THQ has announced Metro 2033, a first person shooter based on the best-selling Russian novel of the same name by Dmitry Glukhovsky, for the Xbox 360 and PC. The game is developed by 4A Games and uses the 4A Game Engine. Metro 2033 is scheduled for an early 2010 release.
“Metro 2033 will plunge gamers into a terrifying vision of the future,” Richard Williams, vice president of global brand management, THQ stated. “4A Games have worked closely with Dmitry Glukhovsky to deliver a unique game world, a compelling, cinematic story and an incredible, atmospheric experience to rival anything in the category.”
The PC version of Metro 2033 supports Nvidia PhysX technology to give very realistic worlds and provide an extremely immersive game experience.
“Metro 2033 boasts some of the most advanced graphics and PhysX effects we’ve ever seen,” Ujesh Desai, vice president of GPU business at Nvidia commented. “From what we’ve seen so far, this will be a showcase PC gaming title for 2010!”
The game is set in a subway in a post-apocalyptic Moscow. Human civilization has entered a new Dark Age ever since the year 2013 when an apocalyptic event almost annihilated all of humanity. Players must now venture out of the Metro Station-City limits to warn all the surviving people of an impending threat.