Red Bull, the company that produces the best-selling energy drink in the world, has a soft spot for videogames. The drink maker has attached its name to several games for Android and even Xbox 360, since it happens that gamers like yours truly often enjoy sweet, life-giving energy drinks. It's easy to write these software titles off as nothing but advertising tools, but sometimes they actually stand up well as games.

Take Red Bull Air Race – The Game, which has just launched on Android. The game comes from Canadian developer Roadhouse Interactive, who you might know as the creator of the excellent Warhammer 40K: Carnage. This time Roadhouse has crafted a 3D airplane racing game, based on the real-life Red Bull Air Races that also happen to involve airplanes. With great production values and lots of races to fly, Red Bull Air Race is a surprisingly solid free-to-play aerial racer. Read on for impressions and hands-on video.