In the next few days, expect more stories on video games from us as May is the month in which major game publishers start announcing their upcoming offerings for the next months. For us in the airsoft community, it’s more on the new FPS titles from existing game franchises so we can plan which of these games we can purchase to play during the winter season in which it is too cold to play outside.

For those who follow the Metro video game series, which is based on the Universe of Metro 2033 which was first written by Dmitry Glukhovsky, they will have to wait a little bit for the release of the third installment of the Metro game, which us Metro Exodus. It is based on the post-apocalyptic stories written by various authors that began in Russia and has become popular in Eastern Europe.

4A Games and publisher Deep Silver released a statement regarding the delay Metro Exodus:

Deep Silver and 4A Games would like to share some important information with you regarding the release date of Metro Exodus.

The development of Metro Exodus is progressing well; we are all really excited by what we are seeing. We have been constantly reviewing the games progress to ensure that we deliver a product that gamers and fans of the Metro series want and deserve, as well as keeping an eye on announcements from our competitor products. We want everyone to be able to experience what is the most ambitious Metro game to date at its absolute best and therefore we have taken the decision to move the release date to Q1 2019. We know that this will be disappointing news for fans that had hoped to play the game this year, but also know that you will appreciate the results that this additional development time and new release date will bring.

We would also like to take this opportunity to confirm that at E3 in June we will be revealing some brand new gameplay from a never before seen game environment for you to enjoy.

Thank you for your patience and understanding, we look forward to sharing more with you in June.

The story for Metro Exodus is set in the year 2036, 23 years after Earth was devastated by a nuclear war forcing the inhabitants of Moscow to use the Metro underground system as a place of refuge. It is the sequel to much well-received Metro: Last Light, in which together with the Rangers, the player, taking the role of the main character Artyom had to battle various factions for the control of D6 and depending on the karma the player has acquired he/she either destroys D6 in the “bad ending” and in the “good ending” he was prevented by the little Dark one who then with rest of the Dark ones, defeated Korbut’s army. He was assisted by Anna, the Ranger’s best sniper and the daughter of Colonel Miller. In Exodus, the player, again taking the role of Artyom embarks on a journey with the Spartan Rangers to go the Far East Side of Russia. Anna has now become Atryom’s wife.

Metro Exodus is a single-layer FPS game with no multiplayer mode. It will be available on Microsoft Windows, Playstation 4, and Xbox One.