Metro 2033 launches this Friday (19th March) on PC and Xbox 360, and THQ have provided us with a new trailer to whet our appetites!

Metro 2033 is a new first person shooter, following in the more cerebral and atmospheric shoes of titles such as Bioshock and Half-Life 2. For a bit more plot detail, over to the official release:

The year is 2033. An entire generation has been born and raised underground, and their besieged Metro Station-Cities struggle for survival, with each other, and the mutant horrors that await outside.

You are Artyom, born in the last days before the fire, but raised Underground. Having never ventured beyond your Metro Station-City limits, one fateful event sparks a desperate mission to the heart of the Metro system, to warn the remnants of mankind of a terrible impending threat. Your journey takes you from the forgotten catacombs beneath the subway to the desolate wastelands above, where your actions will determine the fate of mankind.

Excited? Well, don´t forget, anyone pre-ordering the game, or picking it up on launch day is also entitled to a FREE copy of Red Faction: Guerilla, giving PC gamers even more incentive to pick up this highly anticipated title.

Oh, and for all the movie buffs out there - the tune you recognise and can´t name? It is called In the House - In a Heartbeat, by John Murphy, and was first used in the film 28 Days Later.