Almost half way through the year, here are the best IOS, Android and WP7 titles so far, with the help of the team of handpicked PocketGamer

Last year was all about Angry Birds. The physics-based puzzler unlikely catapult seen 100 million downloads as well as translations into all smartphone formats (now 200 million!) - And a movie tie-in to do. Yes, really boggle the mind.

So what is the smartphone gaming highlights of 2011 have so far? there is a contender for Rovio 's bird-spin masterpiece? Today and tomorrow we 'll be listing what we think the 25 best titles of the year so far, the three major platforms. To decide to help me, I asked for the contributions of the authors of the mobile gaming news site, Pocket Gamer, and they 've provided a few helpful words of their favorite releases.

So, if you have a longhaul plane flight to prepare for this summer, or just expect to be stuck on a variety of broken down trains, you might want to check this out...

Big Boss

Chillingo, IOS (link here), ? 1.19

It 's about time that someone has the monster-on-the-loose brilliance of the classic arcade game Rampage, and brought it to smartphones. Big Boss is that - and much more. Here, players build their own monsters migrate to a fantasy realm mauling teeny busting their castles and knights. "At its core, it 'sa simple iPad beat' em-up," says Pocket Gamer 's Will Wilson, "But it' s in the execution of that Big Boss really shines, a taste for more RPG combination-lite upgrade system and a fantastic selection of customization options. The difficulty curve is just right, with the seemingly simple task (you 'much re bigger than the enemy) to a much more difficult, as you thanks the wide range of defense and advance their various anti-big boss contraptions. "

Bird zapper!

Namco Bandai, IOS (link here), 59p

This rapid to defaults 'match three' puzzle gives you a variety of birds migrate along a series of power cables - your role (like a squirrel looking for revenge on the Avine Community - don 't ask) is on the lines of the screen to targets with the same plumage, so electrifying to pull them to connect. Of course, you get higher the more birds that you connect with a train, while collectable power-ups give you additional skills, such as the freezing of the conveyor belt of the feathered victims. There are three modes to try and give you time or free play experiences, but essentially, it 's just a well-constructed, beautifully marked on a smartphone extremely familiar genres.

Bumpy Road

Simogo, IOS (link here), ? 1.79

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Continuity 2: The sequel

The original continuity was a prize winner at the annual Independent Games Festival and this sequel builds on its predecessor 's mix of platforming and puzzle elements. You have your little stickman to come through a variety of minimalist level, sliding platforms around the screen to create a navigable route to and solve puzzles. As Pocket Gamer writer Mark Brown, points out, "The game introduces new concepts slowly over the 50 steps, so you never feel flummoxed or out of your depth. It 's either a high or cerebral platformer with a clever variation the sliding puzzle, depending on how you look at it. "

Cordy

Silvertree Media, Android, for free (in-game payments - link here)

Using the right motor Unity3D spectacular effect Cordy is a whimsical physics platformer with fiendish puzzles. The idea is to create a cute little robot turn them in each of the levels, all of which are familiar to fans of the old-style 2.5d Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games for PlayStation rendered. Each level has a selection of objects to discover amid the block-printing, wall-busting and ball-rolling fun, and players are rewarded for finishing within a time limit. It 's not a game of deep originality, but the landscapes and scenery are beautiful, and the design compelling enough to make it a great showcase for the Android platform.
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Dead Space

EA, IOS (link here), ? 3.99

Those expecting a horribly watered-down mini-Dead Space 2D platformer will be pleasantly surprised by this bloody 3D hack-em-up, which packs some of the best polygonal visuals on iOS devices. Taking place just before the events of Dead Space 2, the game follows an engineer on a mysterious set of missions deep down in the mines of Titan. Naturally, it's all about exploring in the dark and splattering necromorph body bits all over the place using an array of familiar weapons (the plasma cutter) and some newbies (a handy electro saw). It's a properly meaty challenge, serviced with a proper touchscreen control interface that uses swipes and touches to control the character and bring up in-game menus rather than an awkward virtual joypad. And somehow, even on a small screen, it manages to give you the odd jump.

Fable Coin Golf

IdeaWorks Game Studio, WP7

Of, course, this could have been a tawdry tie-in: take an enormous free-roaming RPG and turn it into a pub game. But Fable Coin Golf is a miniature triumph, brilliantly mixing the dynamics of pinball and shove ha'penny with cunningly compelling results. On each stage you simply have to slide your puck around the cluttered 3D course, attempting to pick up as many gold coins as possible en route. The Angry Birds-like control system (pull back then release to send your disc flying) is finely implemented, which is a good job as the array of obstacles on each stage, from water hazards to patrolling monsters, demands accuracy and forethought. It looks lovely, it's challenging, and all the gold that you amass can actually be spent in the Xbox 360 version of Fable III: a fascinating hint at cross-platform connectivity to come.

Forget-me-not

Nyarlu Labs, IOS (link here), ? 1.19

Want to be a retro arcade game, but can choose 't what to go for? Boy has Nyarlu Labs have the solution for you: Forget-Me-Not is about 15 in the early eighties in a coin-ops. In essence, it 'sa Pac-Man style maze game, but the mazes are random, and you can also shoot, so it feels a bit like Berserk, but then you gain a lot of goodies while you work your way tactically by the monster, so it 'sa little too Gauntlet. Meanwhile, all the audio interference, electronic bleeps and cascades, it sounds like a whole in 1982 Arcade has been detected on your phone. The controls are also perfect to use with simple swipes everything, plus, there 'sa two-player mode. A really clever and fun game.

Hardlines

Spilt Milk Studios, IOS (link here), ? 1.19

Hardlines is a stylized re-invention of the Snake (or Tron, if your cultural references go back even further) with much more depth. Handbook of increasingly long line to the neon labyrinth forces the other lines to meet you, so kill them. There are bonuses to collect and six modes to play through, and it 's surprisingly compulsive stuff, providing a controlled, focused gameplay. "Hardlines is Snake, which is Pac-Man Championship Edition Pac-Man," says Pocket Gamer editor, Rob Hearn. "But instead you feel like an addict with his staring biomechanically advanced gameplay, it makes you smile. Also, the real magic ingredient of chirpy personality of the lines on the screen, transmitted by hundreds of phrases in colorful neon text. "

Hot Springs History

Kairosoft, iOS (link here) Android (link here), ?2.39

Last year, Japanese studio Cairo soft gaming fanatics around the world addicted to their brilliant management title, Game Dev Studio. The neat sim put you in control of a growing development team, hiring artists and programmers to create games and trying to beat by many strange topics. The follow-up is soft Cairo try the same thing with, uh do, spas, you need to keep your punters happy by providing the right equipment, comfortable rooms and exotic treatments. "The complaint is in the pace of progress and the sheer breadth of the game", says Pocket Gamer editor, Rob Hearn. "You must deal with everything from flower pot placement of advertising on structural expansion. As with Game Dev Story and other games of this type, the drip-feed of minor achievements it difficult wondering makes." It 's an addictive aside until the company is continuing its promised Game Dev Studio.

Ilomilo

Southend Interactive, WP7

Okay, it was making last year in some networks, but what the hell, if you have a Windows 7 handset and haven own 't already seen this ridiculously cute puzzle, you' re a terrible mental errors that are corrected immediately needs. Imagine LittleBigPlanet crossed with Pengo and Jon Ritman 's 8bit classic Head Over Heels and what you have in your head is not a million miles away from Ilomilo. The idea is to combine two cute characters, Ilo and Milo, by switching between them and the navigation of the duo through a series of maze-like levels. There are switches to pull and move blocks, and it 's all set in a comfortable, fluffy world of handicrafted upholstered furniture. Thereaputic hours of fun.

Kami Retro

Gamevil, IOS (link here), Android (link here), 59p

Merging the mechanics Mario vs. Donkey Kong with the visual perception of a platformer 8bit Kami is a hyper-stylized retro treat bleepy melodies and confident blocky graphics. Your goal is to provide a collection of Lemmings-like secure sign next to the exit on each of the single-screen levels, happened to avoiding all the usual obstacles, the platform protagonist. The game supports smooth and intuitive touchscreen controls steals the screen as easily make the sprite jump men and change direction, and you must also pick up and move objects such as fans (the increase in jump distance) to support navigation. "It 'sa happy, vibrant seizure-inducing time mash-up along a bouncy castle chip-tune soundtrack," says Rob Hearn. "To place an exaggerated drug metaphor, it looks like Lego on crack Acid. And." Handiwork of the Paw Print promising games, this is definitely my favorite iOS game of the year so far.
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Karoshi

YoYo Games, Android, IOS (link here), andoird (link here), ? 1.19

Originally Posted by Dutch programmer Jesse Venbrux as a series of flash puzzles was developed is now Karoshi on smartphones and the excellent execution remains the central concept: you have to kill your character. Yes, that's Karoshi is a Japanese word for 'death by overwork' and the idea of ??looking all platforming elements you re 'is usually meant to avoid, of rampaging enemies with deadly spikes and traps . There is also little to elaborate sequences, usually in the crushed Mr. Karoshi, or the shock is. "It 's all very windy and the tongue in cheek," says Hearn. "However, workplace setting and the presence of Mr. Karoshi 's boss, whose mood determines how high you jump invite Mr. Karoshi, sinister interpretations when you' re inclined to make them. The occasional appearance of Mrs. karoshi the frustrated her husband 's suicide attempts by spikes of flowers, a touching note. "

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