Xbox Announces First Look: Metro 2039 Broadcast on April 16

Metro 2039, the next installment in the post-apocalyptic shooter franchise, will have its worldwide reveal during an Xbox broadcast this Thursday, April 16. The broadcast will start at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, and it will be live-streamed on the Xbox YouTube Channel.

This Thursday, April 16, we’ll be debuting Xbox First Look: Metro 2039 with 4A Games & Deep Silver – a digital-only broadcast offering a world-premiere look at the next title in the beloved post-apocalyptic first-person shooter series,” the Xbox team said today. “Xbox has always been a home for the franchise, and we’re honored to continue that relationship by bringing you a first look at this next exciting chapter.

You may remember that Metro Exodus, the last game in the series inspired by the book series of Dmitry Glukhovsky, was revealed during the 2017 edition of the Xbox Games Showcase. This was the first Metro game to introduce open-world levels, and it was added to Game Pass in 2019.

The Xbox team seems to have a soft spot for post-apocalyptic games. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. II: Heart of Chornobyl came to Game Pass on day one two years ago, and the game’s first DLC was recently featured during the Xbox Partner Preview broadcast on March 26. It will be interesting to see if Metro 2039 publisher Deep Silver also struck a Game Pass deal with Xbox.