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Brendan Lowry

Metro creator Dmitry Glukhovsky says Metro 2039 "will be darker than anything you've seen before" ahead of full reveal — is Artyom's story finished?

Key art for Metro 2033.

This week is bringing what is undoubtedly one of 2026's most exciting game reveals for many shooter game fans, with Microsoft and publisher Deep Silver partnering up to showcase 4A Games' new Metro game Metro 2039 during an "Xbox First Look" show on Thursday, April 16 at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET.

The Metro franchise — set in a post-nuclear, post-apocalyptic Russia in the near future, and based on the series of beloved novels penned by Dmitry Glukhovsky — is widely regarded as one of the best single player FPS properties in all of gaming. 2024's VR-exclusive Metro Awakening aside, 2039 will be the first mainline entry in the series since the critically acclaimed Metro Exodus released in 2019.

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