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5 days ago | 
gaming-age.com | Matthew Pollesel
Normally, an announcement for an announcement is no big deal. In this case, though, we’ll make an exception: IO Interactive announced that later this week we’ll be getting an official reveal for their James Bond game. In fact, technically, we got a little more than that. There was also the teaser image above, as well as a title: 007 First Light.
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1 week ago | 
gaming-age.com | Matthew Pollesel
Platform: PCAlso on: PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo SwitchPublisher: Kaizen Game WorksDeveloper: Kaizen Game WorksMedium: DigitalPlayers: 1Online: NoESRB: TI don’t know if Promise Mascot Agency is the strangest game I’ve ever played, but it’s definitely got to be up there. It’s a self-described “open-world narrative adventure mascot management simulator”…and somehow, that only captures a part of the weirdness in store for anyone who plays it.
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1 week ago | 
gaming-age.com | Matthew Pollesel
Platform: PCAlso on: PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo SwitchPublisher: Daedalic EntertainmentDeveloper: Flatter Than EarthMedium: DigitalPlayers: 1Online: NoESRB: EThis is purely anecdotal, but anytime I hear anyone say they wish that Sony would make more games like they used to, they usually have a specific example in mind – often something PS2-era, but not always. My go-to example is a little more recent: I miss the kind of games Sony was releasing just before the release of the PS4.
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1 week ago | 
gaming-age.com | Matthew Pollesel
Back when it was first announced in February at Sony’s State of Play, MindsEye looked like it’d be your standard open-world shooter. Today the game’s developer, Build A Rocket Boy, showed off more of what the game has in store, and it’s looking like the game is a lot more ambitious than you might expect. While the basics of the game look familiar — a story involving an ex-soldier, rogue AI, and shadowy corporate forces threatening humanity — the broader experience is anything but.
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1 week ago | 
gaming-age.com | Matthew Pollesel
Platform: PCPublisher: JandusoftDeveloper: Team StargazersMedium: DigitalPlayers: 1Online: NoESRB: Not RatedI have no way of knowing whether this is true, but Aureole – Wings of Hope feels like a game where someone came up with the concept as a joke – in this case, what would a Sonic the Hedgehog game be like if it focused just on the rings? – and fleshed it out more fully afterwards.
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2 weeks ago | 
gaming-age.com | Matthew Pollesel
Platform: PCPublisher: 3DCloudsDeveloper: 3DCloudsMedium: DigitalPlayers: 1Online: NoESRB: Not RatedI kind of hate Trident’s Tale. That’s not an ironic statement, or one that’s coming with a twist – I’m not going to follow that up with, “I hate it because I’m addicted to it!”, or some nonsense like that. I just genuinely dislike the game, and I want to make that clear right off the bat. A big part of that hate is Trident’s Tale’s atrociously bad writing and voice acting.
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2 weeks ago | 
gaming-age.com | Matthew Pollesel
Platform: PCAlso on: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series XPublisher: Raccoon Logic StudiosDeveloper: Raccoon Logic StudiosMedium: DigitalPlayers: 1-2Online: YesESRB: TRe-reading my review of Journey to the Savage Planet from five years ago, I’m struck by how similar that game is to Revenge of the Savage Planet.
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3 weeks ago | 
gaming-age.com | Matthew Pollesel
Platform: PCPublisher: Bold Head InteractiveDeveloper: Fonteinsoft UGMedium: DigitalPlayers: 1-4Online: NoESRB: Not RatedWith a name like “Pecker” and an eponymous main character that’s a bird with a giant beak, I have to admit I went into the game with somewhat low expectations. Coupled with the fact that Pecker is a 3D platformer, I was sure I was in for a late-‘90s/early-’00s-style edge-fest with lots of puerile, penis-based jokes. In fact, Pecker is nothing of the sort.
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1 month ago | 
gaming-age.com | Matthew Pollesel
Platform: PCAlso on: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo SwitchPublisher: SNEGDeveloper: Seawolf Studio/General ArcadeMedium: DigitalPlayers: 1Online: NoESRB: Not RatedThe story behind Captain Blood is probably more interesting than the game itself. It was first announced in 2003, featured at E3 2004, and then retooled and revamped multiple times over the following years. It was set to be released on the original Xbox before having its development moved over to the Xbox 360.
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1 month ago | 
gaming-age.com | Matthew Pollesel
Platform: PCPublisher: Rock It GamesDeveloper: Sickhead GamesMedium: DigitalPlayers: 1-2Online: YesESRB: Not RatedWay back in the NES and SNES days, I was hugely into baseball, which meant that I played whatever baseball game I could get my hands on. The likes of RBI Baseball, Little League Baseball: Championship Series, Legends of the Diamond, MLBPA Baseball…I sank countless hours into these games, and whatever else besides I found sitting on the shelves for rent at my local video store.
