On behalf of 4A Video games and Deep Silver, we’re excited to disclose Metro 2039, the fourth mainline entry in the iconic series of post-apocalyptic first-person shooters. As we speak, we’re exhibiting off a primary have a look at the sport, its story, and gameplay in an prolonged video presentation.
Set six years after the authentic sport and written in collaboration with Metro creator Dmitry Glukhovsky, this new entry builds on our huge expertise creating handcrafted, story-driven single-player campaigns with a claustrophobic ambiance of tense, psychological horror.
Welcome to Metro 2039.
The darkest Metro chapter but
Whereas Metro Exodus noticed us leaving Moscow, Metro 2039 sees gamers going again to the tunnels and leaning into what makes Metro particular. In the series, survivors of a nuclear warfare have been compelled to stay underground in the Metro tunnels of Moscow. Now, the underground factions and station communities have all been united beneath one banner – the Novoreich, led by a brand new Fuhrer; the legendary Spartan, Hunter. Fuhrer guarantees a brand new life for the individuals however in actuality, the Metro is flooded with propaganda, misinformation, and concern. The individuals undergo beneath his authoritarian regime and the brutal perception… if it’s hostile, you kill it.
Our new, voiced protagonist is The Stranger, a recluse stricken by violent nightmares and compelled to undertake a harrowing journey again into the Metro, a spot he swore to by no means return. As we speak’s reveal trailer took us into one among his frequent nightmares, dragged by means of layers of more and more disturbing scenes the place violence and trauma collide. When he lastly wakes, he finds himself in the actual nightmare: post-apocalyptic Moscow, on a mission to face the ghosts of his previous.
Metro 2039 guarantees to be the darkest chapter in our saga that when once more supplies a tragic view on what humanity should do to outlive.
First gameplay and hand-crafted particulars
Our presentation features a tease of Metro 2039’s gameplay and cinematics, to present you a style of what you possibly can anticipate deep in the tunnels.
You’ll see that environmental storytelling is vital to Metro 2039, as we convey what we name “frozen tales” to our degree design. Every space is thoughtfully staged, that means observant gamers can piece collectively micro-narratives as they discover and witness gadgets, our bodies and props suggesting a horrific previous. In the tease, after a heart-pounding encounter with a ferocious mutant Nosalis, the Stranger escapes right into a populated station, offering a fast look into the forms of bleak settlements you possibly can anticipate in the Metro, crammed with communities residing, combating and surviving.
4A’s customized sport engine
As with our earlier video games, Metro 2039 has been constructed utilizing our personal customized sport engine, purpose-built for the video games we need to make. This not solely means we are able to construct on every thing we’ve discovered in the previous, however we are able to make the most of new developments too.
With Metro Exodus we have been early pioneers of ray-tracing to boost the sport’s desolate ambiance. With Metro 2039, we’re as soon as once more pushing the boundaries of online game visuals utilizing our engine with a deal with rebuilding our implementation of this know-how to convey a extra tuned and performant expertise that’s nonetheless nothing wanting gorgeous and hauntingly stunning. PlayStation followers can anticipate Metro 2039 to ship astonishing visuals on PS5.
Ukrainian pleasure
We’re so proud to have a brand new Metro sport to divulge to you right this moment. As a Ukrainian studio, we’ve spent the previous couple of years creating Metro 2039 with lots of our workforce having to shelter from drone strikes and use batteries and mills to finish our work. What’s extra, authentic creator Dmitry Glukhovsky resides in exile from his native Russia after being sentenced to eight years in jail (in absentia) for criticising the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has had a direct impression on our strategy to the subsequent Metro. The series has at all times been about stopping warfare however our new actuality meant we would have liked to take a special strategy. Whereas that is nonetheless an genuine Metro story, set in the Metro universe, it’s advised from our uniquely Ukrainian perspective. The themes you’ll see on this subsequent chapter are targeted on the penalties of warfare – the value of silence, the horrors of tyranny, and the value of freedom.
We will’t wait to indicate you extra of what we’ve been engaged on, as we head in the direction of the launch this winter.