Reviews

A surprisingly tender story hampered by clunky execution.

It may be messy, but SpikySnail's XBLA puzzler rewards precision.

Pure playfulness – an unexpected heir to Super Mario.

Bullet-hell and score-running collide in this exuberant iOS update.

Keys Factory’s eShop puzzler offers a series of satisfying spatial challenges.

Designed by a competitive fighting gamer, but can it fix the genre's longstanding flaws?

An ill-conceived and cynical package.

Dakko Dakko’s second PSP mini offers a deceptively simple slice of arcade action.

With so little to fix, how has Rodeo Games approached the second instalment in its turn-based strategy series?

ET goes home in Trapdoor Inc’s energetic stealth-action blast.

Digital Reality pushes the boundaries of scrolling shooters on home consoles.

Delightfully squirm-inducing tension and violence is muted by some poor design decisions.

A gore-soaked trudge that's almost as lifeless as its antagonists.

Zach Gage’s intelligent take on Asteroids benefits from unusually taut touch controls.

A more immediate entry in the revered fighting series, but also a less accomplished one.

Considerably more ambitious than Rovio's previous tower destruction efforts.

One of the most subversive, sublime street-racing games ever made.