Max Payne 3 Announced For Next Winter

tordavis writes with news that Rockstar Games has announced Max Payne 3 is in the works for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. It's currently planned for this coming winter. Quoting the news release: "'We're starting a new chapter of Max's life with this game,' said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. '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.' Since leaving the NYPD and New York itself behind, Max has drifted from bad to worse. Double-crossed and a long way from home, Max is now trapped in a city full of violence and bloodshed, using his weapons and instincts in a desperate search for the truth and a way out."

Alternative ending in Max Payne 2

[Knacklappen]

Hmmm, I wonder how this connects to the alternative ending in Max Payne 2? I was very glad to see that after having fought through all three difficultiy levels, you got rewarded with an alternative ending in which the bullet missed Mona Sax's heart. She doesn't die, they kiss and the whole game ends on a cautiously optimistic tone. I always felt that this was how the game was supposed to end, that this was the ultimate reward for Max: finally a slim chance of happiness. Now they seem to disregard this and cast poor Max once again into darkness and dispair. Hmmm... I don't know...

Aliens don't belong in an Indiana Jones movie

[Anonymous Coward]

We all know what they did to Indiana. And we all know what they are going to do to Max Payne.

Enough is enough. I am not going to stand for it.

Next video game should be about corporate douchebags who ruin cultural icons, and how you have to fight your way through their mansion, 'beyond the goblin city', to take back the child they have stolen.

Re:Hmmm

[Moryath]

No kidding. The first game was cool and inventive; the second was rehashed dreck, devoid of meaningful plot and saddled with far too many little "add-on" mechanics that served only to detract from the gameplay experience.

Remember, game designers: more complicated != more fun. In fact, it's usually the opposite.