4A Games and Deep Silver are back at it with the Metro series, unveiling METRO 2039 for Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, Steam and the Epic Games Store this winter. The follow-up to 2019’s Metro: Exodus was revealed as part of a 15-minute stream, which featured interviews from 4A Games’ Jon Bloch (Executive Producer), Andriy ‘mLs’ Shevchenko (Creative Director) and Pavel Ulmer (Co-Creative Director & Lead Audio Designer), as well as a six-minute reveal trailer and gameplay tease.
The gameplay itself was captured using a mix of gameplay and real-time cinematics, giving fans a glimpse of the series’ environments, visual fidelity and iconic METRO equipment, including the signature weapons and wristwatch during a mutant combat encounter.
The year is 2039. For a quarter century, the last survivors of nuclear war have been locked in bitter conflict deep in the Metro tunnels beneath the poisoned city of Moscow. Now, the underground factions are unified under one banner – the Novoreich, led by a new Fuhrer: the legendary Spartan, Hunter. The Fuhrer promises salvation and a new life for the people on the surface but in reality, communities remain trapped deep within the Metro, flooded by propaganda and misinformation, suffering under his authoritarian regime.
You play as The Stranger, a recluse haunted by violent waking nightmares, forced to undertake a harrowing journey back down to the Metro, a place he swore he would never return to. The Stranger will be a fully voiced lead protagonist, making a notable step towards deeper immersion in the series’ atmospheric storytelling.