Metro 2039 world premiere

Microsoft will give Metro 2039 its first public showing on Thursday, April 16, in a new Xbox First Look broadcast built around 4A Games’ next mainline Metro release. (news.xbox.com) Xbox said the digital-only event starts at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, and 6 p.m. in the United Kingdom, and that it will stream as a YouTube Premiere on the Xbox channel. Microsoft said the show includes 4A Games and publisher Deep Silver. (news.xbox.com) The game is the fourth mainline Metro entry after Metro 2033 in 2010, Metro: Last Light in 2013, and Metro Exodus in 2019. Polygon and Gematsu both reported Metro 2039 is the sequel to Exodus, not a virtual reality side project. (polygon.com ) (gematsu.com) Metro is a first-person shooter series set in a ruined Moscow after nuclear war, with survivors living in subway tunnels and scavenging the surface in gas masks. Xbox Wire said the games are based on the novels of Dmitry Glukhovsky, whose books also gave the series its name. (news.xbox.com) This is the first new mainline Metro game in seven years. The last mainline release, Metro Exodus, launched in 2019, while the most recent franchise release was Metro Awakening, a virtual reality game from Vertigo Games that launched on November 7, 2024. (ign.com) (vertigo-games.com) (press.plaion.com) 4A Games had already told fans in its March 16, 2025, 15th-anniversary update that Dmitry Glukhovsky was working with the studio on the next Metro title. That post confirmed the sequel remained in development more than five years after Metro Exodus. (4a-games.com.mt) The April 16 reveal also doubles as a test run for Microsoft’s new First Look format. Xbox Wire said the company plans to use First Look broadcasts to spotlight individual games during the year, rather than saving every reveal for its larger summer showcase. (news.xbox.com) (ign.com) IGN reported that rumors of the reveal accelerated after gameplay footage from an earlier build leaked over the weekend. Microsoft then confirmed the game’s name, date, and showcase plans on April 13. (ign.com) (news.xbox.com) For players, the next concrete date is Thursday, April 16. By then, Microsoft, 4A Games, and Deep Silver say Metro 2039 will move from years of teases to a full world-premiere reveal. (news.xbox.com) (polygon.com)