The Metro series has passed 50 million copies sold and, in the same news package, gets a free Metro Redux update for current hardware. Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light Redux receive native versions for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Pro, and Xbox Series X|S, plus a PC update.
This is not a new remaster or a remake. It is an improvement pack on the existing Redux games. Anyone who already owns them on Steam, the Epic Games Store, the Windows Store, PS5, or Xbox Series gets the update at no cost, according to Deep Silver, as cited by Pure Xbox and Digital Foundry.
What changes on screen and on the controller
The announced set includes 4K textures, higher-fidelity animation, higher-quality audio, richer environment detail, better lighting, shadows, and particles, plus runtime tessellation and displacement on consoles. PS5 Pro gets PSSR support. Xbox Series X gets TSR and anti-aliasing. Xbox gains spatial audio, which was missing.
On consoles, the described target is native 4K at 60 frames and upscaled 4K at 120 frames on a compatible display. DualSense gets adaptive triggers; the Xbox controller gets Impulse Triggers. There is a power-saving mode on PlayStation and Power Optimized Mode on Xbox, plus Xbox Handheld and Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Digital Foundry notes that the Xbox Series S mode is not yet detailed and that full patch notes should arrive at launch. The same report mentions newly announced QSSR on base PS5 as a possible candidate, not as a confirmed feature of this update.
Dates: PC first, consoles later
There is a difference between the reports worth recording. Pure Xbox talks about the Xbox Series arrival on October 29. Digital Foundry splits the dates: October 22 on PC and October 29 on consoles. Until a single Deep Silver notice closes the calendar, what is firm is the free update and the October 29 window on consoles.
The 50 million mark is for the whole series, not only the two Redux games. The update does not change Artyom's story in post-apocalyptic Moscow's metro; it changes how that journey fits a 4K screen and a current controller.
Sources
- Pure Xbox on the free October 29 upgrade
- Digital Foundry on 50 million copies and the October 22 PC window
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