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4A Games is a video game development company in Kiev, Ukraine founded in 2006 It is well known for its Metro 2033 series of games.

History
The company was formed in Kiev, Ukraine. It was founded by former employees of GSC Game World, a year before the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, in particular Oles Shyskovtsov and Oleksandr Maksymchuk, the programmers who worked on the development of the X-Ray engine used in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. After working on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl's X-Ray engine, they utilized the tools and knowledge gained from the experience to build their signature 4A Engine and became the Chief Technical Officers of 4A Games. The 4-A Engine was created for game creation for next-gen consoles and high-end PCs, and granted the company a certificate from the State Department of Intellectual Property of Ukraine to the property rights of the program on November 28th, 2006. The development of the 4A Engine leads to the development of their popular game, Metro 2033.

Metro Franchise
The company’s first game project began development in 2006, when it was revealed that the developer announced a partnership with popular Russian author, Dmitry Glukhovsky. It was not until 2009 however, that 4A Games officially announced their first game Metro 2033 during Games Convention in Leipzig. Following the release of an official trailer and publisher reveal that November, the game was released in March of 2010 by publisher THQ receiving favourable reception and recognition for the game’s impressive visuals and engine. This led to the development of the company’s second project, Metro Last Light which was announced during the 2011 E3. 4A Games would again develop Metro’s sequel with the use of their 4A game engine. Unfortunately, Metro Last Light faced several issues in its production. The game faced numerous delays and had to move back its original 2012 release date to early 2013. The most significant effect to the company occurred January 2013 to 4A Games’ original publisher, THQ closing down due to bankruptcy and auctioning off its development companies. The publishing rights to the company’s Metro Franchise were sold off to Koch Media for $5.8 million on January 22nd, to the company’s benefit the project was not scrapped and the development team was able to continue working on their game. 4A Games’ project Metro Last Light is slated to release May 14, 2013 in North America with no current information on the company’s future projects and plans.