Supposedly leaked Max Payne 3 teaser is rad, chronologically unsound
A couple of weeks ago, our attention was turned to a demo reel produced by a commercial sound designer named "Bix," which, no, we imagine is not his Christian name. The reel included a 30 second teaser trailer for Max Payne 3, featuring slow-motion bullets, a mysterious masked woman, appropriately crisp sound design and a highly implausible release window of "Winter 2009." Thinking the video was just a fan project made to bolster an artistic portfolio, we thought little of it.
However, the clip's recent disappearance from the aforementioned reel (and its sudden circulation) has caused us to think otherwise. We're still not certain whether the teaser was commissioned by Rockstar, but we do know that it's hot as the sun, and waiting just behind the jump.
However, the clip's recent disappearance from the aforementioned reel (and its sudden circulation) has caused us to think otherwise. We're still not certain whether the teaser was commissioned by Rockstar, but we do know that it's hot as the sun, and waiting just behind the jump.












Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Alton Brown [ XBL: LordToastington] @ Oct 7th 2009 10:03PM
That was, admittedly, pretty rockin'. Hopefully, I'll be able to say the same of the game.
Platinum_Skeet @ Oct 8th 2009 9:56AM
I thought this game was coming out in 2010.... Yet another game to add to my library this fall...
CAHLITO @ Oct 7th 2009 10:04PM
its coming out already?
MystileArmor @ Oct 7th 2009 10:14PM
Yeah can't you tell from the teaser that it's almost done?
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RANDOM G [XBL: NYMZ777, PSN: NYMALICIOUS] @ Oct 7th 2009 10:22PM
If Max Payne 3 comes out this year, you can all take turns kicking me in the balls.
PR0F3TA (PSN - PROPHETA) @ Oct 7th 2009 10:24PM
sweet offer, but gonna have to say no chuck.
Bananarama @ Oct 7th 2009 10:25PM
Didn't they originally announce that it would be winter 2009? Like back in February? I always figured they meant December of this year. Doesn't seem too chronologically unsound to me.
Shadsy @ Oct 7th 2009 10:33PM
Except they already pushed it back to 2010.
Filthy Assistant @ Oct 7th 2009 10:44PM
The "Myserious masked woman" is pretty obviously Mona Sax.
jagger91694 @ Oct 7th 2009 11:13PM
And Max shoots her in the head?
Jason Statham (Has a ps3 now) @ Oct 7th 2009 11:28PM
That's not possible considering the fact that she dies at the end of Max Payne 2 (unless you're following the shitty happy ending where she survives).
Reuben @ Oct 7th 2009 11:53PM
WHOA I super haven't finished Max Payne 2.
Though I guess there is a statue of limitations on these things.
Jonafun @ Oct 8th 2009 9:38AM
@Reuben
I believe the word you are looking for is "statute."
Drew -- PS360: uphillbothways @ Oct 8th 2009 12:09PM
THIS POST IS RIDDEN WITH SPOILERS!!!
Who cares if Mona died at the end of Fall of Max Payne? I'm pretty sure that Max died at least twice so far in the series (followed by dream-type sequences). Also, for those keeping count, I think there were 5 dream-type sequences: between Act 1 and 2, between 2 and 3, before Act 1, between 1 and 2, and between 2 and 3 (first and second games). Only two were when he "died" though either from being force-fed V or from being shot point-blank.
I'm sure someone will tell me I'm remembering wrong though, but my point is, if they want Sax back, they'll bring her back.
Filthy Assistant @ Oct 8th 2009 9:34PM
Also it's a noir game, and people are known to come back from the "dead" pretty often in those.
Bananarama @ Oct 7th 2009 10:47PM
Oh, I never saw that.
Bananarama @ Oct 7th 2009 10:55PM
stupid comment system
SicTransit2 @ Oct 7th 2009 11:45PM
there's no way that's real. the image of max is the same static image that's on the Rockstar website, only with a pair of arms holding guns akimbo photoshopped onto the foreground. fake fake fake.
TreND @ Oct 8th 2009 12:04AM
why was he shooting that poor lady?
mars @ Oct 8th 2009 12:15AM
its obviously fake. as SicTransit said, he's static, as are the guns and the hands of the guns as he shoots. If it were real, you would see some movement in recoil. It is very well done, though
ThePhantomnaut @ Oct 8th 2009 12:16AM
That was cool. Even if Remedy is not working on it, I trusted the R* Vancouver guys on Bully and they should be fine on Max Payne 3.
NintendoJunkie @ Oct 8th 2009 2:43AM
I'm gonna call this vid potentially legit considering that the music is VERY reminiscent of some parts of the game where the suspense builds.
Time will tell.
BoBoTheChimp @ Oct 8th 2009 8:47AM
Technically, Winter starts December 21st, which is still 2009! ;)
MannPower @ Oct 8th 2009 8:57AM
As for the 'static guns' comment, I think you're discounting the very well-done bullet animations. This wouldn't be the first time animated static artwork was used to create a teaser of some kind. Not saying it's real, but the use of the artwork doesn't automatically make it fake.
ManekiNeko @ Oct 8th 2009 11:21AM
Speaking of vaporware, Alan Wake STILL hasn't been released yet, has it? It was announced three years ago and yet here we are with no Alan Wake in sight. Is this going to be one of those games like Malice that's planned as a launch title but comes out late in the console cycle and turns out horrible?
markzenegar @ Dec 29th 2009 8:03PM
Rockstar has announced that Max Payne 3 is currently in development and will be released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC this winter. Rockstar Vancouver is developing the game, which will tell the story of a retired police detective embroiled in a world of corruption, turmoil and intense violence.
If you want more detail you go at :
http://www.techarena.in/video/24597-max-payne-3-pc-game-trailer.htm