Metro: Last Light finds early success on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC

Written by Brandon Hofer on June 01, 2013

News: Metro: Last Light proves there is still life in post-apocalyptic Russia easily surpassing its predecessor, Metro 2033.

Metro Last Light quickly surpasses Metro 2033's sales

Metro Last Light was recently released for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and has achieved some early success for Deep Silver. Deep Silver has revealed that Metro: Last Light has enjoyed “stunning” first week sales, significantly outpacing its predecessor Metro 2033 over the same launch period. The PC version for Metro: Last Light has more than tripled Metro 2033’s worldwide sales over the same opening week period. In the US, Metro: Last Light sold through more boxed units in its first week of sales than Metro 2033 has managed lifetime to date. Additionally, across all platforms worldwide, Metro: Last Light has sold more units in its first week of sale than Metro 2033 managed in three months. Metro: Last Light also shot to #1 in the weekly charts in multiple European territories including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and the UK.

“Metro: Last Light is Deep Silver’s most critically acclaimed game to date,” said Menno van der Bil, International Commercial Director at Deep Silver. “We are delighted with the deserved critical and commercial success the game has achieved, and hope that this success represents a statement of intent for future quality titles from Deep Silver. We would like to thank 4A Games for their talent, passion and commitment in helping us reach this milestone.”

“4A Games are honored by the reception our latest project has received,” said Andrew Prokhorov, Creative Director at 4A Games. “We are a small but dedicated team who are lucky to have been given the creative freedom and support to make the kind of experience we dream, as gamers, of playing. Our work on Metro: Last Light continues with new single player DLC, and we look forward to revealing future projects from the team. We want to thank all the Metro fans for support we have received.”

In fact Deep Silver has just revealed that they will be supporting Metro: Last Light with a series of original single player content packs throughout the summer. Metro fans can pre-purchase all future DLC at a discount with the Season Pass, now available on Steam, Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network for €14.99 / $14.99 / £11.99 / 1200 Microsoft Points. The Season Pass also grants an additional weapon, the deadly Abzats, a semi-automatic shotgun rifle with a devastating secondary fire mode that unleashes six shells in one blast.

The Season Pass is set to include:

The Faction Pack - New, original single player gameplay that expands on the Metro: Last Light universe and story.

Chronicles Pack - New, original single player gameplay that expands on the Metro: Last Light universe and story.

Tower Pack - A unique solo challenge to Metro veterans.

Developer Pack - Will give creative players some interesting tools with which to explore the world of Metro.

Metro: Last Light is currently available for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Have you picked it up yet? What are your thoughts?