Metro 2039 Will Feature A New Protagonist, Out This Winter

It has been more than seven years since the launch of Metro Exodus, but 4A Games has finally returned with an all-new mainline entry: Metro 2039.

Once again developed in partnership with author Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2039 promises to be even darker than its predecessors, if such a thing is possible, and it's coming this winter.

As with the majority of previous Metro games, Metro 2039 will take place in the Moscow metro system, above which there has been massive nuclear devastation.

It has become something of a graveyard for its inhabitants, who have little option but to survive underground.

"It appears that the devastation we brought upon ourselves was complete: Heaven, hell, and purgatory were atomized as well," we hear in a trailer. "So, when a soul leaves the body, it has nowhere to go, and must remain here, in the metro."