Rockstar Games has just announced that Max Payne 3 will be released in Winter 2009 for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Rockstar is promising “classic elements and hyper-intense action” but a new direction to the Max Payne story. “We’re starting a new chapter of Max’s life with this game,” said Sam Houser, Rockstar Games, in the company’s statement. “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.”

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If you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen what’s really worth seeing… all two minutes of it. The stylistic action relies heavily on gratuitous slow motion and close-ups of Mark Wahlberg’s bewildered facial expressions, as if he’s constantly wondering what he’s gotten himself into. For such a dark and violent story about a troubled detective whose wife and daughter were murdered, the film is in dire need of a bloody upgrade to an R-rating. But since PG-13 equates to bigger bucks, we’re left with a Max Payne that evokes moderate pain. (more…)

Make sure you stick around until after the credits of Max Payne. There is an extra scene after the credits that sets up a sequel. During the credits there are animations of explosions from guns being fired and glass shattering.

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