4A Games and Deep Silver are bringing the iconic Metro series to the next generation. Metro Redux features fully re-mastered and improved versions of both Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light, creating the most compelling Metro experience ever.

With re-worked next-gen visuals, smooth 60FPS gameplay on console, as well as new and improved content and features, Metro Redux is much more than a simple HD upgrade.

For the Redux edition, Metro 2033 has been completely overhauled:

• The original game has been rebuilt in the latest and greatest iteration of the 4A Engine, bringing all the graphical and gameplay improvements from Last Light to Metro 2033 Redux
• Enjoy completely re-mastered visuals: advanced lighting, dynamic weather, more detailed characters with improved animation, more dynamic destruction and improved smoke, fire and particle effects
• Experience radically improved gameplay: advanced enemy AI, improved combat and stealth mechanics, superior weapon handling and more responsive, intuitive controls plus signature features from Last Light such as the atmospheric ‘mask wipe’ mechanic, weapon customisation, and silent kills and take-downs

Metro: Last Light Redux has also received a graphical face-lift and gameplay improvements that carry across both titles, including new melee animations, and the fan requested ‘Check Watch’ and ‘Check Inventory’ features. It also includes all previously released Season Pass add-on content – a further 10 hours of single-player gameplay.

With Metro Redux, players now have the choice to experience both Metro games the way they want with the introduction of two unique ‘Play Styles.’

Those who favoured the more survival horror oriented gameplay of Metro 2033 can play both campaigns in the ‘Survival’ Play Style, a fraught slow-burn fight for survival with limited resources, deadlier enemy AI, and slower reload speeds. Those who enjoyed the more action oriented gameplay of Metro: Last Light can try the ‘Spartan’ Play Style, providing Artyom with a powerful set of combat skills and more plentiful resources.

In addition, the legendary Ranger Mode returns to both games, providing the most immersive and challenging experience as the HUD is stripped away and hardcore rules apply.

Upon release, Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux will each be available separately as a digital download for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC for a suggested $24.99 / €19.99 / £15.99.

Alongside the digital release, a boxed compilation containing both games, titled Metro Redux will be available at retail for a suggested $49.99 / €39.99 / £34.99.

Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux and the compilation Metro Redux are scheduled for release this Summer for Xbox One, PlayStation, and Windows PC.

Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light could soon be available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, if a leaked retail listing is to be believed. First surfacing on Everyeye.it, the images suggest a reworked version titled Metro Redux will be available on PS4, Xbox One and PC from July.

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Deep Silver and 4A Games have released the dedicated Linux version of Metro: Last Light via Steam, and confirmed future support for Steam OS and the Steam Controller.

In fact, the 300 members of the Steam community chosen to receive prototype Steam Machines will find a copy of Metro: Last Light included with the hardware.

“We are excited by the prospect of bringing the ultimate Metro experience, powered by next-gen PC hardware into the living room,” said Oles Shishkovstov, Chief Technical Officer at 4A Games. “Metro: Last Light will be a great showcase for Steam OS and the Steam Controller.”

Metro: Last Light already supports Steam Play, meaning that owners of any Steam version will automatically find the game added to their Windows PC, Mac and Linux Steam libraries. Metro: Last Light is also now available on Mac via the App Store.

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Deep Silver has today released the ‘Chronicles Pack’ for Metro: Last Light. This final piece of add-on content is rolling out worldwide on Steam, Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network from today.

Featuring three original solo missions, the Chronicles Pack invites players to step into the shoes of some of Metro: Last Light’s enduring characters in gripping plotlines that run parallel to the story of the main game’s protagonist Artyom.

Discover how Anna, the unflinching Polis Sniper, tried and failed to rescue Artyom from the Reich forces in the ruined botanical gardens. Put the irrepressible Pavel’s deadly skills and ingenuity to the test as he attempts to escape the Bandit Lair beneath Venice. And guide Khan and Ulman through the forgotten, haunted tunnels of Polyanka in a chilling supernatural tale that reveals a dark secret from Khan’s mysterious past …

The Chronicles Pack also features the Multi Barreled Bicycle Shotgun – the extraordinary fan designed weapon that 4A Games discovered online and, after seeking out the creator (Alexandre Bannwarth, a 1st year design student from New Zealand), re-created in-game.

The last of Metro’s planned add-on content, the Chronicles Pack costs just $4.99/ £3.99 /€4.99 and is also included in the Metro: Last Light Season Pass, which at $14.99/ £11.99/ €14.99 for the Faction, Tower, Developer and Chronicles Packs, offers a discount over buying the DLC separately, and also includes an additional exclusive weapon, the Abzats.

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Deep Silver today announced that the ‘Developer Pack’ - the third piece of add-on content for Metro: Last Light - will be available worldwide on Steam and Xbox Live on September 17th, and will hit the PlayStation Network on September 17th in North America and September 18th in Europe and the rest of the world.

There are three main parts to the Developer Pack:

• Players can experiment with every gun and attachment combination in the Shooting Range, and complete unique marksman challenges for each weapon.
• The AI Arena allows players to pit customisable squads of human soldiers and mutants against each other or prove themselves in several challenges.
• Lastly, players can explore Metro’s cast of characters, and human and mutant foes, up close in the ‘Metro Museum’

The Developer Pack also includes an original solo mission – The Spider’s Nest – that will truly test the nerves of arachnophobes. Use your wits, your lighter, your torch... and the brand new Flamethrower to escape from a spider infested catacomb...

The Developer Pack will cost just $3.99 / £3.19 / €3.99, and is the third of four add-on packs to be included in the Metro: Last Light Season Pass.

The final add-on content for Metro: Last Light – the ‘Chronicles Pack’ – will feature three original single player missions that cast the player as four of the game’s standout characters – Pavel, Khan & Ulman, and Anna – and explore their side-stories away from Artyom’s adventure.

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Deep Silver and 4A Games have released a dedicated Mac version of Metro: Last Light via Steam, with an App Store release set to follow shortly. A Linux version is also in development, scheduled for release later in the year.

Metro: Last Light on Steam will support Steam Play, meaning that owners of any Steam version will automatically find the game added to their PC, Mac and Linux Steam libraries.

Metro: Last Light for Mac and Linux will receive the same DLC packages as the PC and console versions. The Metro: Last Light Season Pass, and the Faction Pack and Tower Pack DLC will be available at launch for the Mac Steam release, and the upcoming Developer and Chronicles Packs will release on Mac alongside the PC and console releases.

Deep Silver today announced that the Tower Pack – the second piece of add-on content for 4A Games’ critically acclaimed Metro: Last Light - will be available worldwide on Steam and Xbox Live on September 3rd, and will hit the PlayStation Network on September 3rd in North America and September 4th in Europe and the rest of the world.

The Tower Pack represents a fearsome challenge for every Metro fan. Players have to fight their way up through a heavily guarded tower, a virtual combat simulator. Each level is increasingly difficult – packed with hordes of enemies, mutants and other deadly threats. The best players in this combat simulator will need to master Metro’s unique, hand-made weaponry and deep combat mechanics in order to reach the top of the global leaderboards.

The Tower Pack will cost just $4.99/£3.99 /€4.99, and is the second of four add-on content packs to be included in the Metro: Last Light Season Pass, which at $14.99/£11.99/€14.99 offers a discount over buying the packs separately, and also includes an additional exclusive weapon, the Abzats.

More details on the contents of the upcoming add-on packs for Metro: Last Light:

The Developer Pack boasts a fully stocked Shooting Gallery, the AI Arena and Metro Museum…  And a bonus solo mission – The Spiders’ Nest – which offers some new tools for dealing with an infestation of skittering Spider mutants.

Lastly the Chronicles Pack will feature three original single player missions that cast the player as four of the game’s standout characters – Pavel, Khan & Ulman, and Anna – and explore their side-stories away from Artyom’s adventure

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Deep Silver and 4A Games today confirmed that a dedicated Mac version of Metro: Last Light will be released on September 10th, 2013 via the App Store and Steam. A Linux version is also in development, scheduled for release later in the year.

"The Mac and Linux versions of Metro: Last Light are further testimony to the power and flexibility of the 4A Engine," said Oles Shishkovstov, Chief Technical Officer at 4A Games. "Development was handled in house by 4A games, and we are very happy with the results. We hope that Mac & Linux gamers will appreciate our efforts to create the best possible version for their machines."

Metro: Last Light on Steam will support Steam Play, meaning that owners of any Steam version will automatically find the game added to their PC, Mac and Linux Steam libraries.

The game will also receive the same DLC packages as the PC and console versions. The Metro: Last Light Season Pass, and the Faction Pack and Tower Pack DLC will be available at launch for the Mac release, and the upcoming Developer and Chronicles Packs will release on Steam and the App Store alongside the PC and console releases.

The first piece of add-on content for Metro: Last Light, the 'Faction Pack', is now available worldwide on Steam, Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network, Deep Silver has announced.

This add on includes three original single player missions, each casting the player as a different specialist from the warring factions – the Red Line, the Reich and the Polis Rangers. To allow fans a first glimpse of the add-on content, Deep Silver also released a trailer for the Faction Pack. The video (below) shows the three different roles the players can take on.

The Faction Pack costs just $4.99 / £3.99 / €4.99 / 400 Microsoft Points, and is the first of four add-on content packs to be included in the Metro: Last Light Season Pass.

Deep Silver today announced that the ‘Faction Pack’ – the first piece of DLC for Metro: Last Light - is set for worldwide release on Steam and Xbox LIVE on July 16th, and will hit the PlayStation Network on July 16th in North America and July 17th in Europe and the rest of the world.

The Faction Pack includes three original single player missions, each casting the player as a different specialist from the warring Factions. Returning to some classic locations from Metro 2033, these missions feature new weapons, the return of a truly terrifying mutant foe, and offer three distinct gameplay challenges…

•  As a Special Detachment Sniper of the Redline, players must infiltrate a heavily guarded Reich Outpost at night, under the cover of a deadly radioactive storm…
• … before defending the front line as a Reich ‘Heavy’, armed with some of the most devastating weaponry found in the Metro.
• Lastly, players take the role of a Polis Ranger in training, tasked with exploring the vast Library complex for artifacts and relics. Salvage can be exchanged for ammunition, filters and hazard suits allowing ever deeper exploration into the Library. Rangers are advised to light torches and leave a trail of lights so they can find their way back to the base before their precious oxygen runs out.

4A Games, the creator of Metro: Last Light, has released an extraordinary asset for the game. The Mobius was created by Alexander Bereznyak, aka Monakh, who was originally employed by 4A as a capture artist. Soon it turned out that his talent was needed in the production team and he took over the role as lead technical artist. But over a couple of months, he continued to work alone on this trailer.

Metro: Last Light is available now for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and Windows PC.

No one gets surprised when a publisher announces retailer-exclusive pre-order bonuses for their AAA game. However, very rarely do publishers go on record to admit that retailers are strong-arming them into the practice. But that's exactly what Metro: Last Light publisher Deep Silver did while explaining its partitioned ranger DLC.

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Anna, the Spartan Order of Rangers’ top sniper and daughter of their uncompromising leader Miller, talks about the hope of the survivors that rests on Artyom’s shoulders. Will he be able to lead humanity to salvation, and find personal redemption in the tunnels of the Metro?

Metro: Last Light will be available from May 14th in North America and May 17th across Europe for PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and Windows PC.

Deep Silver has released the third and final chapter of the Metro: Last Light 'Survival Guide' series. Exploring the unique equipment and brutal, hand-made weaponry, this chapter also teaches you how to use light as an ally (or even as a potential weapon) as well as detailing Metro's infamous bullet-driven economy and gun trading and customization mechanic.

Deep Silver has opened the next chapter in the Survival Guide for Metro: Last Light. The second video in a series of three, “Enemy Danger” focuses on how best to tackle enemy threats, both human and mutant.

The first video in a series of three, this survival guide prepares players for their service in the Spartan Order, the self-styled protectors of the Metro. It familiarizes would-be Rangers with the dangers they will face within the different areas of post-apocalyptic Moscow: the tunnels of the Metro, the ravaged surface wasteland and the deadly transition levels in between.

Check out the new cinematic trailer for Metro Last Light and learn a little bit more about the storyline of the game.

Metro: Last Light will be available from May 14th within Northern and Latin America and May 17th across Europe for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, Deep Silver has announced.

“The new release date is the ideal way to strike the balance between bringing the best out of Metro: Last Light and not keep the fans waiting longer than necessary.” , said Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Koch Media. “We won’t leave that time unexploited and will work closely together with 4A Games to make the game even better. It will receive all the attention it deserves.”

"Since it has been made public that we took over the Metro franchise, the fans keep asking for a release date. Now we can finally announce when they will be able to get their hands on the game! We would like to thank all of the Metro fans for their patience. And we can assure them that we have a lot more coming their way with the franchise.”, said Menno van der Bil, International Commercial Director, Deep Silver.

The plot of Metro: Last Light was written by Dmitry Glukhovsky, acclaimed author of the novel Metro 2033 which inspired the creation of both video games. Also, Glukhovsky is responsible for all dialogues in Metro: Last Light. Glukhovskys novels Metro 2033 and Metro 2034 have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. In 2013, his latest book Metro 2035 will be also available outside of Russia.

Koch Media have announced that they secured the intellectual property rights for two of the most popular and successful THQ franchises, Metro and Saints Row, as well as Chicago-based development studio, Volition, as THQ continues to liquidate its assets in closed auctions this week.

Deep Silver, Koch Media’s international publishing powerhouse, will lead all further development on the Saints Row and Metro franchises.

“Koch Media welcomes the addition of these magnificent franchises to the Koch Media family of entertainment properties,” said Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Koch Media. “With more than 200 games on notable platforms globally, and its proven success creating renowned franchises like Dead Island, Deep Silver is perfectly positioned to lead these brands into the next generation of interactive entertainment for fans around the world.”

“These franchises hold a special place in the hearts and minds of anyone who loves exceptional video games,” said Geoff Mulligan, COO of Deep Silver, Inc. “We’re thrilled to usher in a new era for these franchises and are proud to welcome the visionaries and talented forces at Volition on board.”

Koch Media and Deep Silver will roll out future plans for each franchise in the coming months.

THQ has announced that those who pre-order Metro: Last Light from select retailers will receive a free upgrade to the Limited Edition which will include a standard retail copy of the game with ‘Ranger Mode,’ the fan-favorite game type from Metro 2033.

Ranger Mode is a more "realistic" difficulty setting in which a stray bullet or two can kill you, but it works both ways as all player weapons do roughly three times the damage they usually dish out. Ammo pickups usually contain one to five bullets and the HUD has crosshairs disabled.

Additionally, the Limited Edition includes the Ranger load-out, containing bonus military grade bullets to spend on weapon upgrades and equipment, and the deadly AKS-74U modified Russian rifle. 

“‘Ranger Mode’ provides the definitive Metro experience,” said Huw Beynon, creative strategist, THQ. “It’s deservedly regarded as one of the most immersive, atmospheric challenges in gaming and we think fans will be very happy to see its return in the Metro: Last Light Limited Edition.”

Metro: Last light is scheduled for release in March 2013 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC.