Launching today as a PlayStation Minis (PS Minis) title, Velocity is a scrolling shoot-‘em-up with a difference. While the screenshots may tell you that you’ll fight patterns of enemies in formation and travel through a retro styled science-fiction setting, they hide a number of more innovative mechanics. Velocity may be set to be delivered as a diminutive downloadable package, but there’s nothing small about its ideas.
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The latest release from UK studio Icon Games is now available as a PS Minis title, which means it’s compatible with PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable, offering it one of the largest potential audiences of any single format release out there. Presented at a wallet-friendly price and distributed with minimal fuss, Golf Mania! is unlikely to set the industry alight. However, as a bite-sized gameplay experience designed as a snack between Call of Duty and Uncharted meals, Golf Mania! does certainly perform well at the job it’s been designed to do.
The successful series of Fighting Fantasy novels, created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, is seeing somewhat of a resurgence of late. Thanks to the coming of age of digital distribution services, the interactive novella has found a new home amongst the digital interactive media, first on iOS devices and now having arrived on the PlayStation Store as a Minis title. Compatible with both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable (PSP), Fighting Fantasy: Talisman of Death is an interesting reinterpretation of that very first Fighting Fantasy publication, and not in the way you might be expecting.
The latest title from Grip Games, developers of the critically acclaimed Blimp: the Flying Adventures and MiniSquadron, is very much an action-orientated affair. The fourth Minis title from the developer, Grip Games have obviously learned their way around both a PlayStation 3 controller and a PlayStation Portable (PSP) console, as One Epic Game is an impressive clash of 16-bit inspired art, arcade style gameplay and a modern approach to content distribution. 
The latest title to arrive from Nordcurrent, Monochrome Racing, is available now as a downloadable WiiWare title on Wii, and as a Minis title for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable (PSP). A pocket money price tag and platform ambiguity means that many gamers have been looking at Monochrome Racing with a great deal of interest, suggesting that the pick-up-and-play nature of the game may be perfect for less experienced players, but in reality it’s a game designed for those who have been playing for many years, with fond memories of the classics of the 16-bit era. 
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