METRO EXODUS Will Be An Epic Games Store Exclusive For A Year
Developer 4A Games' upcoming first-person shooter video game, Metro Exodus, will be an exclusive title in the Epic Games Store. Here are the details on the game's publishing.
Metro Exodus' PC version will be exclusively available in the Epic Games Store for one year after it launches on February 15. The game will be available in Steam and other stores offering the game on February 14, 2020. Epic Games will hold the exclusive rights to the game's distribution for one whole year.
Players that pre-ordered the game in Steam do not have to worry, Deep Silver is not forgetting about you. Pre-orders will be honored and Steam users that pre-ordered the game will play the game as if nothing is different, you can play the game via Steam and receive the same updates, rights and future downloadable content that Epic Games Store users will have.
Epic states, "any customer with an outstanding preorder for Metro Exodus on PC through any digital retailer will receive their game as expected." The company is also offering Metro Exodus for a lower price than Steam's original $59.99.
Epic is selling the game at a price tag of $50.00 and Deep Silver CEO Klemens Kundratitz said the following, "Epic's generous revenue terms are a game changer that will allow publishers to invest more into content creation, or pass on savings to the players. By teaming up with Epic we will be able to invest more into the future of Metro and our ongoing partnership with series developer 4A Games, to the benefit of our Metro fans."
Finally, the Epic Store is also selling the standard and gold editions of the game. The gold edition has the soundtrack and a digital art book. The store will add the previous Metro titles as well, later this year.
Metro Exodus is an epic, story-driven first person shooter from 4A Games that blends deadly combat and stealth with exploration and survival horror in one of the most immersive game worlds ever created.
Flee the shattered ruins of dead Moscow and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across post-apocalyptic Russia in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
Explore the Russian wilderness in vast, non-linear levels and follow a thrilling story-line inspired by the novels of Dmitry Glukhovsky that spans an entire year through spring, summer and autumn to the depths of nuclear winter.
Metro Exodus hits the PS4, Xbox One and PC on February 15