Wednesday, April 6th 2022
Remedy Entertainment and Rockstar Games to Remake Max Payne 1 & 2
Remedy Entertainment, the creators of Max Payne, are pleased to announce that they will remake the iconic Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne video games in a new development agreement with Rockstar Games. The relationship between Remedy and Rockstar Games dates back to the original release of the critically acclaimed Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne games, developed by Remedy and published by Rockstar Games. Both games left an indelible mark in popular culture, lauded for their neo-noir atmosphere, groundbreaking storytelling and "bullet-time" gunplay.
"We were thrilled when our long-time friends at Remedy approached us about remaking the original Max Payne games," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games "We are massive fans of the work the Remedy team has created over the years, and we can't wait to play these new versions." "Max Payne has always held a special place in the hearts of everyone at Remedy, and we know the millions of fans worldwide feel the same," said Remedy CEO, Tero Virtala. "We're hugely excited to be working with our partners at Rockstar Games once again for the chance to bring the story, action and atmosphere of the original Max Payne games back to players in new ways."
Under the development agreement signed today, Remedy will develop the games as a single title for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S using its proprietary Northlight game engine. The game's development budget will be financed by Rockstar Games, the size of which will be in line with a typical Remedy AAA-game production. Under the agreement, Remedy has a royalty opportunity after Rockstar Games has recouped its development, marketing, and other costs for distributing and publishing the game.
The project is currently in the concept development stage.
"We were thrilled when our long-time friends at Remedy approached us about remaking the original Max Payne games," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games "We are massive fans of the work the Remedy team has created over the years, and we can't wait to play these new versions." "Max Payne has always held a special place in the hearts of everyone at Remedy, and we know the millions of fans worldwide feel the same," said Remedy CEO, Tero Virtala. "We're hugely excited to be working with our partners at Rockstar Games once again for the chance to bring the story, action and atmosphere of the original Max Payne games back to players in new ways."
The project is currently in the concept development stage.
32 Comments on Remedy Entertainment and Rockstar Games to Remake Max Payne 1 & 2
Just don't be woke ffs.
Now all we need is NFS 1, nfs 2, nfs 3, and nfs high stacks and porshe unreleased remake from EA, but i don't think they're listening to the community.
The good - it's Remedy so the odds of it being proper remake are very good. They're using the same engine that was used for Control, so it will look great.
The bad - Rockstar's dirty paws, they'll probably force some sort of Max Payne Online on us, knowing them. Apart from that it's not a new IP, not even a new story. I'd rather see something new instead of rehashed ideas.
Also the games don't need a remaster at all, the work perfectly fine on modern system, but i guess it's nice for people with retro graphics allergies.
I am guessing a remaster here, better textures to run on those 21:9 ultrawide monitors these days :)