iOS Watch List: Skylanders Battlegrounds, Motley Blocks and Meganoid 2

Kids today! In my day, we had toys and we had video games and they were separate! Michelangelo didn't jump from my hands into my TV and back again, and we were fine with that. Ah well, with the advent of Skylanders, toys and video games are practically one in the same. Activision's first mobile Skylanders effort was more of a shooting gallery style game, but in Skylanders Battlegrounds, it seems to cut far closer to the console versions, with top-down, hack-and-slash gameplay. (Universal, $6.99)

It's a little hard to wrap your head around what's going on in Motley Blocks, at least at first. But after a couple rounds you begin to realize it's just a color matching puzzle game, but instead of taking place in a 2D plane, it's spread across a constantly-spinning 3D puzzle. A very cool blend of strategy and reflexes make this one well worth a look. (Universal, $2.99)

Clearly there were enough people that enjoyed dying over and over again in the first Meganoid to justify a sequel. The spirit, of a classic, ultra-hard platformer, remains the same, just with more dastardly traps to conquer. Basically it's Spelunky, but played 30 seconds at a time. (Universal, $0.99)

A bit surprising that we've gone this long without a full-fledged MOBA game on iOS. Gameloft's latest fits the bill, allowing for 3v3 and 5v5 online matches. Obviously controls are the big sticking point here, but since the game is free, there's really no risk it checking it out. After all, it's probably the only way to practice your DOTA skills while you're at work. (Universal, free)