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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."

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."

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.