Humble confirmed to CNET that it's working with Deep Silver to ensure customers get the game on release, delivered in the form of Steam codes, but declined to comment further on the situation. Humble Bundle's page for the game is currently not accepting new orders, but still specifies that gamers will need a Steam account to access the game. "We do not want to categorically exclude the possibility of timed exclusives for any of our games in the future, but speaking in the here and now, we definitely want to have the players choose the platform of their liking and make our portfolio available to as many outlets as possible," the publisher wrote.ĭeep Silver says games purchased through third-party key seller stores like Humble Bundle will be honored too, but the specifics are still unclear. However, the tweet said the game was "a timed Epic Store exclusive," implying that it could be available on Steam eventually - if Valve allows it. They are a sister company of THQ Nordic (Vienna), which is the reason why we can and will not comment on this matter. The decision to publish Metro Exodus as a timed Epic Store exclusive was made entirely on Koch Media’s side as Metro is their intellectual property.
Since Koch is considered "a sister company," THQ declined to comment. THQ Nordic, the Austrian video game publisher that acquired Deep Silver parent company Koch Media last February, tweeted that the decision to publish Metro Exodus on the Epic Store was "made entirely" by Koch.
"By teaming up with Epic we will be able to invest more into the future of Metro and our ongoing partnership with series developer 4A Games, to the benefit of our Metro fans." "Epic's generous revenue terms are a game changer that will allow publishers to invest more into content creation, or pass on savings to the players," Deep Silver CEO Klemens Kundratitz said in the company's announcement on Monday. As a new challenger, the Epic Games store takes just 12 percent - and that reduced revenue seems to directly correlate to Deep Silver lowering the price on the Epic store. It's a price reduction that speaks directly to how Epic Games is luring developers to its platform: Valve takes a 30 percent cut of all sales on Steam. Metro Exodus, the semi-open world romp through post-apocalyptic Russia that both suffers and benefits from leaving the horror-filled tunnels of the Moscow Metro behind, is a couple of years old now.
Customers in the US who buy Metro Exodus from Epic will pay $50, a full $10 discount over the Steam price. Not only is the game being removed from its distribution platform, but it's also being sold for less on the Epic Games Store. 15, but sales for new customers will be discontinued later today. Specifically, Valve says "the decision to remove the game is unfair to Steam customers, especially after a long presale period." Customers who preordered the game from Valve will still be able to access the game and future DLC on Steam after it launches on Feb. The reaction was posted to the game's Steam store page on Monday. Valve is calling the title's new exclusivity "unfair." Developer Deep Silver recently announced that, despite having been available for preorder on Steam for quite some time, first-person shooter Metro Exodus would be an Epic Games store exclusive. Now, those exclusivity deals may be getting to Valve.
The Enhanced Edition will not be available on Stadia or Amazon Luna, and Linux and Mac versions aren't coming either.The Epic Games store seems like it was custom built to take on Steam, and the fledgling platform has been securing a steady stream of PC exclusive games since its official reveal at the 2018 Game Awards. Existing saves on Steam, Epic, and GOG can be transferred between editions (not those on the Microsoft Store, however, as its save files "are encrypted in their cloud solution per-product"), and a "chapter unlock" feature will enable players to jump straight into later levels without having to replay the entire thing. The good news is that existing Exodus owners can claim the Enhanced Edition for free, but the bad news is that ray tracing is not optional here: If your card doesn't support it, you're out of luck. The Enhanced Edition features a "fully ray traced lighting pipeline" that adds a range of optimizations, upgrades, and new features to the game's already-impressive visuals, 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." It's such an extensive overhaul that developer 4A Games said it has to be released as an entirely separate game-existing copies cannot be patched over.