Metro 2039’s release window is officially confirmed with the post apocalyptic first person shooter slated to release sometimes in Winter 2026, and preferably just in the nick of time before Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6. The recent Xbox First Look event for Metro 2039 revealed a brand new trailer which showcased the narrative backdrop, the environments and it’s incredibly realistic visuals that’s kind of a hallmark for the series.
The first part of the trailer focused on the tense, psychological undertones of the upcoming game and looks to be far more darker and provocative than anything you have experienced from the series so far.
There’s also another segment where multiple developers provide various insights on the real world influences on the upcoming game and how the wars that are currently going on have shaped Metro 2039 in many ways. Here are some of the excerpts:
“Metro has always been a more tragic view on our actions as humanity. Then, tragedy came to us.
Everything we had planned for the next chapter of Metro changed in 2020 and more significantly, in 2022.
When Russia’s full-scale invasion began, it changed the lives of everyone in the studio, but more so of our team and families in Ukraine.
The war has shaped us. We have changed the story to be even more about choices, actions, consequences, and what you have ot pay to have a future.
Reality forced us to take a different approach.”
The upcoming Metro 2039 is also billed as “the most shocking” entry to the series, with the game’s author Dmitry Glukhovsky claiming that “this Metro game will be darker than anything you’ve seen before” which sounds really bold and ambitious.
There’s also a leaked story synapses of the upcoming title (courtesy of IGDB and Insider Gaming) which includes the following:
“Experience the most shocking METRO adventure yet in a powerful single-player story that weaves exploration, survival, combat, and stealth across a hauntingly beautiful but deadly world with unparalleled immersion.
Inspired by the worldwide best-selling METRO book trilogy by Dmitry Glukhovsky.”
