It also adopts another modern gameplay feature: in-app purchases.

The weeks pick of new and notable games includes basketball, racing, jetpacking and a few retro titles to boot.

NBA 2K13 2K Games has launched its new basketball sim on iOS and Android, promising an engine based on the console version, and One-Finger controls designed for the touchscreen.

As on console, Jay-Z has curated the soundtrack, while the official NBA teams and players are present and correct.

Android iPhone iPad PlayStation Mobile Okay, not as such a game this is an entire store.

Its Sonys official PlayStation-branded app store for Android devices, downloadable directly from the company rather than through Google Play.

Around 20 games are available at launch, with standouts including Super Crate Box, Aqua Kitty and Underline.

Android Payback HD Remember the days before Grand Theft Auto was available for iOS, but several games were trying to bring GTA-style gameplay to the touchscreen Payback was one of the better ones, and now its got a sequel.

It sees grizzled spaceman Barry Steakfries flying through an endless level collecting coins, outfits and power-ups.

Android Re-Volt Classic If you owned Segas Dreamcast console, you may have happy memories of remote-controlled racing game Re-Volt.

Now its been updated for iOS, with 14 themed tracks to zip around, 42 cars to unlock, and a plethora of game modes.

Thankfully, the controls have been updated for touchscreens too.

That means you have to build a town on a desert island, but also capture local creatures and send them into battle.

Android Rayman Jungle Run The franchise that launched a million Armless fun jokes in reviews has popped up on Android, a couple of weeks after its iOS release.

Here, Rayman is getting back to his 2D platform-adventure roots, with all the graphical flair fans of his console outings have come to expect.

Android Extraction Shoot em up Extraction: Project Outbreak won plenty of praise on iOS, but now its available on Windows Phone too.

Publisher Chillingo has kept its soldiers-gone-viral plotline and frenetic gameplay intact, while adding support for Microsofts Xbox Live community.

Windows Phone Kingdom Royale Korean publisher Gamevil has ported its Kingdom Royale social war-game from Android to iOS, mixing resource management and kingdom-building with turn-based battles against other players around the world.

Stunt Star is great fun, with its emphasis on physics, power-ups and lots of crashes.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth more, suggests its blurb, positioning Clucks as, essentially, Draw Something with video.

Which means trying to get friends to guess a word without actually saying it, pinging videos back and forth to play.

But enough flippancy, because Restaurant Star looks like a polished take on the social cook em up genre, with different cuisines to master, and friends to out-serve.

Now its been turned into a fully into-the-screen 3D title for iOS, as you try to escape an asteroid city by swiping and tapping.

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