features, but it's still an entertaining way to tax your brain.

A brightly coloured, cleverly designed platform-puzzler, Kami Retro is recommended for quick doses of challenging fun.

Killzone is precisely average. It's mildly entertaining, sure, but also disappointingly flawed.

It still has the fun factor of the series, but Asphalt Xtreme feels more like a game stuck in the past than a step forward.

Simple and linear, Sprinkle Islands never allows room to think, but it's reasonably entertaining all the same.

The Adventure Pals may not be particularly challenging, but it's a tidy platform that wants you to have fun with it.

Part timing, part luck, Canabalt is the kind of quick-fix that has the potential to become a phenomenon, the game's free-running fix giving players a new kind of high score to chase.

Isaac Newton's Gravity is the kind of game that makes hours seem like minutes, though its challenge may leave you cold.

Take a break from plumbers, swordsmen, and bounty hunters and set some time aside to discover a classic worthy of that title.

A bag of surprises inextricably bound together around a well-told story.

A great game that's hidden behind a control system that it just wasn't designed for. Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath doesn't really work on iOS.

World Zombination is an essential download if you like tower defence games with a little more bite.

Spacecom is deeper than its simple graphics and set-up let on, offering some strategic thrills that are accessible to all.

I Keep Having This Dream mashes together a bunch of ideas, and while they don't all come off, it's still an entertaining journey.

Fallen London will find a way to get under your skin with its compelling world but some odd technical and mechanical choices can break the immersion.

Solo Leveling: Arise is everything you wanted in a manga-turn-mobile game, despite a few hiccups here and there. There are strategic battles at every turn, and many levels to be gained, in order to become the Monarch of Shadows.

Day of the Viking has a few too many sharp edges, but if you stick with it there's a pretty decent game here.

All of the ingredients for some destructive fun might be in place, but Burnout Crash! can't quite mix them together into an appetising meal.

Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo is another lovely platformer to add to your 3DS eShop collection.

Energetic, exuberant, and engaging: Surge Deluxe is a puzzler from an earlier time... and is all the better for it.

Good-looking and instantly accessible, Icebreaker Hockey will be another smash hit for NaturalMotion.

Another example of the solid annual improvement expected in its sport franchises, FIFA 08 is EA's best DS footie game to date.

Arms is an excellent spin on the fighting genre by Nintendo that suffers from control issues and a lack of single player.

Zenonia 4 doesn't add anything to the template its predecessors have laid down, but that doesn't stop if from being an entertaining and engaging action-RPG.

It's more of the same. For some, that's going to be enough. But if you're looking for innovation in Angry Birds Star Wars II, you're going to be a little disappointed.

A charming, easy-to-love adventure, the introductory episode of Scarlett and the Spark of Life is a fine start for a promising new series.

Slick and polished action-shooter. A little repetitive, but great fun when the different elements fit together.

A simple shooter with a big heart, Glorkian Warrior: Trials of Glork might not be the most impressive game out there, but it's well worth a look.

Final Fantasy III offers a solid role-playing experience, but despite the 3D refresh, it remains a bit part in the Final Fantasy canon.

Master of Alchemy is a fine physics-based puzzler set in an entertaining universe, but it's contaminated by a few unnecessary embellishments.

A charming and well-constructed downhill racer, Ski Safari doesn't have the chops to stick in the memory for long, but it's an enjoyable blast while it lasts.

The same old Tap Tap beat-matching gameplay we love, applied to an oddly restrictive structure we don't.

Beautifully well made and balanced, Time Geeks & Friends is a fine entry into the asynchronous multiplayer genre.

While it might not be the most innovative or original game in the world, King Oddball is still an awful lot of fun.

Clever, brilliantly designed, and dripping with new ideas, Bombcats is a great addition to the animal-flinging genre.

It's not as gritty as it thinks it is, but Can Knockdown 3 is still a decent way to waste a few hours.

It may not match the PS3 original for depth, but Tokyo Jungle Mobile is a savvy adaptation for portable players.

Elegant and challenging in equal measure, Size DOES Matter offers a gorgeous audiovisual experience that's great fun, but will challenge your patience just as much as your reflexes.

A short but unique and enthralling piece of interactive fiction.

A surprisingly great puzzle adventure that captures a lot of what makes Uncharted so good and makes it work on mobile.

A neat mixture of mini-games that, if it had multiplayer, would be a must download.

This might not be the best version of Human Resource Machine, but it remains a puzzler well worth checking out.

Outlast: Bundle of Terror is a generous survival horror bundle ideal for newcomers to the game and old hands.

A fleeting love letter to the 8-bit generation, Retro Game Challenge deserves to be experienced by everyone with a heart for gaming culture.

Rather than deliver a tantalising treat, peeling away the skin of DK: Jungle Climber reveals bland play mechanics that can't be saved by the game's creative control system.

DodoGo! is a solid and fun puzzler which suffers from a weak tutorial system.

It isn't the most original entry in the Sonic canon, but Sonic Jump is a great little mobile game all the same.

Wave Trip's quirky style and music-driven arcade gameplay make for a refreshing twist on the Jetpack Joyride format.

Bejeweled finally comes to the Nintendo DS, providing the addictive match-three gameplay we've become accustomed to.

A wacky, attractive and challenging twin-stick shooter that doesn't quite pack enough punch in the combat stakes.

Not without its merits, Jack Lumber is a decent line drawer, but it never manages to spark into life.

Both visually strong and effortlessly old skool, NFL Rivals is an addictive arcade take on American football.

Deeper than the Grand Canyon and just as expansive, Soul Sacrifice will keep you and a bunch of friends going for some time.

Perhaps a little more style over substance, Raft Pirates is a building, battling and boating game with a big chunk of style.

The carnage is satisfying and the violence is meaty. Dead Trigger 2 might not be fresh, but it's solid, dependable fun.

There's a lot here to like, and enough to love that you'll look past the occasional glitch and grumble.

Touchgrind BMX is fast, addictive and enjoyable to play. Sadly, a crushing lack of tricks and some serious control and camera frustrations hold it back from being an essential ride.

Tiny Tower +. This trip to Vegas may not bring with it a load of changes to the formula, but the improvements are are welcome, and further consolidate upon the quality of the original.

A visually attractive bite-sized pinball game that's suitable for fans and newcomers alike.

While some puzzles may frustrate, they don't detract from this adventure's charming presentation and atmosphere.

A breath of fresh air, Dragon's Crown proves that arcade beat-'em-ups still have a lot of fight left in them.

A truly independent voice amongst the blockbusters, this artistic puzzler deserves to be a breakout hit.

World of Final Fantasy is an unexpected delight and ranks towards the top of the list of must-haves for Playstation Vita.

A delightfully silly physics-puzzler that's slightly derivative but highly entertaining.

Not just for tennis lovers, Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition is an enjoyable, well-rounded game. Easy to pick up for players of all levels, but difficult to master.

It might not be the greatest port of Square Enix's masterpiece, but it's good enough to scratch your nostalgia behind the ears.

A lovely art style complements solid if derivative gameplay - worth a look if you're after the new Jetpack Joyride.

A wonderful mix of RPG ideas that deserves to be played by as many people as possible.

Stunning to look at and play, but viciously tough to beat, Pulse: Volume One's relative lack of content and replay incentive is the only dissonance in an otherwise perfect cadence.

An attempt to address the deficiencies of the first iPhone game, SimCity Deluxe is likewise hampered by controls that simply don't befit the device.

Reckless Getaway runs out of petrol before the finish, but otherwise this exciting racer is well worth a test drive.

Flick Golf is a challenging take on the sport and a welcome – if occasionally frustrating – addition to the ball-flicking sub-genre.

Trigger-happy types are unlikely to find their appetite for destruction sated by this relatively laid-back farming adventure, but everyone else will find it a fertile furrow to plough.

Too similar to the fluffy one's previous outings, Battle Bears -1 consists of overly familiar, repetetive gameplay in a sterile setting.

Close enough to other line-drawing titles to feel familiar, but fresh enough not to turn stale, Zombie Escape is worthy of your time.

Fairly uniform in nature but no less engaging for it, N.Y.Zombies is a nice living-dead shooting gallery that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Offering five twists on its track-switching gameplay, Train Conductor 2: USA provides a quick and varied time management fix.

Monster Island relies on appealing physics-based gameplay and a rather off-putting in-app purchase system to lure gamers in. Regardless of the questionable nature of the latter, the game is worth a punt if you're fond of hurling objects at other objects.

Fun but forgettable, this physics-based puzzler is the very definition of 'candidly disposable'.

An entertaining arcade game inspired by classics Pong and Breakout, no amount of charm can compensate for a lack of depth and long-term appeal.

A mediaeval marvel, brimming with virtual life and character. Minor conversion issues aside, Oh! Edo Towns is highly recommended.

Stylish battles and profoundly smart single-player content make BlazBlue a solid fighting experience, though people wanting to show off their skills may be served better elsewhere.

Offering the right kind of ludic lunacy, Time Ducks is a wacky winner.

Hero Academy is light on strategy, but provides smooth pick-up-and-play fun.

Saving Private Sheep 2 is a smart physics-puzzler in a familiar outfit.

Physics-puzzlers are hardly in short supply on the App Store, but Fish Hooks offers enough entertainment to justify your attention - the top-notch presentation and absence of a price tag certainly help, too.

An absolutely gorgeous game, Wonderputt is let down by its clunky controls and a distinct lack of content.

Deep Dungeons of Doom is an extremely bright take on the RPG with an intuitive timing-based battle system and gorgeous pixel-art visuals.

A simple and special hack and slasher, Trouserheart has enough going for it that it's hard to resist.

Rock Boshers DX has a lot of tricks up its sleeve. It's just a shame that the Vita's analogue stick can't keep up.

There's a solid, entertaining game here, but you can't shake the feeling it could have been something more.

Ski Safari 2 is fine, but we've definitely seen this mountain before.

PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist is a lot more confident when it's simply being a varied and frequently entertaining - if somewhat flawed - 2D platformer.