More like Metro: No Available Light I’m really looking forward toMetro: Last Light, and this lovely and somewhat haunting new “Genesis” trailer turns that up another notch. The trailer does a nice job of showing off the game’s environments and some beasties in the calmer first half, but then gets crazy in the second half with attacks in dark, confined spaces. Gotta love those! I predict that I’ll be blindly wasting ammo by shooting in the dark most of the time....

Looks like Spawn, funnily enough We have gotten our first real look at the design of comic-book anti-hero Spawn as he will appear inMortal Kombat 11.A tweet from Spawn’s creator, Todd McFarlane, contains images of an action figure based on the grim avenger, sporting his NetherRealm Studios design. Surprisingly enough, he looks like Spawn, complete with his unholy crimson cape, jacked-to-fuck body, and penchant for spiked gauntlets, boots, and belts. Most notable is the fact that Spawn is carrying a mighty short-sword, which will no doubt come into play on the many battlefields ofMK 11....

Buy everything, buy nothing, still the best time to play MKX Don’t write a hot take about SFV… Don’t write a hot take about SFV… Don’t write a hot take about SFV… Dammit. Mortal Kombat XL(PS4 [tested], Xbox One)Developer: NetherRealm StudiosPublisher: Warner Bros. Interactive EntertainmentReleased: March 1, 2016MSRP: $59.99 for the XL edition, $24.99 for the ‘XL Pack’ (includes all previously released DLC), $19.99 for ‘Kombat Pack 2’ (four new characters and costume packs)...

Rhythm Heaven Fevercontinues to spread, and has now overtaken Valve’s Gabe Newell, the King of Hyrule from theZeldaCDi games, and Applebooty Sugarbottom (or whatever her name is) fromMy Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Yes Bronies, I know I should have done myMLP:FiMresearch before writing about a character from your favorite show of all time, but no matter what that pony’s name is in real life, chances are I wouldn’t enjoy typing it as much as I enjoyed typing “Applebooty Sugarbottom....

The delightfully short and sweet series ofMomodoraMetroidvanias is coming to a head withMomodora: Moonlit Farewell. Publisher PLAYISM and developer Bombservice describe it as “the culmination” of the series, and it’sofficially set to dropvia Steam on June 06, 2025. You can see a glimpse of the latest in the exploration-focused series in the release date trailer: The originalMomodorawas released in 2010.Moonlit Farewellmarksthe fifth installmentin Bombservice’s series. Moonlit Farewellmaintains the detailed, meticulously animated aesthetic of previous entries with a Sigil system that helps customize each run....

How strange. Last night we run a rumor thatWETmay be released some time this year, and today we get a tip stating that a brand new trailer went up on the official site several weeks ago andnobodynoticed. This is certainly the first timeI’veseen it, and preliminary online scouting seems to suggest I’m not alone. You cancheck out the trailer on the “unofficial” site here, where some solid gameplay is shown. It looks like they’ve taken heavy influence fromTotal OverdoseandStranglehold....

Also,Zombie Army 4 We’re right on the cusp of yet another first-party Nintendo game on Switch, but in the meantime, we’re gettingThe Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxeedition. The 2011 original turned heads with its unique approach to storytelling and meta elements, with a fully-fledged release in 2013 that really brought it to the forefront. Now folks can relive the brain-bender all over again with theDeluxe Edition, which islaunching on Switchon April 27, at the same time as thePC version....

Through January 5 at 11:59PM PT For those of you who buy things on the eShop on Switch,there’s a Nintendo double gold point promogoing on right now. It’s very limited, but it’s probably something you should know about if you plan on spending some gift cards. Basically, there’s Nintendo double gold point rewards for select games:Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, Miitopia, andLuigi’s Mansion 3(as well as DLC forLuigi)....

Revealed at the Pokemon Presents presentation We got more info onPokemon Legendstoday duringthe “Presents” stream, and it’s looking more exciting than….the last several generations of the series. The self-described fusion of “action and RPG”will take place in the Hisui region (which will become Sinnoh). We got a beautiful new look at thePokemon Legendsregional map during the presentation, capped off by Mt. Coronet as the focal point. Your job is to serve as a “Survey Corp” member, to observe Pokemon....

Part of the ‘Game Time’ promotion If you missed the initial free offering forTitanfallon EA’s Origin service, you have another chance to try it out. As part of Origin’s “Game Time” promotion, you may addTitanfallto your library and give it a chance for 48 hours. The service is a bit different from Steam’s limited window weekends. Instead, your “clock” won’t start until you’ve launched the game for the first time. So if you can’t get to it for a while, you’ll still get your full 48 hours — though the clock will run once you start it up regardless of whether or not you’re playing....

Ruh roh [Update: Niantic Games provided the following statementto Game Informer: “We have decided to forego our GDC talk onPokémon GOin order to focus on getting the product ready for beta test and launch,” says Niantic CEO John Hanke. “As much as we hate to disappoint those in the industry attending GDC, we feel our time and energy right now are best spent on making sure every aspect of the product is where we want it to be....

So there I was, sitting in a hotel room with a PlayStation 3 controller in my hand, playing Recoil Games’ upcoming PlayStation Network gameRochardfor the first time. I’d known very little about the game before I was handed the controller, outside of the fact that it was an “action packed side-scrolling puzzle platformer.” It had been one of “those” days already: I’d woken up late, waited an hour and half for a taxi cab to take me to the hotel where Recoil was staying, and I hadn’t swallowed a single drip of coffee....

Sorry for the late post today. Dyson and I were busy reading to blind children in an orphanage, while Topher and Colette were saving some diabetic puppies from a giant kennel fire. Rev Anthony? Well, he was just pushing down old ladies, but I was told not to speak of that. Since the holiday season is all about being thankful for the things you have, tonight’s RetroforceGO! is all about things in the videogame world thatweare extra thankful for....