November 7th will be a big day for fans of the Metro game

Key findings

  • Metro Awakening VR will be released on November 7, 2024 and delves into the origin story of the character Khan in the Metro series.
  • The game offers an immersive VR experience with motion controls for weapon handling and interactions.
  • Non-VR fans can look forward to a new main Metro game from 4A Games targeting non-VR platforms.



The latest Sony State of Play broadcast has set the official launch date for November 7, 2024 Metro Awakening VRThe VR-native shooter is a spin-off of the popular metro Shooter series and was first announced in February 2024 for PlayStation VR2, Meta Quest 2 and 3, Viveport and Steam VR.

Based on a science fiction novel series by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, metro The series has enjoyed enduring popularity since its initial release in 2010. Developer 4A Games has created a captivating, gritty, dystopian post-apocalyptic world in which the remnants of civilization survive a nuclear holocaust by colonizing Moscow's extensive network of underground railway tunnels. The metro Games also feature unique and unusual game upgrade systems with Metro2033 Use of bullets as ammunition and means of payment and Metro Exodus offers surprisingly extensive possibilities for weapon modification and manufacturing.


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In November, developer Vertigo Games will have the chance to recreate the unforgettable, exciting atmosphere of metro the timeline of the series directly into the face of the players, in the form of Metro Awakening VRThe game's latest trailer confirms the 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 series character

The new release date trailer for Metro Awakening VR reveals that the game follows the origin story of the character Khan, a mysterious and powerful figure who lives in the shadow of metro Games in the series. In Metro2033 And Last lightKhan is an enigmatic character who helps the protagonist Artyom through the tunnels and even appears in one of the endings of cameos Metro ExodusThe VR game makes it clear that Khan wasn't always Khan. Instead, he was a survivor named Serdar who is driven to the brink of madness by the events of the game on his journey to save a loved one named Yana.


Metro Awakening VR also promises to use the immersive nature of the VR presentation to heighten the story's sense of tension and paranoia. Using motion controls, the footage shows players directly “holding” weapons, manually reloading them, and using their virtual hands to check equipment and do things like don gas masks or monitor radiation. Other, more unsettling phenomena are also hinted at, such as apparitions, ghosts, and mysterious noises that reinforce the sense that the player is inhabiting Serdar, who is on his way to “awakening” as Khan.


Metro Awakening VR looks like a promising VR-based side story in the metro franchise. Unfortunately, for now, it doesn't look like it will be accessible to players without VR hardware. metro However, fans who are not interested in VR games need not worry, as a new mainline metro The game is currently being developed by 4A Games and will be released later on consoles and PCs without a VR requirement.

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A post-apocalyptic franchise based on the novels of Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky. Includes games such as Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light and Metro: Exodus. A VR title called Metro: Awakening is also coming to the PS VR2.

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