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Short Max Payne 3 Video Shows Off the Impressive 608 Bull Revolver

Rockstar Games has just deployed a fresh new website for the upcoming Max Payne 3 video game and, in order to show off its impressive technology, has released a short little video focusing on the 608 Bull Revolver weapon. Max Payne 3 was set to appear next month but, as we heard back a few weeks ago, the game has be...

6 February 2012
03:52 GMT

New Max Payne 3 Video Takes a Look at the Weapons and Shooting Mechanics

Rockstar Games has just deployed a brand new video for its upcoming Max Payne 3 title, this time going in depth with the game’s weapons and the shooting mechanics.Max Payne 3 has just been delayed for a few more months, with Rockstar now promising to deliver the game in May. Even so, millions of fans are still ...

19 January 2012
16:51 GMT

Max Payne 3 Delayed, Now Launches in May

Max Payne 3 has just been delayed in order to ensure that it will deliver the highest quality experience possible, with Rockstar’s publishing partner, Take-Two Interactive, confirming that the third person shooter is now scheduled to arrive in May. Max Payne 3 has been in development for quite some time, with ...

17 January 2012
08:54 GMT

Rockstar Highlights Real World Inspiration for Max Payne 3’s Sao Paulo

Rockstar Games’ development process for the upcoming Max Payne 3 shooter has been a long and painstaking one, as the studio has just highlighted the efforts it has made while recreating the real life Sao Paulo in the virtual game. Max Payne 3 continues the story of the grizzled New York detective, this time as...

12 January 2012
03:18 GMT

Max Payne 3 Gets New Single-Player and Multiplayer Screenshots

Rockstar has just unleashed a bunch of new screenshots for its upcoming Max Payne 3 shooter, showcasing both the single-player as well as the multiplayer modes of the game. Max Payne 3 has been in development for quite some time, with Rockstar Games’ various global studios working together to bring a true sequ...

5 January 2012
04:05 GMT

Richard Huddy Leaves AMD to Work for Intel

The list of people who were employed by ATI/AMD, and left to work for the company’s rivals continues to grow, Richard Huddy, manager for game developer relations at AMD Graphics, being the latest to leave the Sunnyvale-based chip maker in order to join the blue camp.Huddy has been working for AMD for over nine ...

29 December 2011
09:26 GMT

Get Your Face Into Max Payne 3’s Multiplayer Mode Through a New Contest

For those of you who really want to have their virtual selves shot and killed millions of times, Rockstar has set up a brand new contest in which the winners will see their faces recreated as enemies from the multiplayer mode of the upcoming Max Payne 3 shooter.We already heard the first details about the Gang Wars m...

19 December 2011
17:31 GMT

Max Payne 3’s Gang Wars Multiplayer Mode Gets First Details

The first actual details about the special multiplayer mode in Max Payne 3, called Gang Wars, have finally appeared, presenting a very different online mode than what you might see in other games like Call of Duty, Battlefield or Uncharted.Max Payne 3 was confirmed for released in March, 2012, and Rockstar Games, its...

15 December 2011
17:41 GMT

New Max Payne 3 Video Details Its Shooting and Bullet Time Mechanics

Rockstar Games, while taking a break from teasing fans with Grand Theft Auto V, has released some more details about Max Payne 3 by premiering a video that takes an in-depth look at some of the mechanics and gameplay design choices from the new shooter.Max Payne games have always delivered a cinematic experience inst...

18 November 2011
15:31 GMT

Max Payne 3 Multiplayer Will Have Story Elements

Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser has revealed that the upcoming Max Payne 3 shooter will have some story elements baked into its multiplayer mode to get people interested in it and complement the single-player story.Rockstar has always delivered immersive single-player experiences, with L.A. Noire being the best ...

10 November 2011
05:01 GMT

GTA Developer Avoids First Person Shooters and Genres Where Originality Has Faded

Rockstar Games, the developer of hit franchises like Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption, tries to avoid genres like first person shooters because it wants to deliver original things with all of its projects, and there are just too many companies that make such shooters without bringing anything new to the mix.Ro...

31 October 2011
05:41 GMT

Rockstar Will Focus on New Games, GTA V in the Future

One of the leaders of Rockstar has said that in the coming years the company is focusing on creating new “things”, which presumably means that there will be less releases for series like Red Dead , L.A. Noir and Max Payne.Dan Houser, who is the creative leader of Rockstar, has told Dengeki, a Japanese mag...

27 October 2011
16:31 GMT

Max Payne 3 Doesn't Have an Open World, Keeps Graphic Novel Cutscenes

Rockstar has released a few more details about its upcoming Max Payne 3 video game, including the fact that it won't have an open world, or that its cutscenes will retain the graphic novel feel just like in the first two games in the series.Max Payne 3 has been awaited by gamers for quite some time, and Rockstar...

7 October 2011
09:41 GMT

Max Payne 3 Gets Batch of Brand New Screenshots

Rockstar Games has published a brand new batch of screenshots from the upcoming Max Payne 3 shooter, depicting the protagonist in an array of firefights and poses, both in his traditional style, as well as in his grittier, bald version.Max Payne 3 is set to appear in March, 2012, with Rockstar's various internal...

7 October 2011
05:46 GMT

Max Payne 3 Pop Up Trailer Edition Reveals New Details

After releasing last week the first trailer for its Max Payne 3 title, Rockstar has now posted a new version of the video, with pop ups that reveal some new information about the game, the protagonist, Max Payne, and its main location, Sao Paolo, Brazil. Rockstar's trailers are always filled with interesting ...

23 September 2011
15:51 GMT

First Max Payne 3 Video Now Available

Shortly after confirming that Max Payne 3 is now scheduled to arrive in March, 2012, Rockstar has now released the first video for the new title, all composed of in-game footage and gameplay. Max Payne 3 has been in development for quite some time, costing its publisher, Rockstar, a lot of money, so you know the c...

15 September 2011
02:32 GMT

Max Payne 3 Development Cost $105 Million, Analyst Believes

The creation of the upcoming Max Payne 3 might have cost Rockstar, its developer and publisher, around $105 million, at least according to Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia, who believes that the game needs to sell at least 4 million copies to break even.Max Payne 3 has been in development for quite some time, and th...

13 September 2011
04:34 GMT

Max Payne HD Coming to Mobile Devices, Connects to Rockstar Social Club

After the massive announcement yesterday that Max Payne 3 now has a new release date, of March 2012, Rockstar, the game's publisher, has confirmed that the original title is scheduled to arrive on mobile devices in the near future.The original Max Payne garnered a cult following with its noire story, the unique ...

9 September 2011
15:21 GMT

Max Payne 3 Release Pushes Grand Theft Auto V to Late 2012, At the Earliest

Rockstar surprised a lot of people yesterday when it confirmed that Max Payne 3 is scheduled to arrive in March 2012, and analysts are already pondering when the company's next big project, Grand Theft Auto V, will be launched.Rockstar is famous for its Grand Theft Auto franchise, but in recent years it's b...

9 September 2011
05:06 GMT

Max Payne 3 Confirmed For March 2012 Release, Multiplayer Included

Rockstar has just announced that Max Payne 3 has a brand new release date of March 2012, when it will finally deliver the next installment in the prestigious franchise, complete with its biggest advancements in game engine technology as well as a multiplayer mode, for the first time in the series.The Max Payne franch...

8 September 2011
08:27 GMT

Max Payne 3 and Agent Still in Development

At yesterday's investors call, Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of all games from Rockstar, has confirmed that two of its older projects, Max Payne 3 and Agent, are still in development. Rockstar makes a habit of announcing games way before their intended release and, given the company's quest for perfe...

26 May 2011
14:21 GMT

Max Payne 3 Gets New Screenshots

Max Payne 3 has just received a brand new batch of screenshots, depicting some of the action that will take place in Rockstar's brand new title and the many faces of Max Payne, the hero of the popular series. Rockstar officially announced Max Payne 3 many years ago, but, since then, we've only had a coup...

27 April 2011
03:55 GMT

Max Payne 3 Location and Technology Get Detailed

Hot on the heels of yesterday's first batch of new details for Max Payne 3, we now know a few more things about the technology that will be used by the game's developer, Rockstar, and how the company sent a few of its members to Sao Paolo, Brazil, in order to document the location and the setting of the gam...

5 April 2011
17:21 GMT

New Max Payne 3 Details Appear

The first new details about Max Payne 3 have finally been revealed to the world, with the upcoming title from Rockstar Games getting a lot of information about story, gameplay and the technology behind it.Max Payne 3 was initially showcased a few years ago and scheduled for a 2009 release, but it was subsequently pus...

4 April 2011
05:35 GMT

Alan Won't Be Waking Up on the PC Anymore

Mystery and controversy are always a good thing about a survival horror, and so are shocking announcements and tragedy, but this time some might say that Microsoft went a bit too far. After being announced five years ago as a PC game, as well as an Xbox 360 one, Microsoft, the Alan Wake's publisher, has announce...

15 February 2010
03:51 GMT

Microsoft Is Already Thinking About Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake is a bit of a shadowy game, and we don't just say that because it uses direct light as a main gameplay mechanic. The title has been in development for quite a few years now, and has gone through a lot delays. It promises a powerful and immersive experience and, while the gameplay is the one that has be...

2 February 2010
04:31 GMT

Max Payne 3 Gets Another Delay

Take-Two Interactive suffered quite a blow this morning after it announced a drop in its full-year predictions for earnings. Following the model of the self-fulfilling prophecy, the company already paid the consequences for telling the truth and its stock dropped by 21 percent. Related or not, its fiscal report also ...

4 December 2009
06:09 GMT

Max Payne 3 Could Arrive This Year

Max Payne 3 has been a pretty shy customer when it comes to press releases. Technically, it should be a big game, especially considering how well the previous two installments were received by gamers. Even if companies previously used a no-talking-to-the-press policy in the past to tease and torment gamers, they usua...

8 October 2009
11:01 GMT

Rumor Mill: Max Payne Moving to Brazil

A lot of people, us here at Softpedia included, were pretty surprised when the announcement related to the new Max Payne 3 videogame arrived. The third title in the series will be developed by Rockstar, not by usual studio Remedy, and the overall look, from what we've seen until now, is pretty different from the...

10 June 2009
04:51 GMT

Max Payne 1 and 2 Are Xbox Originals

Microsoft is announcing that the two videogames that make up the Max Payne series are now available for download via its Xbox Originals service, which is available for all those who own an Xbox 360 and have signed up for a Xbox Live account.If you are interested in picking up the two games created by Remedy Entertain...

28 April 2009
08:08 GMT

New Alan Wake Information Appears

Alan Wake is in danger of becoming vapor ware, one of those titles that have been announced and talked about but which never make it to the market. Initially it was unveiled in 2005 and there has been talk of the game arriving on gamers' desks for at least the last two years. Remedy, which is developing the game...

31 March 2009
14:01 GMT

Remedy Talks about the Much Awaited Alan Wake

You might know Remedy Entertainment as the creators of the hit shooter Max Payne. After claiming that the game made huge profits, it announced that a new title would be under development, called Alan Wake; since then, nothing has been heard of the Finnish developer. Nothing until recently, as with the launch of the M...

6 October 2008
19:01 GMT

Max Payne Movie Will Get a Gamer's Cut Version

One of the latest additions in the long line of video game inspired movies is Max Payne. Coming in mid October, the movie is directed by John Moore, it will have Mark Wahlberg playing the main character, and it definitely looks like it's going to be a pretty decent movie. Recently, director John Moore spoke to G...

26 September 2008
03:20 GMT

Chris O'Donnell Will Star in Max Payne Movie

Generally, movies inspired from successful video games had a below par quality and were criticized for bad directing, bad acting, bad scripts... bad everything. Of course, every time a new game-to-film project is announced, we're told that we'll receive the greatest thing we have ever seen but, following th...

7 April 2008
02:48 GMT

Take Two Says BioShock 2 on the Way

Recently, Take Two has revealed its financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2008. In business terms, they were less than spectacular. Sales went down to around 240 million dollars while losses crept up towards the 38 million mark. Game wise it was a marvelous day, with some interesting info coming ...

12 March 2008
03:38 GMT

Max Payne Movie Still On

Just in case you were craving for some more games-turned-movies news, here it comes. The Max Payne movie, announced a good two and a half years ago, is still on track apparently. A new shot of Mark Wahlberg as Max Payne has surfaced. The former Marky Mark is sporting a real mean and haunted look while entering or exi...

11 March 2008
05:06 GMT

Max Payne Unlockables and Glitches (GBA)

At last, the definitive third person shooter arrives on the Game Boy Advance. Max Payne is a stylish, urban, revenge driven action game based in New York City's grimy underground. A dark, searing tale of corruption and murder, Max Payne combines cinematic gameplay with the latest in handheld videogame technolog...

22 November 2007
08:50 GMT

Max Payne Codes and Unlockables (PS2)

Max Payne is a third-person shooter video game developed by the Finnish company Remedy Entertainment, produced by 3D Realms and published by Gathering of Developers in July, 2001 for Windows. Ports later in the year for the Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation 2 were published by Rockstar Games. A Macintosh port was ...

22 October 2007
04:46 GMT

Max Payne Movie Teaser Surfaces. They Were Making a Movie?!

I didn't know a Max Payne movie - based on the Xbox and PC third-person shooter - was in the works. Honestly, I didn't. Who's going to throw the first rock? Don't answer that! Anyway, as it so happened that I saw a little bit of the game, I can tell you from an outsider's perspective that it&...

19 June 2007
06:37 GMT


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