Apr 28, 2021 13:42 EDT
The first ray-tracing-GPU-required PC game is almost here as 4A Games has revealed Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition will be arriving next week. For those who haven’t been keeping up, this is an all-new visually upgraded version of Metro Exodus that will be available for free to all current owners of the game, although again, you’re going to need an NVIDIA RTX or AMD RX 6700 and up card to play it. A version of the game will also be coming to next-gen consoles at a later date.
If you’d like to get an overview of Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition before it drops next week, the tech heads at Digital Foundry have just put up an extensive video showing off some rather impressive visuals. The game will also serve as the best stress test yet of NVIDIA and AMD’s ray tracing tech, and according to the DF folks, the former comes out way ahead. Basically, NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3080 performs about as well at 1440p and ultra ray tracing settings as the AMD’s RX 6
The team at Humble Bundle has offered an idea of what s coming in next month s Humble Choice subscription bundle. PC users have a lot to get excited about, as the May bundle will be headlined by Metro Exodus. That s the same Metro Exodus that s just days away from getting a special upgrade.
For those who may not remember, earlier this year, the Metro Exodus website went into detail on the upcoming Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition. Initially announced for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, the PC was also said to be getting a special enhanced edition. This version will feature Ray Tracing and DLSS 2.0 support, among other major improvements aimed at high-end PC users. While the Humble Choice bundle will feature the vanilla version of Metro Exodus, it will be eligible for the Enhanced Edition upgrades as soon as they go live on May 6.
Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition Announced for PC
Experience Metro Exodus Like Never Before
Back in November, Metro Exodus developer, 4A Games announced that the game would be be getting a free upgrade for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S for players who already own the game for PlayStation 4 or Xbox One respectively. Today, 4A Games and publisher Deep Silver has announced that this new upgrade will also be making its way to PC as Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition.
The PC Enhanced Edition will be free to all players who own Metro Exodus on the Epic Games Store, Steam and GoG.