Less an adolescent social simulation and more a lesson in pandering, Brooktown High fails to make the grade.

A stealth-action game that isn't lacking in bright ideas, Riddick: The Merc Files clouds its best bits with a generally clunky, unfinished feel.

A deeply ordinary third-person shooter made considerably more interesting by the addition of co-op multiplayer.

Although Double Shot won't necessarily disappoint fans of the series, and vintage games generally, it's an extraordinarily lazy sequel that trades on the moderate success of a 20-year-old arcade game.

While it's not actually broken or violently offensive, Hurry Up Hedgehog! is one of the most listless bits of shovelware going. Get the original board game if you must, but give this a miss.

The Incredible Hulk isn't actually a bad game, but it's a shame that, despite shaking them up a little, it's not quite good enough to HULK SMASH! our preconceptions.

This Wesley Snipes-driven adventure manages to be both boring and frustrating.

A bland experienced robbed of energy and excitement by identikit missions and limited level design.

Starlight Inception aims for the stars, but thanks to a barrage of issues, never really makes it past lift-off.

Despite some pacing and loading issues, this is a game with a good, solid and inventive soul that offers a unique and enjoyable take on rhythm gaming for the persevering gamer.

Some interesting gimmicks can't disguise what is essentially a lacklustre street-racing title.

It's repetitive, bland to look at, and the fighting's a bit rubbish, but the allure of grinding levels over and over to unlock skills just about remains appealing to warrant a look for a select few.

Despite some enduringly fresh touches, Duke Nukem II hasn't aged particularly well, with poor virtual controls and dated gameplay threatening to tarnish memories of the original.

A tedious, barely justified chore of a game, easily bested by it's cousin Crime Lab: Body of Evidence.

A game about tapping the screen. And that's about it, really.

Instead of setting its sights on liberty, the game should have perhaps concerned itself with offering a more engaging experience. Still, decent multiplayer and great graphics prevent this from being simply ordinary.

Naruto Shippuden 3D: The New Era is a lesson in how not to do platformers. A shoddy effort.

Despite the occasional stutters, Chibi-Robo! Photo Finder is a uniquely enjoyable game that will test your creativity from start to finish.

Dungeon Hunter: Alliance is a lousy game. It's never particularly enjoyable, is technically clumsy, and looks like garbage. It may well be the worst game in the Vita's launch line-up.

A true video game nasty in all the wrong ways, Splatterhouse is a poor conversion of a poor game, with shoddy virtual controls, one-dimensional beat-'em-up action and plain bad graphics.

Exciting enough in short sorties, Heatseeker can't really compete with the big boys due to repetitive action, limited multiplayer options and outdated presentation.

Ugly, unfair, unenjoyable: Asphalt Injection should be headed to the wrecker's yard, not your Vita's memory card.

A bit of good fun that's let down by its ambition for innovation. Still, it's worthwhile if you're a fan of the series, but it's probably best enjoyed with the 3D off.

Although the endearing visuals do an excellent job of replicating the look of one of the world's most popular MMOs, the lack of human interaction, awkward controls and uninspiring quests render MapleStory Thief Edition underwhelming.

Ark of Sinners Advance stumbles towards greatness. It's not the easiest game to pick up, but it is a difficult game to put down.

A workmanlike small screen accompaniment to its big screen inspiration, Iron Man 2 keeps the PSP ticking along nicely.

An inexcusably repetitive, soulless experience.

Putting forth a few good ideas before wringing them dry through overuse, Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D is worth a go if you find it on fire sale. Otherwise, don't waste your time.

Yawn-inducing shmuppery in the guise of a dress-up game, this odd combination of genres doesn't work here, compounded by low production values and poor handling.

Puzzle Bobble Universe offers familiar bubble popping gameplay, but with a distinct lack of game modes.

Despite source material that found success on the PC, Aliens vs Predator: Requiem is dull, repetitive, illogical, glitchy, and everything that gives movie tie-ins a bad name.

With Nascar: Redline, Eutechnyx reduces high-octane wheel-to-wheel motorsport to a rather uninspiring series of mini-game events sprinkled rather sparsely over a dull race management simulation.

A weak collection of badly implemented mini-games, you'd be better off paying out for a seaside Punch and Judy show than a session with Carnival Funfair Games.

A basic and stale RPG that sows few seeds of flair and inventiveness over its vast and tiresome expanse.

A strong and compelling RPG hidden under mountains of fan service. Marvelous AQL should seriously reconsider bringing sexy back if there's a sequel.

As lunk-headed and clumsy as a drunken Viking, Thor takes a hammer to the action-RPG genre with its clunky controls and cynical IAP system.

A disappointingly half-baked piece of video game entertainment that should be returned to the chef immediately.

Whether or not you believe WayForward is an indie saviour for the Nintendo 3DS, there's no denying that Regular Show is the studio's worst release.

Drive around, shoot people, and sometimes smile while you're doing it - that's Gangstar: New Orleans in a nut shell.

With wonky controls and lacking even the most basic of features, Warm Gun is a multiplayer-only FPS that should be left alone.

Cubit lives up to its title as being hard to the core. It's a neat little platformer, but expect little more.

Not enough Assassin's Creed to appeal to a big new audience, and not different enough in its gameplay to tempt card battler fans away from their current fixes, Assassin's Creed Memories is a disappointment.

There are a lot of good ideas in Alex Rider: Stormbreaker, but the main game is too clumsy for us to recommend it.

Driver Renegade 3D has sparks of greatness in its Career mode, but the main Story mode is a disappointing experience.

Miami Nights might have made a splash on mobile, but it cannonballs Nintendo DS with poor controls and a general lack of fun.

There might be a good game somewhere here, but Little Amazon feels far too cynical to recommend.

One-note combat and some bland settings combine to make Pacific Rim more miss than hit.

Selma and the Wisp is boring, poorly-designed, and no fun at all to play, but it is at least quite short.

Well-designed characters and some neat ideas are wasted on a slightly wonky tower-defence game.

While it doesn't commit any serious gaming crimes, Streetbike is half-baked and deeply pedestrian.

There's plenty of ambition on show but Death, Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom is too complicated and patchy to be much fun.

Full of edgy humour, but the designers forgot to add an actual game.

The Jason Rohrer Anthology brings together a great selection of art games that will either be just the ticket, or go straight over your head.

Quick to pick up but difficult to master, Hometown Story's a tough sell but will yield an investment of enjoyable, quick play sessions if you're patient.

A gorgeous art style and some really clever concepts can't paper over the fundamental cracks in rComplex's design.

A truly forgettable driving game that neither offers the intensity of a true sim or the fun and thrills of an arcade racer.

Kids will love Phineas and Ferb, especially if they're into the TV show, but older gamers will see through its generic puzzle platforming.

It has the potential to be a great game, but Scribblenauts Showdown just doesn't have enough depth or freedom to live up to its name.

As for the DS version, it's a thumbs down and prolonged raspberry from us. When the only thing you can applaud is the competent way the trademark music is used, you know you've a stinker on your hands.

From the outdated graphics to lackluster gameplay, the game possesses more shortcomings than strengths, making it impossible to recommend to anyone but the Transformer faithful.

Not all the mini-games on offer here are winners, but the structure of 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix not only minimises frustration but spurs you forward too.

Dead Rising Mobile is an outdated action game without proper controls, decent graphics, and gameplay satisfying enough to keep you playing.

Poor controls and bland missions render what should have been a surefire hit into a flawed shooter.

As enormously flawed as ever, yet curiously enjoyable with it, Mad Dog McCree feels oddly at home on the App Store.

Lacking in character and bloated in fetch work, Unlimited Cruise SP is a clumsily translated import that, just like the game's missing second episode, should have been buried at sea.

Voice Fantasy is so shallow and lacking in gameplay, it's mystifying how it passes as a game.

Hysteria Hospital is a game that's enjoyable in short bursts, but any prolonged plays quickly leads to a severe case of boredom.

PDC World Championship Darts 2009 fulfills the brief when it comes to its license but there's little to lighten the tone for those who just want a sociable game of arrows.

Zombie Slayer Diox digs its own grave, with poor controls and a serious lack of enjoyable content.

Repetitive, ugly and very, very simple for most of its lifespan; Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant won't frustrate, but he won't entertain for long either.

Touch Battle Tank 3D has tanks, but not a whole lot else. Avoid, then avoid some more.

Buggy and unpolished, Chronovolt isn't worth your time, no matter how many times your turn the clock back.

Quantity over quality, this suite of gambling games fails to capture the thrill of throwing all your money away on the single spin of a wheel.

Dull, by-the-numbers platformer that fails to exploit either George's or the DS's unique strengths.

Despite the huge effort that's obviously gone into the graphics and the cutscenes, Beowulf's gameplay never really come to life.

Novel and at times rather pretty, yet also banal and ugly, only die-hard fans of LCD games need take on this disappointing downloadable.

Visually disappointing, lacking in challenge and generally not that much fun, Iron Man singularly fails to communicate the excitement found in its big screen counterpart.

There's a nice idea in the eye of this storm, but Tornado's harsh time limits and general repetition rip up its reputation.

Pint-sized Picassos may be enticed by Paint by DS but it would be a crying shame if they were to neglect real-world artistic endeavours in favour of this limp product.

Ace Tennis 2010 Online is a well-intentioned tennis game that does everything wrong from ill-advised controls to sub par multiplayer.

It may be simple and it may rely far too heavily on its lush 8-bit visuals, but Witch & Hero provides you with some simple, silly fun on your 3DS in short bursts.

Muddled handling that confuses simulation steering with arcade speed makes MotoGP 2010 a disappointment not only for its lack of features, but for its gameplay as well.

A stunningly poor game, Return to Castlerama feels utterly unfinished.

There's a great and interesting game buried inside Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, but its energy system ultimately kills it.

A short, undemanding romp through the dressings of an infinitely better console title.

Typically shabby movie tie-in that will have you running for your mummy.

It's a darts game. On the PSP. And yet somehow it's actually a lot of fun.

A side-scrolling adventure based on a great book, with platforms, fighting and puzzles to negotiate. Some levels are fun, as is the touchscreen alethiometer, but a few good puzzles aside it's nowhere near as good as it should have been.

Myst is a brilliant adventure game but without the oomph to show off its gorgeous visuals and sound, this DS version is most disappointing.

Asphalt 3D signals great things to come for the racing genre on the 3DS, although frame-rate issues and silly collisions bring the action down somewhat.

Disappointing point-and-click adventure with the odd decent puzzle but one that feels too basic, with too few hooks to really stand out, meaning it fast becomes a chore to play.

A physics-based puzzler that attempts to capture the magic of Portal, but that simply doesn't feel like being anything near a finished product.

If you’re a fan off the BlazBlue series, pick up a copy. If not, then you may want to avoid it unless a visual novel is exactly the experience you’re looking for.

A straight-up port of the PSP RPG with no efforts taken to improve the experience, Romance Dawn is not a journey many One Piece fans will want to take.

It's not Dungeon Keeper, but Dungeon Keeper has enough going for it that it's worth a punt.

Think DIY Tetris sounds like an intriguing experience? You couldn't be any more wrong - or, at least, that's what Block Factory has taught us.

Bland, unimaginative, underpowered and insipid, we've absolutely nothing positive to say about it.