By turns sadistic and capricious, this twisted puzzler has its moments, but leaves a nasty aftertaste.

Paper Racer is a solid old skool racer, but missing multiplayer and loose controls let it down.

Beautifully presented and utterly compelling, Async Corp. is one of the best iOS titles you'll play all year.

EDGEBobby2 possesses some mildly interesting puzzle gameplay, but few will want to soldier through the terrible presentation and awkward controls in order to sample the goods.

An interesting concept, but this Tiny Wings clone fails to capture any of the speed, thrills, and excitement that made the flightless bird so entertaining.

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

Deathsmiles mixes up the formula to drag in bullet-hell fans and lowers the barrier to entry to encourage newbies. Everyone with a passing interest should try out this smart, compulsive and thrilling blaster.

eBoo's challenging controls add to the puzzler's allure.

An impressive side-scrolling shooter whose intuitive touch screen controls and unique art style compensate for a lack of variation and longevity.

With time we hope that Capcom can nail down the problems affecting net play, but as it stands Street Fighter IV Volt is best appreciated by newcomers and should be approached with caution if you already own the original release.

Floaty, occasionally unfair, cheap, and lacking in even the most basic of fan service, Cars 2 is your common garden film tie-in.

With no real link to the series of old, and no gameplay of its own to speak of, James Pond in the Deathly Shadows is the kind of non-event that you're best off ignoring.

In many ways a lightweight exploration game, nevertheless Tiny Lights' demonstrates a certain charm that's a joy to play.

As tired a Transformers tie-in as you're ever likely to see, EA's Dark of the Moon soon descends into repetition, and is far too tedious as a result.

This platform-puzzler has some decent ideas, but it's not likely to be anyone's Cavorite iOS brain-tickler.

A cheap and cheerful destroy-em-up that makes up for in fun what it lacks in elegance.

Pro Volley Tennis is a fun representation of the game, but is limited by the constraints imposed on it by its sport.

Funny and surreal, Puzzle Agent 2 is a case well worth reopening.

As a throw-back to the RPGs of old it hits most of the right buttons, but most modern gamers will likely leave the world of Avadon long before it hits its stride.

Bereft of new content and lumbered with a seriously flawed save game system, it would be easy to dismiss Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D as a waste of plastic, but the action-packed, score-based gameplay is undeniably engaging.

The Breakout clone Brickzors doesn't beat the original.

An exhaustive and, more importantly, finely balanced release, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing offers up a watershed moment for karting on iPhone.

Slow to start, and surprisingly easy to fail at first, give Pocket Academy time and it'll grip just as hard as Kairosoft's previous management games.

A classic example of pushing the hardware too far, Ionocraft Racing has an entertaining concept at its core but is let down badly by a stuttering frame-rate and a lack of rivals to race against.

BackStab sails on restless oceans, thrown about by ropey controls and annoying bugs, but it remains a swashbuckling romp that will appeal to fans of Captain Jack Sparrow and his kin – if they can stay the course, that is.

An innovative take on the slice-'em-up genre whose new ideas and simple controls will endear it to fans of the Chop Chop series and newcomers alike.

Hills of Glory: WWII is an entertaining tower defence romp, but it's too difficult without IAPs and too easy with them.

A well presented freemium take on Theme Park-style games, Tiny Tower wins plaudits for its early activity and quirky nature, but lacks long-term compulsion.