Dead Trigger is totally braindead and quickly gets boring, but you'll find enough enjoyment for your 69p. In-app purchases and ill-thought-out controls can spoil the fun.

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a live-action mystery adventure where you'll have to solve murders to piece together a centuries-old case. The narrative is incredibly intriguing, but it can be a huge slog to get there especially for an on-the-go gamer. Be sure you've got the patience to power through if you're looking to get into this game.

Joining Hands 2 is another slice of gentle family-friendly entertainment that, while fun to play and pleasant to look at, tends to end up in a little too much trial and error for its own good.

Bertram Fiddle isn't quite as funny or smart as other point and clicks, but it's still a charming and inventive story.

A well put together and enjoyable puzzler, Let me Loose doesn't have enough to raise it above the rest of the crowd.

Rock Boshers DX has a lot of tricks up its sleeve. It's just a shame that the Vita's analogue stick can't keep up.

Challenging, competitive word-searching make Wordament a game worth playing whether you're padding your Live stats or not.

Tough in most of the right places, Spellsword might miss a few tricks, but it's core gameplay is solid enough to keep you playing regardless.

I don't know what to say here, so you should probably pick up Viridi and see what happens.

Great action RPG – one of the best on PSP – cleverly balanced in such a way as to appeal to both veterans and newcomers, but significantly marred by frustrating loading issues.

It might not be the most original game out there, but Starseed: Origin is a lot of fun .

Inazuma Eleven is an intriguing blend of RPG and soccer that works on so many levels, though the occasional scripted match leaves us crying in the stands.

Knytt Underground is slow to start and difficult to interpret, but you'll always have fun exploring its environments and surmounting the puzzles that environment presents.

What Monster Hunter lacks in communication, it more than makes up for in quantity and quality of content.

A solid and well-presented light strategy game that lacks a little in terms of overall play time.

Tiny Space Adventures tests your memory (and sometimes your patience), but it's consistently cute and enjoyable.

Fun and familiar - Brothers in Arms 2 opts for variety over freshness and largely succeeds in spite of its many minor shortcomings.

A few interface issues aside, World To Conquer is a fun and quick turn-based strategy game that's designed well for portable play.

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

Almost like as a dribbler's bible, Bonecruncher Soccer is a nice addition to this year's football line up, schooling the art of mazy runs in true arcade style.

A deceptively simple puzzler, Bardadum: The Kingdom Roads is equal parts challenging and rewarding.

MiniGame Paradise is a slick and varied mini-game collection with optional in-app purchases that's slightly guilty of sacrificing gameplay for profit.

Day of the Viking has a few too many sharp edges, but if you stick with it there's a pretty decent game here.

A slick, accessible platform-puzzler with a satisfying emphasis on fast reactions and quick thinking.

Zenonia 4 doesn't add anything to the template its predecessors have laid down, but that doesn't stop if from being an entertaining and engaging action-RPG.

RayForce delivers coin-op shooting action straight out of 1993, but technical niggles and a ridiculously high asking price mean that it's unlikely to find a wide audience on the iPhone.

Code Name: STEAM is charming in style and experimental in genre, but a number of missteps make it tough to recommend whole heartedly.

Perfect for Phineas and Ferb fans and Where's My Water? obsessives who crave new levels - but casual Swampy fans will find plenty to do in the original.