Metro 2033 arriving in March

By Robert Purchese Published 28 January, 2010

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-alike for PC, 360.

THQ has announced a 19th March release date for PC and Xbox 360 game Metro 2033.

Created by Russian studio 4A Games, this is a post-apocalyptic shooter based on a popular novel by author Dmitry Glukhovsky. The idea is that loads of bad stuff happens on the earth's surface so humans are forced underground into Moscow's metro system. Twenty years later, you - as Artyom - are forced into the heart of the Metro system on a desperate mission. Discoveries await.

Atmosphere, narrative, harsh conditions and an unashamedly Eastern European flavour are top of the bill. And like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. before it, this could be worth keeping an eye on.

Eager to be noticed, THQ flew us out to Moscow late last year to see Metro 2033 for ourselves. Our hands-on impressions of Metro 2033 will tell you more.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (19) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • tossetaz #1 2 years ago

    Judging from the recent EDGE article i thought this game wasn't comming out until the second half of 2010, let's hope they finished it proper and that it isn't too buggy!

  • matrim83 #2 2 years ago

    I like the concept and the look of the game but still will either wait for a Demo or reviews.

  • CygnusReactor #3 2 years ago

    @ retrend
    I think its more to do with the fact that some of the original people who worked for GSC (the makers of starker) left to join A4. Also after playing 'SOC' and 'CS' I can clearly see similarity's between them 'metro 2033' trailer. I think racism doesn't even come into it.

  • KDR_11k #4 2 years ago

    Retrend: The books call their surface explorers (most people stay below ground due to the radiation) "stalkers", doesn't get much clearer than that.

  • darc #5 2 years ago

    The original STALKER was the best game I ever completely hated. :) Too many bugs and punishing idiosyncrasies for my tastes, but so many good qualities as well. I hope this game will deliver on all of the promises of STALKER, with a little bit of polish. That's "polish", not "Polish" - except where intended. ;)

  • Monkey_Puncher #6 2 years ago

    Looks really great in the footage they've released so far, will keep an eye on this.

  • Boomerang #7 2 years ago

    Oooh, another grim post-apocalyptic shooter...? Haven't we had enough of those yet?

    Reminds me of the glut of WW2 games we got last decade. I wonder what the setting du jour will be next?

  • Pastici #8 2 years ago

    @Boomerang I still don't get why people moan. We've had what? Fallout 3, Borderlands, Gears (?). I honestly can't think of any more. Fallout 3 was huge I get that, but one game doesn't mean a trend.

  • ChaK #9 2 years ago

    Yay, really looking forward to that one

  • matrim83 #10 2 years ago

    @ Pastici Did you have to do that? Boomerang was trying to feel all smug and superior by demonstrating how he doesnt like what us common sheeple keep buying.

    Dont mind him Boomerang. You are a special and unique snowflake.

  • KillerMonkey #11 2 years ago

    I'm all up for a STALKER++

  • Salaminizer #12 2 years ago

    so, is it a streamlined (read: dumbe down) STALKER or a real STALKER-alike game?

  • maguire12 #13 2 years ago

    This game looks awesome, I can't wait to play it!!!!

  • KDR_11k #14 2 years ago

    Salaminizer: Depends on whether you go above or below ground, I think it's a bit like mixing Hellgate with Fallout, setting-wise.

  • NewbieZilla #15 2 years ago

    PS3lol.

  • TRUTH #16 2 years ago

    I'm actually looking more forward to this then Bioshock 2!

  • metalangel #17 2 years ago

    There is a justified fear that this is Fallout 3: DC Metro Tunnels Forever.

    But the screenshots in PC Gamer the other month! People huddling in a dank old subway station with the look of grimness you only see in Russia.

    While Fallout gave us what 1950s people thought the future would be like, but after a nuclear war; Metro 2033 looks a lot closer to what it would actually be like, and is all the more terrifying for it. This isn't the Postman where things are bad but everything works out happily in the end. This is Threads (watch it if you haven't), a desperate struggle for survival in a world so harsh that you're tempted to just kill yourself and end it all.

    Or, at least, I hope it is.

  • orpheus #18 2 years ago

    Yup this is looking like a deffo for me :)

  • CosmicGypsy #19 2 years ago

    @retrend

    "Racist much?"

    No, not racist at all. Not even slightly. Not just for the reasons given by CygnusReactor & KDR_11k, but mainly because a persons nationality & the geographic location of their place of work have nothing at all to do with their race.