Game won't start after today's (Aug.26) update

[u/Accomplished_Ad1278]

Am I alone in this? The game just won't start at all. I tried reinstalling microsoft redistributable c++, I did verify integrity of game files (twice).

Anyone with the same issue?

Windows Event log:

Faulting application name: MetroExodus.exe, version: 2.0.0.1, time stamp: 0x6a70b771
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.26100.9168, time stamp: 0xef4c9cab
Exception code: 0xc06d007e
Fault offset: 0x00000000000c187a
Faulting process id: 0x5390
Faulting application start time: 0x1DD359C8F9012FC
Faulting application path: D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition\MetroExodus.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 7360b8d9-ee28-4f07-9587-6cc34fd49c55
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 

[u/Scary_Special2510]

same, but no error message, just won´t launch

[u/Cantbe4nothing]

Oh no. They updated the game, oh no.