Here comes another team of grumpy superheroes to save the day.
In the End is Nigh, a downloadable title via Xbox Live, players stalk the streets with Rorschach and Nite Owl, two vigilantes from the recent Watchmen movie and the brilliant Alan Moore comic.
Although Moore's story was stuffed with fantastic dialogue, this interpretation is flimsier than a house of cards. Players choose a character, then go on the hunt for devious crime baron Underboss, bashing his flunkies in the process.
As in old-school, button-bashing fighting games such as Streets of Rage, you proceed through parades of bad guys.
Rorschach and Nite Owl both have special moves, but with only two buttons for attacks, the fun wears thin.
Sensitive souls, look away now! The Wii might be known for its family-friendly titles - Wii Sports, Mario Kart Racing, Wii Fit - but MadWorld is like the drunk uncle at a wedding.
You play a beefed-up meathead, making his way through a reality game show of the future, much like the one in Arnold Schwarzenegger's movie Running Man.
But instead of the usual game-show antics such as answering questions or guessing the content of boxes, the hero must take out his enemies in as many brutal ways as possible.
The levels of violence are so ridiculous it is hard to take seriously, and the striking black-and-white graphics recall comic books and movies such as Sin City. Still, MadWorld lives up to its title and is definitely not suitable for kids.
Saddle up
The good, the bad, and even the ugly will be saddling up soon in a new Wild West adventure: the first western, in fact, since 2007's Call of Juarez.
Bound in Blood stars the McCall brothers, two good ol' boys in a quest to steal gold.
Set during the civil war, the game looks like a John Wayne or Clint Eastwood flick, with its vast deserts and one-horse towns.
Players will be able to ride horses, paddle canoes, and use wagons to explore the final frontier. There are plenty of gun battles too.
Bound In Blood is up against another western, Rockstar's hugely anticipated Red Dead Redemption, but this could be the fastest draw, when it's released in June. - Pavel Barter, The Independent
Dusting off the old
Trips down memory lane can be cheaply bought. Wolfenstein 3D, which costs an extremely reasonable £2.99 (R40) from the App Store, is a mobile version of the unforgettable FPS that hit PCs in 1992.
All 60 of the original levels are here in all their Nazi-slaying glory and even if you were a Wolfenstein demon back in the day, I defy you to remember all the fiendish twists of the titular castle.
The graphics show all of their 17 years, but for sheer playability, and the sheer joy of rediscovering a truly genre-defining adventure, Wolfenstein 3D is very hard to beat when gaming on the go.
Jog
Jog is a plastic peripheral that's been designed to get lazy gamers exercising without, its makers no doubt hope, them even realising it.
Jog is a small device that connects to the Wii remote and nunchuk, then nestles on your belt. Then it does two things.
First, it allows you to move through the game by walking in real life (on the spot, obviously).
Then, it measures the steps you've taken through the virtual world of your choice.
So it's a controller-meets pedometer that is mildly entertaining, until the realisation hits that playing gets tiring fast when you're pacing like a caged beast.
Got worms?
A slew of tiresome 3-D Worms games might have made you tire of the series, but Worms for the PS3 is a good reason to wake up and smell the revenge.
The action - spiked with grenades, bazookas, high-flying and hard-landing sheep - is classic Worms, but the graphics have been hauled up to date and make the title feel pretty fresh.
Next-gen Worms also offers the now obligatory online multiplayer action, opening up a new world of would-be opponents.
A classic, reborn. - Rebecca Armstrong, The Independent