Key things
- Metro Awakening VR will launch on November 7, 2024 and will delve into the origin story of the character Khan in the Metro series.
- The game offers an immersive VR experience with motion controls for weapon manipulation and interaction.
- 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 set the official launch date at November 7, 2024 Metro Awakening VR. The VR-native shooter is a spin-off in the popular Subway shooter and was first announced in February 2024 for PlayStation VR2, Meta Quest 2 and 3, Viveport and Steam VR.
Based on the sci-fi novel series by the Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky Subway the series has maintained enduring popularity since its original launch in 2010. Developer 4A Games has created an engaging, grimly dystopian post-apocalyptic world where the remnants of civilization survive a nuclear holocaust by colonizing Moscow's vast network of underground train tunnels. The Subway the games also maintain unique and unusual game upgrade systems, p Subway 2033 the use of bullets as both ammunition and currency and Metro Exodus offering surprisingly deep weapon customization and crafting options.
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In November, developer Vertigo Games will have the opportunity to enjoy an unforgettable, tense atmosphere Subway the timeline of the series right in the faces of the players in the form Metro Awakening VR. The game's latest trailer confirms a November 7, 2024 release date and sheds more light on the story.
The rest of this article contains minor spoilers for the Metro series and the characters that appear in the games.
Metro Awakening VR tells the story of an important character in the series
New release date trailer 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 Subway series of games. IN Subway 2033 and Last lightKhan is a mysterious figure who helps the main character Artyom through the tunnels and even cameos in one of the endings Metro Exodus. VR game makes it clear that Khan was not always Khan. Instead, he was a survivor named Serdar, and on his journey to save a loved one named Yana, he is pushed to the brink of sanity by the events of the game.
Metro Awakening VR it also promises to use the immersive nature of the VR presentation to heighten the story's sense of tension and paranoia. Using motion controllers, footage shows players directly “holding” weapons, manually loading them, and using their virtual hands to control equipment and deploy things like gas masks or radiation monitors. Other, more disturbing phenomena are also teased, such as apparitions, ghosts, and mysterious noises, adding 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 Subway franchise. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it will be accessible to players without VR hardware just yet. Subway However, fans who are not interested in VR games need not worry as this is a new main series Subway the game is in development under 4A Games, aiming for an eventual release on consoles and PC, with no VR requirement.
Subway
A post-apocalyptic series based on the novels of Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky. It includes games like Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light and Metro: Exodus. There is also a VR title coming out on the PS VR2 called Metro: Awakening.
