We ring in the new year on mobile by celebrating the fact that the security of all our handsets is fundamentally compromised. Hooray. But it's not all bad news - we've got the best upcoming games of 2018, plus a look at the week's new releases, including the excellent thief guild boardgame Antihero. We also chat to Mike Bithell about Subsurface Circular, Thomas Was Alone, and why text adventures are still great.

It's that most wonderful time of the year: the time where Glen, James, and Emily talk for 75 minutes straight about the mobile gaming highlights of 2017, including their personal top 3 games of the last 12 months. They also bid a fond farewell to Glen, who will be moving onto pastures new in 2018.

Christmas has come 2 weeks early for mobile gamers. Not only do iPhone owners get to roam Arcadia Bay in time-reversing adventure Life is Strange, they can also explore a grim factory of otherworldly doom in Limbo dev Playdead's second game INSIDE. There's also a port of Phil Fish's acclaimed platformer FEZ, the launch of exquisite art puzzler Gorogoa, and a chat with one of the creators of Dragon's Watch.

This week the team rolls into a new kingdom, swelling and absorbing mobile news facts along the way to offer to their new queen. By which I mean they will be discussing Tinder-style monarch sim Reigns: Her Majesty, and the newly-launched auto-roller Amazing Katamari Damacy. Plus, James gets to chat to the folks behind GRID: Autosport's new mobile port.

Tyre squeals and trauma this week as the team examines the mobile version of console racer GRID Autosport, then tackle the bloodstained corridors of stylish horror game Neverending Nightmares. They also cover the likes of Hoppenhelm and Game Dev Tycoon, as well as chatting with the creator of RPGolf.

Good news for fans of battle royale and sofa shopping this week. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp takes the cutesy life-sim formula and squeezes it onto your phone, while PUBG-a-like Rules of Survival attempts to replicate the thrill of hiding in a barn wearing a t-shirt on a tiny screen. Plus we talk to The Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons about Rogue Trooper Redux, and his incredible career in comics and gaming.

Good news for fans of battle royale and sofa shopping this week. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp takes the cutesy life-sim formula and squeezes it onto your phone, while PUBG-a-like Rules of Survival attempts to replicate the thrill of hiding in a barn wearing a t-shirt on a tiny screen. Plus we talk to The Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons about Rogue Trooper Redux, and his incredible career in comics and gaming.

As decorated veterans of loot crates and other traditionally mobile-centric money-making systems, the team tackles the Battlefront II controversy head-on this week. There's also talk of LA Noire's Switch debut, Rocket League's handheld hopes, and OCMO's incredibly tricky tentacles.

Pokemon Go creator Niantic has revealed it's tired of catching Pidgeys and is moving onto finding fantastic beasts with the announcement of upcoming AR app Harry Potter Wizards Unite. We discuss what will certainly be the next global mobile craze, along with reviews of DOOM, Starman, and the final episode of Guardians of the Galaxy.

It's a power-franchise triple-strike this week. First we interview the producer of Sonic Forces: Speed Battle before reviewing the game. Then we turn our attention to Final Fantasy Dimensions II, a sequel 5 years in the making. ALSO: after last week's prologue it's the REAL Super Mario Odyssey chat.