THQ: Metro 2033 Sequel Will Be “Properly Nurtured”

THQ VP of Core Games, Danny Bilson has said that Metro 2033 “wasn’t properly nurtured” and that the sequel, Metro 2034 will address those issues.

“I’ll give you the straight answer: It wasn’t properly supported in all areas,” Bilson said frankly. “It was a cool deal,” he explained of the publishing agreement with developer 4A Games, “where it was inexpensive and they were doing their stuff.”

“Did the game need polish in certain areas? Yes.” he admitted. “So when I say it wasn’t fully supported, it was product development and marketing that didn’t support it the way it should’ve been.” Bilson described Metro 2033 as “an orphan stepchild,” saying that “a great marketer picked it up with four months to go and did what he could with four months to go, but it wasn’t properly nurtured by marketing.”

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