A pleasantly familiar taste of the kind of physics puzzlers we used to see in the early days of the App Store, Salt & Pepper doesn't add enough meaty substance to the recipe.

League of Stickmen has its faults, but it's a pretty fun, slightly hands-off hack-and-slasher all the same.

Gorgeous-looking Mario & Sonic goes for gold with multiplayer, despite stumbling across the finish line with a few lame events, the odd control issue and only moderately entertaining solo play.

The foundations of a great survival game are here, but it currently feels a bit ‘style over substance' and too ruthless, even if you're a fan of insanely hard arcade games.

Hero Emblems II is a match-3 RPG that combines role-playing level progression with match-3 combat. The battles themselves feel a little bit on the lighter side when it comes to strategic depth, but it might just be your cup of tea if you're a fan of its predecessor.

Playable and polished as always, Madden NFL 09 doesn't gain the franchise any yardage and fails to address some old control issues.

A half-decent RTS that only partially embraces the strengths of its source material and suffers from irritating performance and control issues.

1849 is a refreshingly straight-up city-builder with a snappy mission-based structure, but the route to success can feel a little restrictive and one-note at times.

Dark Day LA offers anarchic asymmetrical gameplay for two, but it's a slight offering.

Mega Jump 2 isn't particularly original, and it's 'save' system chips away at the experience, but this is an enjoyable descendant of Doodle Jump all the same.

For existing fans of trading card games, this is an addictive package offering potentially hours of exciting play. Everyone else may strongly disagree.

There's a nice idea here, but the cumbersome controls mean Back to Bed gets tiring pretty quick.

If you're not a fan of the original, you'd be best to give this muddled revamp a miss.

A silly shooter that doesn't quite distance itself far enough from the games it's mocking. Still pretty fun though.

A somewhat entertaining puzzler with little to offer and lots of headaches to give.

A reasonably entertaining zombie killer with enough of a twist that it's not too familiar.

An urban setting gives Act of War: Urban Defense appeal, but its lack of originality and short length ensure that it quickly gets lost in the fog of war.

This sequel lacks the charm of many of its puzzler rivals, but still offers plenty of fiendish challenges to solve if you can overlook the sterile artwork.

Patient players might enjoy this cute action-puzzler, but control and design issues will leave others burning with rage.

It might not have the staying power of the best games, but there's fun to be had in Edge of the World.

Despite being comprehensive in terms of content, Chuck's Challenge is too dated to really stand out.

An attractive and fun adventure-puzzler that simply doesn’t justify the high price of its levels with its generic gameplay, even if you're a fan of the cartoon.

It's presented quite well, but One Piece Treasure Cruise still feels like something we've all played before.

Part Stroop test, part high-score chaser, OLDTV is certainly a brain tickler with a striking aesthetic. Whether it's any fun or not is a trickier question to answer.

What starts off reasonably well ends up losing its way pretty quickly.

There's a decent game here, but Machines at War 3 is far from original, and a little too rough around the edges to wholeheartedly recommend.

The Game of Life 2 is a fun version of the board game, with the addition of different maps, but ultimately it's still a lot of waiting around if you don't have friends.

Despite a fresh and nuanced movement system, this endless faller is somewhat spoiled by a miserly approach to dishing out rewards and incentives.