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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
Fast-paced, highly advanced and furiously violent, Max Payne returns to reinvent the shooter genre with the most sophisticated, stylized shooting action, and a dark and deeply immersive story following one of the most iconic characters in video games. 12 years after the events of Max Payne 2, Max finds himself in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where security work is plentiful but the risks are high. But murder and betrayal dog his every step, and once again, Max is thrust into the heart of a brutal city with nothing but his weapons and his instincts in a desperate search for the truth and a way out.
