The long-awaited sequel to Snowman's wonderful endless snowboarding game is finally here. While Alto's Odyssey swaps the snow-capped mountains of Alto's Adventure for sandy deserts and jungle temples, it's still incredibly chill.

Angry Birds Evolution, the odd adult-aimed offshoot of the series that spawned an animated kids film, gets a little bit stranger on October 18, when a bird based on the undead mascot of venerable metal band Iron Maiden arrives in the game. Huh.

Ever wanted to play some of Japan's most popular mobile games on your computer? Well, me too. So let me walk you through how to do it.

Last night before hitting the sack I set two alarms. One so that I could wake up this morning and come to work, like I always do. Another, so I could wake up at 4am: that's when my vault dweller was supposed to return home.

Threes has become a problem for me. Last night, I was seriously torn between making sure my three-year-old ate her dinner and getting a few more rounds of the new iOS puzzle game in before bedtime. I fed her and then I went back to obsessively doing maths. 'Til 2am. Here's how I feel when I play Threes.

EA's new mobile Dungeon Keeper is free-to-play in the worst possible way, offering up a twisted cartoonish world in which you can progress through the game either by waiting or paying, and people aren't too pleased about it.

The Tegra K1 is Nvidia's newest super chip. The mobile processor packs a whopping 192 CUDA cores -- a Nvidia first. Here you can see it in action with Epic's Unreal Engine 4.

Earlier this year Capcom announced the eagerly awaited sixth instalment of its popular role-playing game series would be an online game for mobile and PC. Fans were angry. Will fresh information and screens of Breath of Fire 6: Guardians of the White Dragon make them happy? Oh come on, it's got Nina in it.

What, you expected a pet sim?

Last week, Square Enix quietly released the original Tomb Raider for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. You can almost see the game through the haze of virtual controls. Might be time for a gamepad.

Back in March of this year, Square Enix trademarked the name Lara Croft: Reflections. Some speculated it would be a 3DS or PlayStation Vita game. Nope, it's a free-to-play card battler.

It's called Before the Nexus, and is sort of a prequel to the Ratchet & Clank game released last month for PS3.

In May of this year, one of the greatest Star Wars stories ever told made the jump from PC and old consoles to the iPad. Today Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic finally went universal, with a host of new features to welcome iPhone and iPod Touch players into the fold.

For three years the creators of Cut the Rope have been adding new free level packs to the original game. Both the prequel, Cut the Rope: Time Travel and the spin-off, Cut the Rope: Experiments, have gotten free new content this month. These guys really deserve another dollar. Cut the Rope 2 is our chance.

Taking a break from creating big-budget console games starring striking characters with large, moist eyes like Enslaved and DMC, Ninja Theory releases a mobile brawler featuring a character with a thing for striking.

I do not enjoy stealth-action games. Kickstarter success story République is a game with deep roots in the Metal Gear Solid franchise -- the pinnacle of the stealth-action genre. Why am I enjoying it so much? It's a matter of perspective.

Merry Christmas, from the Deer Hunter 2014 holiday update. Eye shot!

Every December the editors of Apple's iTunes face the monumental task of selecting two games out of the thousands released during the year to receive top honours as the Best of 2013. This year they chose ridiculously well.

This is Blek. It's a simple name for a simple game, one in which all you have to do to win is draw a single line. Which single line? That's the complicated bit.