"The year is now 2033. An entire generation has been born and raised underground, and their besieged Metro Station-Cities struggle for survival, with each other, and the mutant horrors that await outside.

You are Artyom, born in the last days before the fire, but raised Underground. Having never ventured beyond your Metro Station-City limits, one fateful event sparks a desperate mission to the heart of the Metro system, to warn the remnants of mankind of a terrible impending threat. Your j..."

"In addition to this announcement, THQ has revealed that not only will the Games for Windows release include a free copy of 2009’s Red Faction: Guerrilla, but it will also benefit from 3D technology, powered by NVIDIA 3D Vision. Other advanced features such as DX11 and NVIDIA PhysX implementation are also set to be included."

"February 19th, 2010 -- THQ and Valve today announced an agreement to power the PC version of 4A Games' Metro 2033 with a collection of Steamworks features and to offer the title electronically to the 25 million-plus gamers playing PC games via Steam."

"Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic Moscow, Metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate of mankind rests in your hands. In 2013, the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth’s surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age."

"THQ Inc. today announced Metro 2033, a new First-Person Shooter for Xbox 360 and PC based on the best-selling Russian novel of the same name by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Developed by Ukrainian studio 4A Games, and built with the cutting-edge, proprietary 4A Game Engine, Metro 2033 is set to deliver a gripping, atmospheric experience."