Upcoming ‘Metro’ Game Will Have a Darker Plot than Was Envisioned Originally
Based on the sci-fi novel series by Dmitry Glukhovsky, the Metro video game series has – since its debut – become a proper pillar of post-apocalyptic sci-fi survival and the Ukrainian video game series now has a large fanbase who is eagerly waiting for the next installment.
And we know it is happening. The studio is working on its next main series installment after Metro Exodus and the VR title Metro Awakening. We don’t have too much on the game right now, but we can confirm that 4A Games has released a statement about what the next game will look like.
In a recent statement, the company revealed that they have altered their original plans for the game. And while the Metro series is known for its dark and grim storyline, the next main series game will be even darker, as the current state of the Russian-Ukrainian war motivated the developers to opt for an even darker story.
Here is the gist of it:
As we said in our last studio update, in 2022 a full-scale russian invasion changed how we wanted to tell the story of the next Metro game. As art became life for many of our developers in Ukraine, we drew from that lived experience to create an even darker story, those themes already present in Metro becoming ever-more apparent and important.
As conflict, the struggle for power, the horrors of tyranny, and the price of freedom have become part of our lives over the past 3+ years, we are still living and working during this wartime, and that inevitably shapes the games we make.
Metro has always had a hard-hitting, political, anti-war and often emotional story – and you can be sure these themes will continue thanks to our ongoing collaboration with franchise creator, author, and activist Dmitry Glukhovsky.
Dmitry has always spoken out against the war in Ukraine from the start – a courageous decision for any russian, that has seen him sentenced to jail (in absentia) – and we are proud to have him as a friend and co-creator as we tell this next, and never more relevant chapter of Metro together.
Rest assured, you are in for quite the ride.
The next game is set to be released relatively soon, with the studio saying that they will reveal more details about the PS5 game throughout the year, so we could expect a 2026 release, potentially.
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