Developer 4A Games and publisher Deep Silver have announced that PC gamers will be receiving their own Enhanced Edition of Metro Exodus later this Spring. Like the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series version, users who already own Metro Exodus will receive the Enhanced Edition as a free upgrade.
“This upgrade is so extensive, it will require a ray tracing capable GPU as the minimum spec, and we will need to deliver this version as a separate product—it is not a simple ‘patch’ to the base game—instead it will be offered as an extra entitlement to all existing Metro Exodus PC players,” 4A Games said in a blog post. “The PC Enhanced Edition will offer additional ray tracing features, including Advanced Ray Traced Reflections and support for DLSS 2.0 on NVIDIA hardware, which offers sharper image details and increased framerates and display resolutions.”
4A Games also delved into more detail regarding the upcoming console version.
“The base game and downloadable content expansions will feature both our ground-breaking Ray Traced Global Illumination (RTGI) and the Ray Traced Emissive Lighting techniques pioneered in The Two Colonels expansion across all content,” 4A Games said. “The next gen consoles will benefit from dramatically reduced loading times thanks to our use of their SSD storage optimizations, boast 4K texture packs, and a range of platform specific features including spatial audio and controller latency improvements on Xbox, and support for the haptic features of the PlayStation 5 Dual Sense controller.”
Metro Exodus is available now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GOG.