Please, Don't Touch Anything has the potential to touch on some serious issues. What it lacks in narrative it makes up for in fun factor.

The excellent game book engine underneath can't quite iron out House of Hell's problems. It's still a good game, but it pales somewhat in comparison to its predecessor.

Active Soccer 2 hasn't addressed the original's roughness, but it continues to hold a scrappy old-school appeal.

Highborn is a well-intended, though unpolished tactics game that needs to incorporate a number of basic features in order to improve playability.

Arcade Hits is a thoughtful collection including some great games, loads of extras, and fun multiplayer options.

It has a few nice ideas, but Expand it! is too happy to rest on its laurels rather than push on to greatness.

While it doesn't redefine what a city builder can be, Gizmonauts does add a couple of new systems to the formula - looking sharp all the while.

Going free-to-play means Dungelot 2 is compelled to repeatedly dangle in-app purchases in front of the player, but the impeccable presentation and addictive gameplay ensure that it's still better than the original.

There are some great puzzles in Instantion, but there are some not-so-great puzzles to grind through to get to them.

A bright and frantic arcade blast, Intake: Be Aggressive is sometimes a little too shouty for its own good.

A pretty and original but bafflingly constructed oddball platformer with a control system that never feels quite right.

Minor grievances with the finer points of combat aside, Mediatonic's latest is a handsome, challenging, laugh-out-loud funny arena-based brawler.

A brilliant, addictive shooter, Blazing Star might have a few niggles, but they're made up for with bombast and bullets.

Real Boxing looks and plays nicely, but flawed countering and training systems unbalance a promising beat-'em-up.

Competent touch controls and new options to dull the painful difficulty make this port of arcade shooter R Type generally pleasing.

A wonderfully formed block-breaker, Mad Blocker Alpha should be a constant presence on your PSP if you have even the slightest interest in puzzlers.

Lumi has the looks, it has the music, and it has the ideas, but it just doesn't have the controls to back them up.

It's pouty, it's pink, it's pretty darn good - Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique is the game to get your non-gamer sister / daughter / niece this Christmas, and they'll never know you've snuck them a shockingly hardcore management game with excellent production values.

Celebrating life, in all its fleeting chaos, has rarely been as fun as this. Play, enjoy, and stick two fingers up at mortality.

Star Ocean: Second Evolution is a solid RPG remake with some nice new tweaks. It's just a shame it's not better tailored to the PSP.

An artsy, hypnotic little curiosity that's as slight as a summer's breeze.

An attractive derivation on the well-established chain reaction concept, Splode plays well enough, but doesn't offer any new ideas.

Taito's Qix is reborn in this visually arresting puzzle title, but fans will have to learn to live with its rough edges in order to gain maximum enjoyment.

Polished and preened as you'd expect from Gameloft, Zombiewood is an entertaining but ultimately forgettable ride.

Though the game has some issues that make it unnecessarily frustrating, Mimpi is worth taking for a walk.

A warm and welcoming puzzling platformer that's as smart as it is fun.

A jumble of gore and old ideas, Hellraid: The Escape is entertaining when it's at its best, and enjoyable when it's not.

While it was always going to get squashed under the weight of post-Angry Birds expectation, Amazing Alex does a decent job. It might not be Rovio's finest work, but it shows there's life in the company outside of pigs and disgruntled birds.