Although it's basically more of the same, this latest Layton outing is the most enjoyable, attractive, addictive and refined one yet. An awesome reminder of why the Nintendo DS remains an essential mobile gaming platform.

Plunderland is energetic pirating at your fingertips, a high seas adventure with charm and originality.

A solid port of a remarkable game, Dragon Quest 4 might creak at the joints nowadays, but it's still worth your time.

Strategic, deep, and full of content, Great Big War Game carries on nicely where its predecessor left off.

Pumped full of character and charm, Feed Me Oil is a little too tight in practice, but nonetheless delivers an intriguing physics puzzler that bodes well for a sequel or two.

Clever and expertly put together, Night Sky pays heed to the limitations of touchscreen devices and in doing so creates a memorable, entertaining experience.

A gorgeous, surprisingly deep shooter that sucks you back into Halo's universe. Fun and flashy in all the right ways.

It doesn't quite reach the heights of its inspiration, but Suzy Cube is still the best 3D platformer on the App Store.

Evergarden is a brilliant, relaxing, and utterly enthralling puzzle game that you should grab right now.

Don't let its visual similarity to Tetris fool you. This is a game that stands on its own very high merits.

An improvement over its predecessor in almost every area and as such the new lord of free-roaming gangster simulations – there's nothing to match it on PSP. But the narrative feels a little undercooked.

A gloomy, intelligent platformer, Nihilumbra will keep you playing until the bitter end.

Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is the best downloadable launch game for the PS Vita.

Despite some slight tedium in the mission variety, you’ll keep coming back to your Vita to play Volume weeks, months, even years later.

One for experienced series fans, Advance Wars: Dark Conflict marches in near-flawless fashion to strengthen the cause of turn-based strategy gaming.

With plenty of levels and items to collect, Frisbee Fever is an enjoyable arcade title with surprisingly high production values.

The controls take some getting used to, but the effort is worth it as Sky Gamblers provides hours of excellent dog-fighting fun – both in solo and multiplayer form.

An engaging, neon-bright puzzler, Slydris plays with the building blocks of the best and comes up with something pretty damn good.

It won't be to everyone's taste, but Stone Age: The Board Game is a deep and entertaining multiplayer package.

A bright, bold, and rather brilliant gamebook, Appointment with F.E.A.R. is a step in an interesting new direction.

An entertaining mash-up of dungeon crawling and Pac-Man. Lacks variety but always good for a quick blast.

A tough but ultimately rewarding board game reworking of some classic gamebooks.

Tiny Thief is a charming reduction of the point-and-click adventure, though its charm and polish cover over some pretty basic trial-and-error gameplay.

SteamWorld Heist is an unexpected and super-satisfying strategy smash - if you've enjoyed games like Codename STEAM or Fire Emblem, then consider this little gem an essential purchase.

Luigi's spooky Switch debut revels in the details whilst stealthily expanding his horizons. Scarily good fun.

Mario could learn a trick or two from his brother, as Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon stakes its claim as one of the most essential titles available for Nintendo 3DS.

An interesting and engaging puzzler, Dream of Pixels isn't revolutionary, but it's an enjoyable beast all the same.

It's one of the most creative and ambitious ideas to hit the world of games, but being able to magic up a fire-breathing giraffe counts for little when the included puzzles are often so cryptic and dull.