Scintillatingly brilliant puzzling. Again.

Not even dodgy tunes stop Elite Beat Agents being one of the most entertaining and accessible games on DS.

While not for those lacking experience points, Final Fantasy V Advance offers a highly customisable adventure for anyone seeking a role-playing challenge.

An awful, rewardless gaming experience on just about every level.

Children of Mana brings intelligence and charm into the realm of dungeon-based button bashing.

Killzone is precisely average. It's mildly entertaining, sure, but also disappointingly flawed.

First-rate conversion of two excellent games that, individually, lose a little of their spark on PSP, although nothing that significantly dulls the overall experience.

Death, Jr II inches its way closer to being a very good game but, too often, its action fails to match the creative promise of its scenario, character and art design.

Technically solid – if increasingly familiar – racing action but set within a dynamic that often feels unnecessarily controlled.

Need For Speed Carbon: Own The City lacks the spirit and energy we've come to expect from the series.

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.

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.

Despite being loveable and well-made, Pokémon Ranger's combat system is too shallow to grip your attention.

Star Trek Tactical Assault is a limited strategy combat game with a few nice Star Trek touches, but after several encounters, hypersleep may beckon.

Brown and benign, ATV Pro may have a lot of deep mud but its fails to grip over the long term.

Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam is an interesting take on boarding, but variety comes at the expense of true excellence.

Big, brash and beautiful, Ace Combat X is a prime example of the PSP's capabilities and deserves a place in every thrill-seeking PSP owner's collection.

Greater than the sum of its parts, it's eventually hard to feel anything but sheer joy when playing Magical Starsign.

The single-player game is enjoyable but disappointingly short-lived. Thankfully, the impressive multiplayer options improve things considerably.

Something of a disappointment considering our expectations, uncovering Contact's charms demands significant patience.

It's their season: FIFA 07 is the best portable football sim to date bar none.

Ruh-roh! Another "Don't worry, the children will never see past the licence to realise the game is rubbish" attempt unmasked.

If you're prepared to come to terms with the sizeable control issues and accept the occasional technical gremlin, there's gold to be found in them there pixels.

A distinct average and oddly passionless collection of touchscreen mini-games.

The dragon returns to form. The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning is a well-designed, satisfying action game.

Judged on fun, depth and the amount of recharges you'll be forcing into your DS, 42 All-Time Classics is a winning formula. We heart it.

Limited in both scope and ambition, something that even sticking half the movie in at the start of missions doesn't mask.

Whether it's stealth, driving or shooting, the game feels limited and unengaging, is hampered by unresponsive controls and completely lacks the necessary polish of a modern production.