METRO 2039 – A Letter To Our Group — 4A Video games

These years haven’t been simple for the world, and particularly not for Ukraine. The majority of our group continues to work from our workplace in Kyiv and remotely throughout Ukraine, doing so day by day beneath circumstances which are unattainable to think about.  Getting electrical energy from mills or batteries throughout day by day energy outages, sheltering from rocket or drone assaults, not understanding when you’ll be able to subsequent warmth meals to your households; these items interrupt, however don’t cease us from making what we deeply imagine in. Getting relaxation and nonetheless discovering methods to really feel regular are nothing lower than luxuries. Sometimes you simply put your head down and deal with the work, nevertheless it’s one another’s help that retains you working, and we proceed to help our Ukraine-based colleagues in each approach we are able to.  

The full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine has additionally formed how we need to inform the story of this recreation. Our video games discover what people had been earlier than the world ended, what they turned after, and what they’re prepared to do to stay one other day. The which means has at all times been about stopping warfare. But now warfare is our actuality.  

The world has grown even darker, crueler, extra unjust, and extra ruthless – not solely in actual life, however on the earth of METRO as properly. 

As a consequence, our message has shifted to be concerning the penalties; 

The Cost of Silence, The Horrors of Tyranny, and the Price of Freedom.