14 DAY TRIAL // The fine folks at 4A Games, the studio behind the highly-acclaimed Metro franchise, have just revealed the enhanced version of Metro Exodus, as well as details about the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S upgrade.
For those who don't own Metro Exodus yet, 4A Games will launch an Enhanced Edition, which will take advantage of the studio's new Fully Ray Traced Lighting Pipeline and the latest graphics cards from NVIDIA and AMD.
The minimum spec requirements for Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition involve a Ray Tracing capable graphics card. Moreover, since this beefed-up version of the game includes so many improvements, 4A Games announced that it will release it as a separate product. Even so, existing Metro Exodus PC players will be able to get the Enhanced Edition for free on Epic Games Store, Steam, and GOG.
As far as improvements go, the PC Enhanced Edition will offer additional Ray Tracing features, including Advanced Ray Traced Reflections and support for DLSS 2.0 on NVIDIA graphics cards, which let players experience sharper image details and increased framerates and display resolutions.
Console gamers will be pleased to know that Metro Exodus will run at 4K/60fps with full Ray Traced lighting throughout on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. As expected, the next-gen consoles will also benefit from dramatically reduced loading times, boast 4K texture packs, and a range of platform-specific features including spatial audio and controller latency improvements on Xbox, as well as support for the haptic features of the PlayStation 5 Dual Sense controller.
When it comes to the Xbox Series S, 4A Games confirmed that it's targeting 1080p, but the other benefits mentioned above will apply, including 60 fps and full Ray Traced lighting throughout. Those who already own Metro Exodus will receive these console upgrades for free when they will be released later this year.