Metro: Last Light delayed until 2013

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THQ shooter held back for more polish.

Metro: Last Light, the sequel to grim post-apocalyptic 2010 shooter Metro 2033, has been delayed until early 2013, THQ has announced.

It had been scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2012.

The publisher made the announcement during an investor call earlier today, adding that developer 4A Games needs a little more time to polish up the title.

THQ CEO Brian Farrell also noted that the game will be a big focus for the company when it does finally arrive on shelves, promising to spend twice as much on marketing the title as it did on the original.

For a closer look at the sequel to 8/10-rated Metro 2033, head on over to Eurogamer's recent Metro: Last Light preview.

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-cerberus- #1 4 months ago

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SONOFABITCH!
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beatwolf #2 4 months ago

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damn but oh well got enough of a backlog already
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super_monty #3 4 months ago

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Never played the first one , should I ?
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FatalHybrid #4 4 months ago

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Time to start saving for a new GPU.. Metro: 2033 still makes high end rigs sweat including mine. This game already looks about 2-3 times better looking than Metro: 2033 and they want more time to polish, it's gonna need a beast of a rig to max this game.
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TriggerHippie #5 4 months ago

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I don't care about Polish, just give me the bloody English version!
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Lucodeath #6 4 months ago

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A year of polish? They will rub itaway.
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The-Jack-Burton #7 4 months ago

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One of my most anticipated title s of 2012, damn! But I'm all for giving studios the time they need to make the game they envisioned.

Maybe this is a sign that THQ is going to invest in the games that gamers actually want to play.
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richardiox #8 4 months ago

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I hope THQ will still be around in 2013 (see the others THQ news articles from today).

For some reason in my head I thought this was out in a couple of months. Nothing on my horizon FPS wise now until September at the earliest I reckon.
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bad09 #9 4 months ago

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Shame, that cuts down the list of games I am looking forward to this year, quite excited to see what's improved over the brilliant but flawed 2033.

Like Beatwolf says though, more time to chip away at the damn backlog so all good really
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bad09 #10 4 months ago

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@super_monty

Depends. It's not your average FPS and more like survival horror than COD. Combat is clunky and the games biggest flaw and the story doesn't seem to go anywhere for ages...but it's still great. Oozes wonderful atmosphere and panic and is just beautiful to look at although I've not played the console versions so not sure how they hold up technically.
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CaptainQuint #11 4 months ago

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2013? Really?!

This will either be really good, or really irrelevant.
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TheRealBadabing #12 4 months ago

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Genuine question: would delaying a potentially successful title to 2013 make THQ a more desirable prospect for takeover in 2012?
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Darren #13 4 months ago

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Metro 2033 was little more than a tech demo IMO for some impressive, if very unoptimised, DX11 visuals on the PC. The campaign was really short (even for me!), the combat was average at best and everyone had weird-looking eyes. Actually the last point wasn't that big a deal, they just looked... odd, but what galled me about the game was I was just starting to really enjoy it at the tower section when the game came to an abrupt end! Sooooooo disappointing. I really hope the sequel improves the first-person shooting and has a longer single player.
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NewbieZilla #14 4 months ago

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@super_monty In a word? Yes. You have plenty of time to get to it before the sequel now.
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FatalHybrid #15 4 months ago

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@CaptainQuint I doubt it'll be irrelevant the first game was pretty good and so far this seems better and more refined.
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TheGuvernor #16 4 months ago

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NO.......!

I bloody loved Metro 2033.
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svenjl #17 4 months ago

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Don't you be lying THQ This game better come out, no delayed indefinitely shit in 3 months time!
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Trigg3rHippie #18 4 months ago

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It's gonna take so long because they propably sacked half of the dev team. Polish my arse... on the second thought don't
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TrevHead #19 4 months ago

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Aslong as the game comes out and its good im golden
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Tiiti #20 4 months ago

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Delayed for the next generation perhaps?

/speculates
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hiddenranbir #21 4 months ago

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But THQ, you can't afford it!
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LittleRiver #22 4 months ago

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Sounds more likely with THQ's troubles they have had to move this game for scheduling and financial reporting reasons.

The first Metro was excellent.
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Subdominator #23 4 months ago

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For gods sake, if you don't understand investor briefings don't report them. Yes, its moved to 2013. Fiscal 2013. Which is for the most part still 2012.
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stryker1121 #24 4 months ago

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Just getting into the first game and the criticisms are lining up w/ my experience. Metro has great atmosphere but disappointingly baggy shooting mechanics.
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Lucodeath #25 4 months ago

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@stryker1121 same here
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