In trying to make a game based on the movie, they've ended up making a movie based on the movie. It's not as good as the real thing.

A slick port of a proven formula. Michael Jackson fans, of which there are many, will find much to enjoy.

Trial by Survival fails to realise the potential for cautious exploration and surprise discoveries in such a post-apocalyptic scavenging setup, and includes an ill-suited twin-stick combat system to boot.

Occasionally intriguing, but never as much as it wants to be, Gnu Revenge offers a reasonably entertaining experience for a while, but soon dawdles off into repetition.

After Burner Climax is appropriately named. It's an excitement that just doesn't last long.

A bit more entertaining than reading a textbook, only not as effective. Stick to Minna no Nihongo and Japanesepod101.

Imprecise controls and a lack of lasting challenge hamper this otherwise perfectly adequate translation of the sport it's named after.

Gorgeous art and music make Seashine well worth playing, but expensive upgrades, unnecessary time pressures, and a genre that's all wrong prevent it from being truly great.

Compared to some movie tie-ins it's a virtual masterpiece, compared to anything else though it's still only just above average.

Mixing cute with boring, Tamagotchi Connection Corner Shop quickly becomes so routine you should be paid £5 an hour to play it.

Pac-Man's ears may be burning, but Rally-X Rumble is no threat due to its iffy controls and dated unoriginal gameplay. It's all been done better elsewhere.

GRIP: Combat Racing is a decent racing game that can get a little too wild at times.

Slow and saddled with a frustrating interface, Companions has a lot to say, but only the most patient will want to listen.

Alien vs Predator: Evolution is a broken, uninspired, frustrating mess of a brawler. Even fans of the series aren't going to find much to like in this tie-in game.

Takes a relatively dull pursuit and lets you have some crop-based fun regardless of the visual drawbacks and tough difficulty.

An average slingshot physics game spoiled by a pitiful fantasy veneer and an irritating freemium payment structure

Significant technical issues currently hamper an otherwise strong title that represents as much a love letter to Ultima as it does a new way of freemium RPG design.

It may be mildly diverting and moderately entertaining, but this latest entry in the Mystery Dungeon series sadly fails to improve on its already disappointing predecessor.

It's not exactly Asphalt, but Overdrive is bright and bold enough that you'll enjoy it for a while at least.

Fantastically funny and an unwavering faithfulness to the source material help make this rather average 3D action adventure worth a furtive glance – it's just a shame that it's over so quickly.

Need for Speed Undercover should be a thrilling no-holds-barred ride but the wheels fall off early on.

I never thought I'd type these words into a video game website, but here goes... Sonic Lost World is a very good 3D Sonic game and you should buy it immediately.

Our World is Ended could be a brilliant, interesting sci-fi visual novel, but it's too busy telling crass jokes and harassing women to care.

A brave effort to bring vision training to the masses, Sight Training won't appeal to most and is undone by the blind spot of dullness.

About as hardcore as a whimpering puppy and a bit low on content to boot, but this breezy title makes for a decent enough casual game.

A lack of online play and other minor shortcomings sully MX vs ATV Untamed, although the experience still manages to rev up some excitement.

Monetization really does stand out as being greedy and egregious, but it can't mask what is an otherwise fun adaptation of the Mario Kart formula on mobile.

A lack of new ideas isn't always a bad thing, but Combat Arms: Zombies couples its undead fetish with broken controls and poor design.

There's still plenty of room for improvement with patches and bug fixes, but NBA 2K14 shows signs of improvement.

The attempt to make Line Rider into a DS game fails thanks to fiddly controls and the fact it's not as fun or convenient as the web version.

There's simply not enough here to warrant the ludicrous price tag. Only diehard Pokemon fans need apply.

Truly unforgivable technical issues mask an otherwise run-of-the-mill action adventure game. The toys are cool and all, but the game containing them simply isn't.

The 3rd Phantom is a workman-like tactical RPG which will come as manna from heaven for hardcore Bleach fans but fails to distinguish itself from the many other titles of this type already available.

Solid but uninspired: Diamond Digger Saga is a very well constructed match-3 with a twist, but that twist isn't big enough to tempt back people bored of Candy Crush and the like.

A dull shooter wrapped in an angry freemium model, Gunner Z is enjoyable for a while, but it soon fades.

Fans of historical pseudo-realism will find the format intriguing but a disappointing fighting system nestling at its core scuppers much of the potential of Gladiator Begins.

It doesn't take a genius to work this one out - The X-Files: Deep State is boring, uninspired, and not worth your time.

The Pantheon Cycle: Shrouded Aspect offers in-depth turn-based strategy, but carries one too many shortcomings to be recommended beyond the hardcore.

Despite the optimistic title and sharp presentation, this weak Angry Birds-alike needs to be benched for relying on luck rather than any b-ball talent.

Speed kills - in this instance it's due to a lack of it, combined with rubbish controls, long loads, and grind-heavy gameplay.

Great Battles Medieval has history and accessibility on its side, but in the end its weak points are too visible to stand up to stronger opposition.

Ferris Mueller's Day off is a collection of thoughtful and finely tuned puzzles, surrounded by atrocious cartoon art and abysmal reference humour.

A slightly lacklustre adventure game. There might be something here for fans of the TV show, but it won't be very much.

For all of its shiny exterior, Daytona Rush is a bit of an old banger underneath.

A wonderful 3DS psychological thriller that details the journey through the emotional turmoil of a ship in distress.

Steel Diver provides exciting, tactical underwater action, but a steep difficulty curve and lack of content make it difficult to recommend.

A new made role-player with a strong retro theme, Black Sigil provides plenty of game but doesn't mark out any new territory.

A collection of sporting mini-games that, while initially entertaining, prove far too simple and lifeless.

Star Wars: Galactic Defense is a vanilla tower defence game that just so happens to include characters and vehicles from a cherished franchise.

Despite solid controls and presentation, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 lacks any sort of heart and soul, and its repetitive missions lend this open-world adventure a pervading sense of dullness and drudgery.

Fuzzy, outdated graphics appropriately reflect the worn and improperly tailored gameplay of SEED 2: Vortex of War.

The lineage of lacklustre Superman games continues with this curiously dull and lifeless effort. The gameplay feels stale and lacks variety, making this a release that you should avoid like Kryptonite.

A step in the right direction after the previous entry, but THQ really needs to shelve the touchscreen control for the inevitable 2010 version.

It might not have the longevity of its legendary cast of characters, but as long as you don't mind punching things a lot, Justice League: Earth's Final Defense will keep you entertained for a while.

Tedious, complex, and unappealing on a variety of levels, D&D Tactics may have authenticity in spades, yet it lacks a modicum of accessibility.

Tron Evolution is a solid action/puzzle title but underneath the neon art style there's no much you haven't seen before.

At best, it's a bland, repetitive Silent Hill-skinned dungeon-crawling grind. At worst, it's a vacuous vandalism of a treasured horror brand.

Dull and clumsy, Iron Man 3 feels more like a simulation of a slightly drunk jog than a superhero game.

Indeed, so much of what was an otherwise quality adventure has been lost in the transition, this is more like a book of the film where half of the pages have been torn out. Avoid.

Like a blackout at the Super Bowl, NFL Quarterback 13 leaves you wondering where all the football gameplay went.

No Red T-Shirts's repetitive gameplay and overbearing in-app purchases (not to mention its unsettling subject matter) mean this app deserves a hefty fine.

The core of a fun mobile city-building game is buried beneath egregious free to play additions.

Simple, addictive and entertaining concept that could have been dangerously compulsive with a little more balance and polish.

Comfortably defying expectations, Boogie proves to be wonderfully infectious dance floor fun.

All the idiocy without the pain, Jackass: The Game delivers exactly what it promises: a relatively entertaining assortment of mini-games inspired by the show that only a fan could love.

BreakQuest impresses with creative level design and novel physics-based play but sadly suffers from fundamental control issues.

Fumes Stunt Racer pays tribute to a gaming classic, yet fails to recapture the original's magic through a combination of poor handling, harsh linear progression, and glaring omissions.

Link the Slug is a bright and polished puzzler, but its lack of spark and ingenuity leaves it feeling a little flaccid.

A game with a lot of big ideas, none of which it quite manages to see through.

I Am Bread is a ridiculous "slice" of mobile gaming, and while it doesn't really work, it's not really supposed to.

Designed for kids, the well presented Pet Alien provides a gentle puzzle-based experience that should appeal to a wider audience than just those who enjoy the TV show.

Offering no discernible improvement over its lacklustre predecessor and paling in comparison to more accomplished DS football titles, PES 2008 is best relegated to bench-warming duty.

Impressive handling and a decent package of race events completely undermined by technical issues and clumsy execution.

A poorly tuned, unpolished wreck of a racer, Split/Second ruins a great idea with substandard execution.

For all its silliness, Soccer Slammers is just too random to be really engaging.

Filled with flaws, underwhelming action and lack of staying power, Assassin's Creed composes a chronicle of mediocrity.

A broken version of one of the finest electro-rollerblade games ever made, Jet Set Radio is a disappointing coda to a gloriously multi-coloured legacy.

Super Yum Yum Puzzle Adventures demonstrates it's harder than it looks to bring good mobile puzzle games to portable consoles.

A platformer with a few decent ideas, HEAVY-sword is let down by clumsy controls and a stark reliance on nostalgia.

A merely adequate approximation of any number of iOS arena blasters, Call of Mini Zombies 2 lacks that crucial vibrancy and flow needed in such an oversubscribed genre.

Give it Up! is a super-frustrating rhythm game. Some of that frustration is intentional, but unfortunately some of it isn't.

Being a castaway is an interesting premise, but too much of Lost in Blue 2 is repetitive, dull and fundamentally frustrating to be fun.

Cars 2 features some surprisingly unique stealth sections, but is let down by the awful controls and terrible racing action.

Limited in both scope and ambition, something that even sticking half the movie in at the start of missions doesn't mask.

Looks good, but over-complicated controls and needlessly lengthy bouts mar Rocky Balboa, making it a real test of stamina and patience.

A-Men 2 is enjoyable in moderation, but the trial and error gameplay soon makes for a rather frustrating experience.

Super Smash Bros in all but name, this basic fighter just doesn't do enough with its fighting engine or character-rich licence.

A poor man's God of War that makes no apology for its fast and furious fighting gameplay. The perfect, blood-soaked introduction to the PSP Minis platform.

Feed-The-Duck is a fine but shallow puzzler that could use some depth in its gameplay.

The decision to withhold consumable items as optional extras makes it feel like you've only bought half the game and ensures that Drawin' Growin' is more of an ordeal than entertainment.

Even if you leave to one side its overtly aggressive freemium pricing scheme, Plants War is still an unpleasant and bland slog.

Guardian Cross presents itself like a strategic card battler mixed with a classic JRPG, but it lacks any of the depth necessary to pull such a thing off.

Killing evil robots with a snowboard has never felt so routine. Krashlander's physics puzzling is challenging, but it needs work in other areas.

A well-put-together endless-runner, Miner Problem is as generic as they come.

Demonrock: War of Ages is a decent casual strategy game that lacks the necessary tactical variation and overall polish to keep you returning to the battlefield.

A disappointingly limited lane-defence game that offers little of the strategic depth fans of the source material would be hoping for, and nothing outstandingly fresh for the rest.

Fans of classic point-and-click adventures will feel right at home here, but anyone else might find The Long Reach a little flat.

Mario Party: Island Tour will provide you and a bunch of mates with a great evening of laughs, but most of the time you'll be laughing AT it rather than with it.