Gaming News - October 2003
New York, NY (October 6, 2003) - Rockstar Games announced today that
Max Payne 2:The Fall of Max Payne for PC has officially gone gold and is
currently in manufacturing. Developed by Remedy Entertainment, the game
will be in stores in North America on October 15, 2003 and in Europe on October
24, 2003.
"With Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Remedy has done an incredible job
in raising the bar for technical innovation and creating a truly superb
cinematic experience," said Sam Houser, President of Rockstar Games. "With two
and a half years invested in this project, the results exceeded even our high
expectations. Everyone at Rockstar is eagerly anticipating the reaction of
gamers around the world when it hits the streets."
"Working with the vast array of talent and resources that Rockstar Games
brings to the table, we've been able to push the production values to an
incredibly high level in Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne,” said Petri
Jarvilehto, lead game designer at Remedy Entertainment. “We are confident we’ve
created a strong successor to the first game that pushes the envelope on
cinematic action and intense storytelling."
From Rockstar Games:
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne surpasses the high standards set by 2001’s
award-winning Max Payne, which revolutionized the action genre with cinematic
combat sequences fueled by groundbreaking use of slow motion and dramatic
narrative-driven gameplay, becoming one of the best-selling PC games of the
year. Console gamers were equally thrilled by the original Max Payne as it later
went on to achieve "Greatest Hits" status on the PlayStation®2 computer
entertainment system and "Platinum Hits" recognition on the Xbox video game
system from Microsoft. The original Max Payne has sold over 4 million units to
date worldwide.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne will be in stores on the PlayStation 2 and
Xbox on December 3, 2003.
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