Remedy Entertainment Remaking First Two 'Max Payne' Titles

Max Payne creator Remedy Entertainment announced that it will remake the iconic Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne video games.

[Orchard]

Holy cow... Alan Wake 2 and now this... I had to double, triple check first that this wasn't some left over from April 1st.

[Christopher]

You have to be careful, Larian just put this out today https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Orchard]

Oh god... what did I just watch...

[porkChop]

That...was unexpected.

[anast]

I'm going to play that.

[neutralgamer1992]

Very excited recently bought the original to play via BC. So if I understand correctly they will make each game separately and very early stage of development. 2025-2026 at the earliest is my guess but I think these games will finally get the love and support their deserve

[iamrperry]

I’m not sure the development cycle would be that long, considering they’re not “new” games. The storyline is already there, the gameplay and the models have been mapped out.
I would think it would be next year sometime.

[neutralgamer1992]

Yeah come to think of it I think you could be right and the development could.be much shorter than a new game from ground up

Like you said they already have most of the stuff they need and they are using their in house engine so that should cut down on development time too. I do wonder if they will straight up remake or will they make some changes to story if needed

[RaidenBlack]

Northlight Engine!
Hell yeah!

[RaidenBlack]

The news generated so much traffic, it broke the website.
https://twitter.com/remedyg...

[-Foxtrot]

God I love these, super happy they are being remade

It just had that special something the third game was missing

If Renedy ever got to do another game I hope they do their own Max Payne 3: The Rise of Max Payne a timeline where Mona survives and Max stays in New York

[porkChop]

Idk if they would want to. Sam Lake was really happy with Max Payne 3. He didn't want Rockstar to just imitate Remedy's games.

[-Foxtrot]

The issue I just felt is that Max Payne 3 came off like it was a new early IP by Rockstar, they got given the Max Payne franchise and we’re like “f*** it, let’s use this and just make this new game Max Payne, we’ll work around why we’ve set it in Brazil story wise”

You don’t have to make a carbon copy but it missed s lot of things which made the franchise so good.

The best parts of the game were the flashback levels in New York

[RedDevils]

People like me love Max Payne 1+2 are usually doesn't care about 3, it's boring. It completely different game the story hit a different direction to the first two it completely ruined it imo. It's a game that have Max Payne in name but there is no Max Payne in 3 it a completely differently character with better graphic.

[mkis007]

100% I liked Max Payne 3, but it didn't feel like a Max Payne sequel. The character looked way too different and there were no connections to the other game.

[Eidolon]

Special something, probably nostalgia.. lol

[senorfartcushion]

Always is.

It’s classified as an addictive substance.

[-Foxtrot]

Not really

Those iconic comic like cutscenes

Gritty, dark setting in New York

Music was more memorable

Theme song from Poets of the Fall was better over Health

Mona was a good foil for Max and interesting but ended up being thrown away choosing the wrong ending to go off

Drenched in Noire atmosphere and story wise

[MADGameR]

I can get behind that! I am VERY excited!

[andy85]

Damn I'm excited for this. Very wary with Rockstar being involved because their reputation is awful lately. Hopefully with Remedy developing it it should be good.

[Profchaos]

Rockstar is purely financing this all the tech work is on remedy

[badz149]

just like they were only financing the GTA Trilogy. Everybody knows how THAT turned out. Plus, Remedy also had their hands on CrossFireX, right? THAT didn't turn out well either. honestly, it's really hard to be hyped by Remedy anymore these days. They are kinda misfiring left and right

[andy85]

I did say Rockstar weren't developing it but they didn't develop the recent trilogy either and they cheaped out on it. As said it should be good with Remedy.

[pietro1212]

badz149

Cross Fire being awful wasn’t Remedy’s fault that being said they have a great track record. Easily one if the best developers around and Sam Lake is a excellent writer

[ChubbyBlade]

YES. FINALLY

[RainOfTerror]

looking forward to this .. and two titles in one package, even better!

[sourOG]

I have gained a ton remedy respect for their last few games. Control was great and I’m playing through Alan wake for the first time on ps5 now. You can tell it’s dated but was also ahead of it’s time. I like it a lot. The last one before that was quantum break I think which okay but it didn’t put them on the map for me.

I can’t remember playing any max Payne games but I know I have. I like the idea of the current remedy remaking these games. They seem to have come a long way. I’d be interested in anything they make at this point. That’s until they pull a cyberpunk type deal and ruin their own reputation.

[PitbullMonster]

Dead Space, Splinter Cell and now the Max Payne Remake. Back to the roots! :D

[RosweeSon]

Good job remedy are involved as rockstar can’t release a fart these days

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

That is awesome news! I remember I was into Max Payne back in the day, during the height of my GTA fandom. They're all time classics and if remade properly, I would definitely go back to them.

[Profchaos]

Such good news these games were genre defining if you weren't around back in the day the first games legacy and impact on the industry is akin to GTA or Halo 1 with its use of bullet time.

I still hope Rockstar decide to upscale 3 at the same time it doesn't need a remake just a slight bit of polish to complete the trilogy.

[hiawa23]

I want MP 3 either remade or 4K enhanced for the Series consoles.

[Profchaos]

Yeah same. Given the long wait for it to actually receive BC making it the third last game from Rockstar's 7th gen catalogue to not be playable on X1 (the last being la noire and GTA v which both received native versions) I honestly was expecting a re release or enhanced version

[MadLad]

I. Am. All. For. This.

[chicken_in_the_corn]

These top the list of games that should be remade

[ApocalypseShadow]

Do it!... DO IT!!!

I'll even take a kung Fu mod mode. Lol

[FanboysKiller]

The good ones.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I had to check the date when I noticed the tweet for this. Some big news right here! Remedy is killing it with this and Alan Wake 2!

[HeliosHex]

Yes! Max deserves this.

[Stanjara]

Very excited, this is better than wake.

[P_Bomb]

Happy happy joy joy

[TheDreamCorridor]

Throw a Max Payne 3 remaster in there and you have a sale.

[Aussiesummer]

I was just thinking yesterday "I wish they would remake max payne 3" cause I never got around to playing it and heard it was pretty good.....next best thing I guess.

[Rhythmattic]

The first still the best.... IMHO

[MocBistro]

2022: RIP Creativity

[kingnick]

Awesome.

[ZwVw]

No Unreal Engine 5 announcement? Color me shocked.

[aaronaton]

Remedy have been downgraded from AAA to AA with Crossfire X, so it'll be interesting to see how this turns out.

[MadLad]

C'mon man.
That was throw away contract work. And the campaign was the least of that game's problems, funnily enough, being it's a multiplayer focused game.

[OG_TK_Cole]

I cant wait for these to release. A lot of the Mechanics in the Max Payne series were way a head of its time.

[babadivad]

Can we just get a QB sequel...

[MadLad]

I'd like to see it too, though I'm much more excited to see Alan Wake.
And hell, after being given the greenlight to handle proper remakes of MP 1 and 2, we may see them making an actual Max Payne 4 down the road if these do well.

They're an amazing developer. One of the best in the industry, but their games are never blowout hits. They don't have endless cashflow to work on their titles, and need to be selective on what they work on and when.
QB was really good, but it also fairly underperformed and a sequel would be risky.

We're only really getting Alan Wake 2 because the original did much better after they brought it to PC. Well that and the Tencent buy-in and a deal with EPIC.

[Muigi]

#FreeMax Payne3

[andron]

Yes, very nice indeed...

[pietro1212]

I’m excited for this. I loved what Sam Lake has done for the character. Man, we’re getting a remakes of Max Payne 1,2 and we’re finally getting Alan Wake 2. It’s a good time to be a Remedy fan

[ActualWhiteMan]

YESSSSSSS!!!!

[cluclap]

Waiting for them to announce it'll be made in UE5

[pietro1212]

They are ready stated that it will be built using their in house Northlight engine.

[isarai]

THANK GAWD it's not being handled by "Grevestreet Games", not only that a full remake?!! BY REMEDY!!!??? This is a dream come true!

[Anghellic]

more remakes instead of new games, lame

[pietro1212]

Remaking two of the greatest games ever and let’s not act like Remedy isn’t working on new games.

[babadivad]

Agreed

[MadLad]

Blame Rockstar.
They're the ones who bought the IP then never did anything with it besides Max Payne 3 and mobile ports.

Hell, if these do well, it may possibly lead into talks for Max Payne 4. Whether from Rockstar themselves, or even Remedy.

All that said, these games released 20 years ago. These could end up feeling line entirely new experiences.

[MeatyUrologist]

News just got even better when i saw they were using their own proprietary engine and making it next gen only. Can't wait! I just hope it isn't a few years out!

[brewin]

Wow, I can get behind a remaster of such great games. What's crazy is how good the OG versions hold up. They don't look mind blowing like back then. But since gameplay is king, they are still great to play! My only question is, why not just make a new one altogether? I guess they need to gauge interest? Max Payne is still well regarded as a franchise and Remedy has a good track record for the most part.

[mark_parch]

Now this is news to get excited about

[DFresh]

:D

[Fonsecap]

I'm glad that they're remaking these two amazing titles, but, this remake busines have to stop, developers are struggling with creativity and we are having less and less new ip's, and recent ones are not that great... Saying that I still prefer remakes of good games then bad ip's/games.

[Leathersoup]

This is awesome! The first thing I thought when I played Control was that I wanted Remedy to remake Max Payne in that engine. Dreams do come true!!!

[Exthun]

Felt robbed on the first one, don't want to remember that game.

[Germaximus]

Shoulda done 3 as well

[FPS_D3TH]

This makes me so happy! Always said the originals deserve a remake! Really hope they can get the original voice actor and keep his likeness from 3 the same. As much as Sam Lake likes to impersonate Max since it was his likeness that was used for the first game, I find that shit eating grin to be just a bit too goofy and out of place for a game with such dark, moody and noire tones. Either way I’m stoked. Control showed us remedy can create an engine with a ton of destructible objects with great physics that could be used to make some amazing set pieces to shoot up!

[JustJaeger]

cant wait to sink my teeth back into this world