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
If content is too obviously muzzled because of that Im not spending a single cent on it.
Art is very often defined by the fact it has elements that cause people to think, and perhaps adjust their stance on notions they had, or how they looked at things. Art is quite often really supposed to challenge and perhaps even insult some part of you. You might see it, you might not, and admittedly this often requires a bit of insight or intelligence - or even an idea of 'what it was like at the time' to accept it. In the case of Max Payne I think the game's original style is a very specific one, and one the game needs, including all of its 'less acceptable' things.
Modern day it's "woke".
I have incredibly conservative family from Appalachia, that I don't associate with for these reasons. They are incredibly ignorant, uneducated, hateful, sexist and racist. But they are at church every Sunday, "trying to be better people" and at the Trump rallies, when he comes to town.