It has been a good while since Metro Exodus came out, capping off the story of Artyom and taking fans through some of the events of the final book. Now, 4A Games is preparing for its next major game, Metro 2039, and it will be announced later this week. 

Following a leak earlier this week, 4A Games has officially confirmed that it will be announcing Metro 2039 later this week. The global reveal for the game will be taking place on April 16th at 5PM UK time.

Metro 2039 will have been in development for several years already and may have been slowed down a bit by the war in Ukraine, which also disrupted other major games like Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. While the game is being announced this year, it isn't necessarily expected to release until 2027.

As Metro Exodus offered an end to Artyom's arc, it is unclear if the new game will carry on with Artyom as the main character, or if 4A Games will shift their focus to a new character.

KitGuru Says: The Metro games have been a favourite of mine sever since Last Light came out. I'm hoping Metro 2039 can impress with its reveal just as Metro Exodus did back in 2018. 

The Metro series is a rather successful yet-underrated franchise, with the 4A Games developed first-person horror shooters successfully translating the depressing world and atmosphere of Dmitry Glukhovsky’s fictionalised post-apocalyptic Russia into video game form. 7 years on from the last mainline entry, the team are finally ready to show off what they’ve been working on, officially confirming that they will host a Metro 2039 reveal stream this week.

Marking the announcement in partnership with Xbox (meaning it will likely be a day-one Game Pass addition), Microsoft and 4A Games officially confirmed that they will be delving into the next chapter of the Metro universe later this week on the 16th of April at 6PM UK time, writing:

“This Thursday, April 16, we’ll be debuting Xbox First Look: Metro 2039 with 4A Games & Deep Silver – a digital-only broadcast offering a world-premiere look at the next title in the beloved post-apocalyptic first-person shooter series.”

We unfortunately did not get any further details on what to expect, aside from the game’s name and confirmation that it is a new mainline entry set after the previous 3 titles (though this could already be inferred based on the ‘2039’ name itself).

While all three previous mainline entries follow the tale of Artyom, it is currently unknown whether the character will return for this upcoming offering, especially as the description for the series simply reads as being “the stories of survivors of nuclear devastation living in the Moscow subway tunnels and the world that surrounds them.”

Luckily, all of these questions and more should hopefully be answered very soon, with the official reveal stream set to take place in just two days’ time.

KitGuru says: Are you looking forward to the announcement? What are your expectations for 2039? Should it be structured more like the first two games, or Exodus? Let us know your thoughts down below.