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2010's post-apocalypse shooter Metro 2033 is supposed to be getting a full sequel. In the past, Danny Bilson, VP of the original game's publisher THQ, has referred to the sequel as Metro 2034. Now it looks like that title may be changing.

Spotted by the Twitter user known only as "superannuation", THQ has secured the rights to the new URLs "www.lastlight.com", "www.metrolastlight.com" and "www.metro2033lastlight.com". That would seem to suggest that the Metro 2034 title has been ditched. Bilson has said in the past that he felt that Metro 2033 didn't get much of a marketing push but that will change for the sequel. He's already said, " ... it's going to have a first-class marketing campaign that kicks off at E3."

The OnLive streaming PC game service continues to add games to its library of titles. On March 15 OnLive will add THQ's upcoming first person shooter Homefront on the same day that the game is released in stores or via download. However, OnLive is giving its users a chance to get a couple of free extras if they purchase Homefront between now and its release date.

One of them is a free game, 2010's shooter Metro 2033. The other freebie is especially nice. Pre-orders of Homefront via Onlive will also get a free Microconsole to experience OnLive's service on your TV. That's a $99 value. It sounds like OnLive is expecting a lot of orders from this as the offer is only "when supplies last."

Ahead of its usual weekend sales, the Steam game download site has a couple of special offers that were revealed today. One of them concerned pre-orders for the upcoming first person shooter Homefront. Folks who pony up their money early for the game will be able to get the 2010 released first person shooter Metro 2033 for free and immediate download. That's a game that's priced on Steam normally at $39.99. Pre-orders should also be able to play the Air Assault Drone in Homefront's multiplayer mode on day one.

Also, the 2010 released historical RTS game The King's Crusade from developer NeoCore Games is on sale on Steam until for just $9 until February 16.

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."

Steam's Treasure Hunt promotion and game sale marches on today as the PC game download site has four more objectives for its users to accomplish in the next two days in order to have the chance to win some free games. Here's the list of "missions" to complete:

Download and watch a trailer from each of the following games - Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Homefront, BRINK, Red Faction: Armageddon, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and Portal 2
Become a Nosalis Hunter in Metro 2033
Create a Destruction Frenzy in Just Cause 2
Set a leaderboard score of at least 3,770,488 for 'Survival Best Score' in Beat Hazard

In addition to the new objectives the following games are also on sale for 75 percent off for the next two days: Metro 2033 for $9.99, Just Cause 2 for $7.49 and Beat Hazard for a mere $2.50

The Steam PC game download service had a ton of games on sale in the past week but in the end it was a new full priced game title on top of the service' weekly top 10 sales list. Obsidian Entertainment's Fallout New Vegas took the number one spot this week with the pre-orders of Call of Duty Black Ops coming in the number two position.

Thanks to a one day sale last week, Metro 2033 got to the third spot in the Steam top 10 this week followed by Valve's own Left 4 Dead 2 in the fourth position. The full list is below:

1. Fallout New Vegas - Obsidian Entertainment/Bethesda Softworks
2. Call of Duty Black Ops - Treyarch/Activision
3. Metro 2033 - 4A Games/THQ
4. Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
5. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II Gold Edition - Relic/THQ
6. Medal of Honor - Danger Close/DICE/EA
7. Civilization V - Firaxis Games
8. Batman Arkham Asylum Game Of The Year Edition - Rocksteady/Eidos
9. Team Fortress 2 - Valve
10. Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition - Cyanide Studio/Focus Home Interactive

This week it seems both Steam and Direct2Drive are offering PC gamers a chance to download and purchase titles for just one day only. Over on the Steam side the THQ sales event is still ongoing. From now until 1 pm Eastern time today you will be able to buy the recent post apocalypse first person shooter Metro 2033 for just $13.60, a 66 percent savings.

Meanwhile Direct2Drive's daily sale event has a Halloween theme and today they have cut the price of Frictional Games' horror-themed adventure titles in the Penumbra Collection. The game is on sale for $5.95, a 75 percent price cut.

It was supposed to be released over a month ago but today Steam owners of Metro 2033 are now finally able to download the Ranger Pack DLC for the post-apocalypse first person shooter. As promised the DLC is a free download for the PC version.

Just a reminder: The Ranger Pack for the 4A Games-developed game adds two new weapons to the single player game (the Heavy Automatic Shotgun and the Volt Driver). Two new gameplay modes are also added. The Ranger Mode reduces ammo and increases damage from weapons and attacks while the Ranger Hardcore mode takes away the HUD. Nine new Steam achievements have also been added.

This is the playable demo for Metro 2033. You play as Artyom, a survivor living in the shattered subway system in a post apocalyptic Moscow in the year 2033. The story is about intensive survival, and the fate of mankind rests in your hands.

Continue after the jump for system requirements.

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Last May, it was revealed that 4A Games' recent post-apocalyptic shooter Metro 2033 would be getting a Ranger Pack DLC release. Today it was finally revealed that the Ranger Pack would be made available to Metro 2033 owners on August 3. Even better news is that the PC version of the game will be getting the Ranger Pack for free via Steam (console owners will be paying $3 for it).

The Ranger Pack adds two new weapons to the game, The Heavy Automatic Shotgun and the Volt Driver. It also adds the new Ranger gameplay mode to the title's single player campaign where ammo is reduced and all weapons and attacks, from both you and your enemies, are increased. There will be a variant to the mode, Ranger Hardcore, where the HUD in the game is removed.