THQ has announced that its new post-apocalyptic first-person shooter, Metro 2033, has shipped to retail. Based on the work of Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 is set in a world moved underground as a society formed by survivors of a cataclysmic event has been evolving in Moscow’s subway stations for over a generation. In 2013, these station-states war among themselves, with each other, and the mutated freaks that roam the land. As Artyom, one of those raised their entire lives in the shadow of a station, you must venture out into the labyrinthine subway system to warn the others of a terrible threat. Russia: Giving us awesome premises based on nuclear fallout and mass destruction since the 1960s.

Metro 2033 should be on a store shelf near you soon, if it isn’t already, for the 360 and Windows.

Official Site: Metro2033Game.com