Metro 2039 reveal

Metro 2039 will get its first full reveal on Thursday, April 16, in a dedicated Xbox livestream with developer 4A Games and publisher Deep Silver. (news.xbox.com) Xbox said the digital-only broadcast starts at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and will stream on YouTube. Deep Silver’s official Metro 2039 site lists the same start time and calls it “the next chapter of Metro.” (news.xbox.com) (deepsilver.com) The announcement locks in Metro 2039 as the fourth mainline Metro game after Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, and Metro Exodus. Xbox described it as the next title in the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter series. (news.xbox.com) (gematsu.com) Metro has been quiet since Metro Exodus launched in February 2019, with the Enhanced Edition following in 2021. That makes this week’s stream the first formal unveiling of a new mainline entry in more than seven years. (gematsu.com) (wikipedia.org) 4A Games said in its 15th anniversary update on March 16, 2025 that franchise creator Dmitry Glukhovsky was still working with the studio on the next Metro title. The studio also said the war in Ukraine had reshaped the game’s story, with themes the developer described as political, anti-war, and emotional. (4a-games.com.mt) (videogameschronicle.com) That backdrop is tied to the studio itself. 4A Games was founded in Kyiv and later expanded to Malta, and its 2025 anniversary statement said many developers had lived through war, power cuts, and air-raid sirens while making the next game. (4a-games.com.mt) (videogameschronicle.com) The reveal is also arriving with clear signs of audience demand. The teaser video is live on YouTube ahead of the event, and the publisher’s announcement post on X drew roughly 17,186 likes, 2,858 reposts, and about 558,000 views by April 13. (youtube.com) (x.com) Deep Silver’s teaser site is collecting reminder sign-ups and offering a chance to win a copy of the game, but it does not list platforms, a release window, or gameplay details yet. Those answers are now pushed to April 16, when Metro returns to the spotlight after a long gap. (deepsilver.com)