Key recommendations
- Metro Awakening VR launches on November 7, 2024, following the origin story of the character Khan from the Metro series.
- The game offers an immersive VR experience with motion controllers for weapon handling and interactions.
- Non-VR fans can look forward to a new flagship Metro game from 4A Games aimed at non-VR platforms.
Sony's latest State of Play broadcast has set an official release date of November 7, 2024 Metro Awakening VR. The native VR shooter is a spin-off in popular Metro shooter and was first announced in February 2024 for PlayStation VR2, Meta Quest 2 and 3, Viveport and Steam VR.
Based on a series of sci-fi novels by Russian author Dmitri Glukhovsky, Metro The series has maintained enduring popularity since its initial release in 2010. Developer 4A Games has created an immersive, bleak dystopian post-apocalyptic world where the remnants of civilization survive a nuclear holocaust by colonizing Moscow's extensive network of underground tunnels. The Metro the games also maintain unique and unusual upgrade systems with Subway 2033 using bullets as both ammunition and currency and Metro Exodus offering surprisingly deep weapon modifications and crafting options.
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In November, developer Vertigo Games will have the chance to take on the game's unforgettable, tense atmosphere Metro the timeline of the series directly in the faces of the players, in the form of Metro Awakening VR. The game's latest trailer confirms its November 7, 2024 release date and sheds more light on the story.
The rest of this article contains minor spoilers for parts of the Metro series and characters that appear in the games.
Metro Awakening VR tells the story of an important figure in the series
New trailer release date for Metro Awakening VR reveals that the game follows the origin story of the character Khan, who is a mysterious and powerful figure hidden in the shadows Metro series games. In Subway 2033 and Last LightKhan is an enigmatic figure who helps protagonist Artyom through the tunnels and even cameos in one of his endings Metro Exodus. The VR game makes it clear that Khan was not always Khan. Instead, he was a survivor named Serdar and is pushed by the events of the game to the limit of his mind in his journey to save a loved one named Yana.
Metro Awakening VR it also promises to use the immersive nature of the VR presentation to amplify the story's sense of tension and paranoia. Using motion controllers, the footage shows players directly “holding” weapons, manually reloading them, and using their virtual hands to check equipment and don things like gas masks or monitor radiation. Other, more unsettling phenomena are also teased, such as apparitions, ghosts, and mysterious noises, contributing to the feeling that the player is inhabiting Serdar on his way to “awakening” as Khan.
Metro Awakening VR looks like a promising VR based side story in Metro the franchise. Unfortunately, for now it doesn't look like it will be accessible to players without VR hardware. Metro fans not interested in VR gaming need not worry, however, as a new main line Metro the game is in development at 4A Games, targeted for an eventual release on consoles and PC, without a VR requirement.
Metro
A post-apocalyptic franchise based on the novels of Russian writer Dmitri Glukhovsky. It includes games like Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light and Metro: Exodus. A VR title called Metro: Awakening is also launching on PS VR2.
