Metro author Dmitry Glukhovsky says the next game in the series 'will be darker than anything you've seen before'

XYesterday was a big day for me, because yesterday saw the first official confirmation of Metro 2039 as the next game in 4A's outstanding post-apocalyptic train-riding series. It wasn't actually a reveal—that won't happen until Thursday, April 16—but it was a title and a commitment, and by god I'll take it.

Now I have burning questions. Will 2039 bring back Artyom and the boys for another round of adventures, or will we wish them well and go back underground for a new gang of unfortunates? If the latter, does that mean the bad ending of Metro Exodus is canon? No spoilers, but it's pretty bad—and given what 4A did to kick off Metro: Last Light, it's not entirely outside the realm of possibility.

And if Artyom does come back, will he somehow return to the tunnels that provided the horrifically distinctive backdrop for the first two games in the series, or will he find new kinds of awfulness awaiting in the fresh air and sunshine of Exodus?

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