[yareally]

Metro 2033 is most likely in good hands. The parent company that bought them owns Deep Silver, who published one of the great games of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series[1], which I think Metro pulls from. Random fun fact, but the first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game was also published by THQ. Probably why THQ were so interested in Metro 2033, which came shortly after.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R._%28series%29

[lloeki]

> which I think Metro pulls from

Metro 2033 is adapted from a russian '05 novel of the same name, while S.T.A.L.K.E.R is from both the '72 novel Stalker and its '79 movie.

They bear no lineage.

[AimHere]

Partly to help people find it in their bookshops, but mostly because I'm an anal-retentive pedant, the novel is actually called 'Roadside Picnic' by the Strugatsky brothers.

[yareally]

Thanks! I did not know it was a separate novel as well for Metro.