Metro Exodus to get enhanced edition for PC, ray tracing and improved framerates on consoles
Two years after its initial release, Metro Exodus will be getting a significant upgrade. Back in November, 4A Games announced that Metro Exodus would be getting a free upgrade for current-generation consoles. In a statement on their website today, they revealed more detailed plans for these upgrades, as well as announcing a newly enhanced edition for PC.
The original version of Metro Exodus on PC made a big show of its ray tracing, which unfortunately couldn’t be delivered on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One variants. Current-generation console versions, however, will not only support ray tracing, but will apply the specific ray tracing techniques developed for the Two Colonels DLC to the base game and all other expansions. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions will be running at 4K and 60FPS, while the Xbox Series S version will hit 1080p and 60FPS. There are also some console-specific enhancements as well, such as support for haptic feedback on the PlayStation 5 and support for Smart Delivery and reduced controller latency on the Xbox Series. These new console versions are expected to release sometime in 2021.
Newly announced today is the Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition for PC. Similar to the console upgrades, it will be free for anyone who purchased the PC version on Steam, GOG and Epic Games Store. It will support additional ray tracing features and DLSS 2.0 on NVIDIA hardware, and 4A Games claims it is so extensive it will require a Ray Tracing capable GPU for its minimum specs. It’s expected to release “later this spring.”
Finally, 4A Games gave us an update on the previously-announced Mac and Linux versions. The Mac version is expected to launch on the Mac App Store, Steam and Epic Games Store in March, and the Linux is expected to hit Steam before the end of the year.
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