Remedy Entertainment will be releasing a remake of Max Payne 1 +2 as one package.
The news comes from a recent announcement that stated: “ 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 remake will be released for PC, PS5, and XBOX Series X/S. The games will be made using the Northlight game engine, which has been previously used to make the very popular Control and the upcoming Alan Wake 2.
Under a new publishing arrangement, Remedy will collaborate with Rockstar to rebuild the first two Max Payne games. Rockstar will fund the project, 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. “According to Remedy.
Rockstar founder Sam Houser said:
“We were thrilled when our long-time friends at Remedy approached us about remaking the original Max Payne 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.”
To this, the CEO of Remedy Tero Virtala added:
“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.”
He added that they are very excited to “bring the story, action, and atmosphere of the original Max Payne games back to players in new ways.”
The Max Payne series for those who don’t know is a neo-noir third-person shooter named after its protagonist who is a New York City police detective turned vigilante after his family was murdered by drug addicts.
Sam Lake wrote the first two editions of the game, while Dan Houser of Rockstar Games mostly wrote Max Payne 3.
There’s no indication on when the remakes will be launched, but the project is said to be in the “concept development. stage.”
Armed with this information the fans will surely be excited and anticipating more news on the matter along with release dates, any new gameplay or changed mechanics, etc.
You can be sure we will be keeping our eyes peeled for new information regarding this news.