Remedy Not Returning to Max Payne Series
Remedy currently has it’s hands full with it’s new IP, Alan Wake. While the title releases this May, many are wondering if Remedy will ever go back to it’s beloved Max Payne series. Well, we have some bad news for you.
Remedy has revealed that they will not be returning to Max Payne after Alan Wake releases. The next Max Payne title, Max Payne 3, is in development at Rockstar Games. Oskari Hakkinen, who is head of franchise at Remedy, had this to say on the Max Payne/Rockstar relationship.
“We sold the IP to Rockstar who are now doing their interpretation of Max Payne. I haven’t seen it. I mean, I’ve seen the screenshots [of Max Payne 3], and you know what? Rockstar don’t make bad games. Rockstar make awesome games, and, rightly so, they’re going to make their own interpretation of Max Payne and it’s not going to be a Remedy game. But it’ll be awesome, because it’s going to be Rockstar. It’ll be interesting to play it and see their interpretation. [Remedy head writer] Sam Lake is the brainchild behind the Remedy version, so Rockstar should make their own interpretation of that.”
Max Payne 3 releases Q4 2010 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
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4 Responses to “Remedy Not Returning to Max Payne Series”
I used to love Max Payne. I saw some screens for Max Payne 3 and it looked different from the previous titles, so I’m not sure if this one’s ..
well I know Max Payne 3 is supposed to take place many years after the second ended so it should look different to reflect the current situation Max is in, whatever that may be…either way I’m more than happy that Rockstar is in charge of the game instead of Remedy. They both make great games but having Rockstar behind it might mean a more open world game (though I don’t think Max Payne would fit the sandbox genre).
I hope it’ll be not TOO open world… I like the GTA series and stuff, but Max Payne is not GTA. I hope they’ll stay a little with the old gameplay of Max Payne, I really loved those games…
i just hope they are making Max Payne 3, not GTA: Max Payne