Metro Devs Confirm They Have Another non-VR Project Besides ARKTIKA.1

Metro Devs Ostend They Accept Another non-VR Project Besides ARKTIKA.1

Metro 2033 and its sequel, Final Light, were hands amidst the all-time single thespian get-go person shooter games when they released. The bully setting & temper, amazing graphics and tight gameplay made for a unique combination that garnered 4A Games, the Ukrainian studio which created the Metro series (based on Glukhovsky's novels), a loyal post-obit.

Two months ago, we reported that the folks at 4A Games were working on two projects. That's because they now have two teams, one in Ukraine and another in Republic of malta, opened in 2022. Last calendar week though, when they revealed their kickoff projection to be a VR game called ARKTIKA.one that had zilch do with Metro, many fans expressed their deep disappointment.

4A Games chose to address it in a letter to the customs a couple days agone. The alphabetic character all just confirms that the other projection is non VR only, at the very least, though at that place'southward no real hint about a new entry in the Metro franchise.

It'due south articulate that some of you really similar the look of ARKTIKA.1, and nosotros'll talk nearly that a bit more than below – just nosotros too meet some of you were… maybe a bit disappointed. Perhaps you prefer traditional PC / console games, and peradventure yous were hoping we'd announce… something else!

And so let me say again – ARKTIKA.i is one of Two projects in development correct now. Information technology's non holding the other project up – with our new Republic of malta studio nosotros are a much bigger squad, and information technology is ameliorate for us to have multiple projects, for our ain independence and inventiveness. We're not set to talk virtually the other project just still, but we think yous'll like information technology. So please exist patient!

The letter went on to explain why 4A Games went all in with VR for ARKTIKA.1.

Why VR?

VR is very immersive. We pride ourselves on our ability to make immersive experiences so it makes sense.

Nosotros've ever been creating immersive games, and I think we can be rightfully proud of our success in this pursuit. Oculus has allowed usa to have the immersion to a whole new level, and information technology would have been a shame to miss such an opportunity.

VR will exist the king in immersion until they effigy out way to transport information right into the brain via WiFi, and with every passing yr VR will go on edifice that momentum.

The decision to start a VR project came rather spontaneously – we just tried information technology out, and that was information technology, the decision was fabricated! We're not much dissimilar in that regard from about of the people trying VR for the first fourth dimension. The feel is, without dubiety, center-opening and we see the potential.

ARKTIKA.1 is a full-blown ААА title, and we are fully employing all of our accumulated experience to take advantage of all the new opportunities provided only by VR. ARKTIKA is non a port, the projection was built for VR and the Touch platform from the basis up.

ARKTIKA.1 mixes the post-apocalyptic setting traditional for our team, with Sci-Fi, which is something new for us, and we hope that you like it. We ourselves like the way information technology'southward coming out a lot.

Stay tuned and we'll keep you up to engagement if and when 4A Games should decide to announce a new Metro game.