4A Games Announces Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition along with PS5 and Xbox Series X Upgrades

Published 02/16/2021, 5:39 AM EST

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A few hours ago, Ukrainian-Maltese video game developer 4A Games announced the release of Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition. In the tweet, 4A Games also added details about the previously announced Xbox Series X|S and PS5 upgrades of the game. In November 2020, the developer announced that the console version of the game will be out soon. Today, they confirmed the consoles will get a free upgrade of the game.

The Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition is the company’s most exciting project this year. The developer will add several extra features to the PC version and the consoles. A blog by 4A Games attached to the announcement tweet mentioned two exclusive features for the PC Enhanced Edition as compared to Xbox and PlayStations. PC games will enjoy advanced Ray Traced Reflections and support for DLSS 2.0.

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What’s the Occasion: Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition

4A Games selected the perfect day for the announcement today, on the second anniversary of Metro Exodus. It was one of the first games ever to use the Ray Tracing high-end PC with the help of NVIDIA’s new RTX series of graphic cards. However, it used traditional rendering technology for consoles and low-end PCs. Henceforth, it will use the best Ray Tracing features available.

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DLSS 2.0 for PC uses AI to optimize the performance of the system and give the best graphical setting and frame rate. The game will run on  4K resolution and 60FPS with full ray-traced lighting on Xbox Series X and PS5. For Xbox Series S, developers are aiming a perfect 1080p. They thank the GPU hardware from NVIDIA and AMD to take advantage of the latest Ray Tracing and give the best experience to PC Gamers.

News for the console versions

The console will have a minimized loading time. This will be because of the utilization of SSD storage optimizations, which boast 4K texture pack improvements on Xbox. The PlayStation 5’s Dual Sense controller will help the game in supporting haptic feature movements.

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They are inducing the ability to change FOV. This will be the first time for any Metro game. 4A Games has also given a tentative date for the release. Gen 9 console versions will hopefully be available in the latter part of the year. They will also be available for Smart Delivery on Xbox for the upgrade.

“WE HOPE YOU’RE AS EXCITED AS WE ARE FOR THESE METRO EXODUS PROJECTS–STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS IN THE NEAR FUTURE!”

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The team is undoubtedly extremely excited to bring the upgrades to their users soon. 2021 will be an eventful year for the 4A Games team. The audience is also ecstatic to try out the newest specs. But until the release of the enhanced edition, hang tight and look out for other updates.

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