Max Payne 3 coming to Xbox 360, PS3, PC this winter

by Justin McElroy { Mar 23rd 2009 at 8:19AM }

For all the things Mark Wahlberg has killed in his life -- The Happening, The Funky Bunch, The Happening Funky Bunch (short-lived kids show, don't ask) -- he's brought at least one thing back to life: The Max Payne series. His non-hit film adaptation will be followed by Max Payne 3, which Rockstar said will arrive in winter of this year on the 360, PS3 and PC.

Here's what Rockstar boss Sam Houser had to say about the sequel: "We're starting a new chapter of Max's life with this game. This is Max as we've never seen him before, a few years older, more world-weary and cynical than ever. We experience the downward spiral of his life after the events of Max Payne 2 and witness his last chance for salvation."

We think we speak for everyone when we ask this. ... More cynical? Really? Like, is he just stealing candy from babies and choking them to death with the wrappers?

Tags: action, max-payne, max-payne-3, pc, rockstar, take-two

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Fx.Dr @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:28AM

A thousand times HELL YES. Definitely looking forward to some more hard boiled goodness.

CH3BURASHKA @ Mar 23rd 2009 5:29PM

I agree with you; I loved the first one (it popped my 3PS cherry, if you will). However, the lettering is making me wary. Why would they change the beautiful, subtle Arial font? They better not 'f' this one up.

And where the hell is Alan Wake!!!

Also, will we see Mona again, in yet another shower scene?

CAHLITO @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:29AM

About time! I was beginning to think Alan Wake had bumped of Max Payne permanently. MP2 is definitely one of my all time favorite games. The storyline is unlike any game I've ever played

keyvon3 @ Mar 23rd 2009 6:52PM

so so true...

gamer geezer - keyvon3

linebeginstoblur @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:30AM

Is it developed by Remedy again? Or did Rockstar just pass it on to someone else?

Kyle @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:39AM

I'd guess it's not Remedy.

linebeginstoblur @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:47AM

And this is why I'm worried when I read that this is Max Payne "like we've never seen him before." I worry that it's because it's Max Payne in the way that he shouldn't be.

I pray that the developers actually even played the old games, unlike the movie studio. I loved the old games and I'm looking forward to a sequel, but I was looking forward to the movie, so... ugh...

acefondu @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:55AM

If it was made by Remedy it wouldn't come out until 2015.

Einhanderkiller @ Mar 23rd 2009 10:45AM

Max Payne 3 is being developed by Rockstar Vancouver. They were the ones who made Bully.

JCP @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:35AM

Let's hope they avoid everything from the movie, lets just say the movie happened in an alternate reality or something and should not be referenced in anyway...

the games where lovely, I remember diving though doors into a room with like 8 dudes and killing all of them in bullet time before max even touched the ground, pure hottness.

Kyle @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:40AM

Agreed, pure hotness. Can't wait to be pulling shit like that again. Just no blood trails please.

baby sea tuna @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:41AM

"Let's hope they avoid everything from the movie, lets just say the movie happened in an alternate reality or something and should not be referenced in anyway"

Sort of like the Star Wars Prequels or the last X-Men/Spider-Man movies.

Martin @ Mar 23rd 2009 10:22AM

Hey! I liked the last X-Men movie. Spider-Man 3 was another matter.

Riley @ Mar 23rd 2009 10:50PM

"Hey! I liked the last X-Men movie."

Is there something wrong with your head?

acefondu @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:35AM

Wait, downward spiral after MP2? How much further can this man go?? Well, I for one can't wait to see.

Eli Gundry @ Mar 23rd 2009 5:48PM

You're right. I mean, he's lost literally everyone, friend or foe, his apartment is gone, and he has a serious painkiller addiction.

Max Payne 3: Now with heroin?

Kyle @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:38AM

This could be the most depressing game ever. Hope it's good though. I loved the first one, one of my favourite games. Still need to finish the second one actually. This will probably make me go back and finish it.

syrik zero @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:38AM

This is good news.

Nithron @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:38AM

Isn't that a summary of Max Payne 2...?

russell @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:39AM

funny about the last comment in that blog, because i was thinking the same thing. payne is the biggest asshole ever, how can he possibly be more cynical?

carg0 @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:40AM

*laughing

"This is Max as we've never seen him before, a few years older, more world-weary and cynical than ever."

is he serious? exactly which Max Payne games has this tool been playing?

Nguyen @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:41AM

I slowly lull awakes to find myself in the depths of hell. "Where is my eternal sleep?" I asked the void. There was a smell of charred flesh stinking up the place. It might be the flaming bodies around me, or it just might be me. Suddenly something grabs hold of my feet and I feel myself being pulled deeper. Visions of those old sci-fi movies with wormholes. I was in one of those, and I was not going to like what's at the end. I finally fall through. To the third level. I find the energy to get up, shaking ashes off my jacket. "Time for another dance", I thought, as I cocked my gun.

syrik zero @ Mar 23rd 2009 9:06AM

I miss that

Dan @ Mar 23rd 2009 1:21PM

What is that from?

Nguyen @ Mar 23rd 2009 1:29PM

From me. That's the kind of stuff that comes from my head when I read about a new Max Payne game in the morning before I've had my coffee. I'll be damned if the cliche noir dialog wasn't the selling point for me.

Jack @ Mar 23rd 2009 5:34PM

How much money would it take for you to follow me around and narrate?

ImSooFlye @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:44AM

can't wait for this

GenBanks @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:45AM

"We think we speak for everyone when we ask this. ... More cynical? Really? Like, is he just stealing candy from babies and choking them to death with the wrappers?"

Haha, that's exactly what I was thinking before I got to that sentence.

To really shake things up, they'd have to do a 'Max Payne' where he's about 20 years old, thinks he can 'be someone' in the world, is happy and optimistic about life, has a romanticized ideal of homicide detective work, but comes across as slightly naive and gormless.

That being said, I'm very happy to see Max Payne 3. I need a dose of bullet time! (and no, I haven't played FEAR 2).

BlaqueBeird @ Mar 23rd 2009 10:19AM

That's probably for the best, anyway.

GenBanks @ Mar 23rd 2009 10:20AM

Yeah :p I think so too lol.

Access Granted @ Mar 23rd 2009 12:13PM

Well if you haven't played F.E.A.R. 2 you should at least rent it but to understand the story better you would have to play the first game. Don't listen to the drones that say " that's for the best anyway." F.E.A.R. is a good series and the bullet time is just icing on the cake!

theCardinal @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:48AM

My favourite Max Payne screenshot. Well played McElroy.

drdre74 @ Mar 23rd 2009 8:49AM

what ever happened to the rockstar exclusive for the PS3?

Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Mar 23rd 2009 9:01AM

L.A. Noire as of right is still Exclusive....

Bissy Boy (PSN johnnynumber5) @ Mar 23rd 2009 2:31PM

It's been said numerous times that LA Noire was never an exclusive. As far as we know that PS3 exclusive that was exchanged for GTA IV exclusivity is still un-announced. Now, its possible the game is actually LA Noire but it has never been confirmed. In fact, when jack tretton was asked by Geoff Keighley if the game was LA Noire he said that the title of the PS3 exclusive is still unannounced. That could mean LA Noire is a working title or it could mean that the game hasn't been announced.

Fane @ Mar 23rd 2009 7:27PM

Actually, I believe L.A. Noire was originally going to be co-financed by Sony and therefore an exclusive, but the deal fell through, so it became a multiplat.

However, it was made clear that it was never the (still) unnamed PS3 exclusive.

Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Mar 23rd 2009 9:00AM

Great Scott....

bout damn time!!!

takamaru @ Mar 23rd 2009 9:07AM

Oh, Max. How we missed thee....

zaglis @ Mar 23rd 2009 9:07AM

WOOO!!!!...the developer is not Remedy...hooo?

Duke @ Mar 23rd 2009 9:09AM

In all fairness, you can't blame The Happening sucking on Wahlberg - that movie would have sucked if Sean Connery played the lead. A bad script/story by Shyamalan is to blame.

Now the Funky Bunch I dunno about...

Vegeta (DAT ASS!!!) @ Mar 23rd 2009 5:07PM

I agree with this. I guess the same could be said of Max Payne the movie. I thought Whalberg did a decent job with what he was given to work with. It's just the movie sucked balls.

Dog the Body Hunter @ Mar 23rd 2009 9:12AM

I'm kind of frustraited with the direction they are taking with the franchise. I mean, at the end of Max Payne 2 he was at peace- suddenly, just to give him more charisma he needs more arbitrary tragedy heaped on?

What next, his second wife turns into a meth addict and is turning tricks to maintain her habit?

Maulok @ Mar 23rd 2009 9:19AM

I'm always nervous when they dramatically shift storyline. Hopefully this is closer to the previous games than "Splinter Cell 4: Cool Arctic Mission, Then Some Crap"

Most importantly, I hope they keep the voice over story board method of story telling in some fashion. That was always very cool and very different.