Metro 2033's release in March 2010 was a little bit of an oddity in publisher THQ's lineup. The post-apocalypse first person shooter from developer 4A Games didn't get a lot of pre-release hype but still got solid reviews. Our sister site Joystiq chatted this week with THQ exec Danny Bilson who admitted, "It wasn't properly supported in all areas." He added, " ... 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."

That won't be the case for the sequel, which currently has the name Metro 2034. Bilson said the sequel will deal with the gameplay issues that the first game had but retain the look and feel of the original. And as far as marketing and promotion, Bilson said, "... it's going to have a first-class marketing campaign that kicks off at E3."