Ukrainian studio overcomes violent political turmoil while remaking its postapocalyptic Metro games

In its quest to make the “best remake ever,” developer 4A Games had to overcome an unusual obstacle: social revolution.

Based in Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine, 4A’s office is only six metro stops away from the center of the city, which transformed into a battleground last year amid violent clashes between protesters and the Ukrainian police. According to Huw Beynon, a longtime representative for the company, the developers would go out and join the protests every day after work. It wasn’t until “the bullets started flying” when Beynon “begged them to keep their heads down.”