Metro series writer Dmitry Glukhovsky says the next game will be the series' darkest entry yet. Fans have been waiting for a new title in the post-apocalyptic shooter series for a long time, and thanks to a leak and subsequent official confirmation, they now know they're finally getting their wish. Someone big on dark and gritty overtones of Metro may be in for a certain treatment.
After a leak that suggested news was on the way, Xbox has officially announced Subway 2039 is real and will be revealed at the Xbox First Look event on April 16. Like the last entries in the series, 2039 is the work of 4A Games and will be published by Deep Silver, but beyond that there aren't many details about the game. A brief description of the first teaser says it will see players venture into “the dark heart of post-apocalyptic Moscow”, and now the man behind the games' source material has confirmed that this will take the series to new depths.
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After Subway 2039s teaser debuted, Glukhovsky took to Twitter to announce that it would be “darker than anything” players had seen before. That may be a big promise, but it's also one that makes sense in light of where the series is coming from. 4A Games was founded in Ukraine and Metro franchise, in both the games and the books, deals with strong anti-war themes in a Russian setting, so the Russian-Ukrainian war that began in 2014 and escalated in the 2020s has heavily influenced and influenced the series. This political backdrop has intensified since the last match, with Russia calling for Glukhovsky to be arrested in 2022 after he repeatedly spoke out against the war and the Russian government.
Given how the geopolitical environment shapes Metro the series has been in development since 2019 Metro Exodusit makes sense that the next game will be all the darker and more intense. Even before 4A was revealed 2039it had teased that it was working on something like that. On the series' 15th anniversary, 4A confirmed the next Metro the game would double down on its political themes, with developers drawing on their lived experiences through the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. With the games now venturing beyond their original source material, Subway 2039 takes even more inspiration from the real world, and promises to give fans a grittier, more serious experience than previously explored.
Claim the next one Metro the game will be the darkest but is no small statement. The games have never been afraid to pull punches, and Metro Exodus is known for its terrifying open world, so leaning further into this side of the world can be a captivating experience. Of course, without any actual gameplay footage or specific details to go on, it's unclear exactly what that will entail. Calling something “darker than anything you've seen” is also a pretty subjective statement, so how much Subway 2039 will live up to that description is up to the individual player.
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Regardless of what the game has in store, longtime fans finally have something concrete to look forward to. While Metro Awakening was one of the best VR games of 2024 Metro the series hasn't had a non-VR release since 2019. It's uncertain how long the wait will be until Subway 2039 comes out, but at least the ball is moving, and there seems to be a lot to get excited about.
