28 April 2009

By: Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor
Max Payne 1 and 2 Are Xbox Originals

Bargain price

Microsoft is announcing that the two videogames that make up the Max Payne series are now available for download via its Xbox Originals service, which is available for all those who own an Xbox 360 and have signed up for a Xbox Live account. If you are interested in picking up the two games created by Remedy Entertainment, then you need to be prepared to shell out 1200 Microsoft Points, which is around 10 dollars in real world money. Microsoft is really doing a good job of posting good games from the old times on Xbox Originals. Max Payne and its sequel, The Fall of Max Payne, were innovative in both the gameplay and the narrative category. They had one of the best early implementations of bullet time, which allowed players to slow time their enemies in order to take them out easily, while the levels and the weapons were complementing each other very well. On the narrative side, the stories were good, emphasizing the noir world around Max Payne and his own story. And, of course, they made much more sense than the Max Payne movie that came out and was, supposedly, based on the series. The Microsoft Xbox Originals release is coming hot on the heels of an announcement made by Rockstar regarding Max Payne 3, which is set to be released for the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 sometime in the winter of this year. Rockstar is quite tight lipped about the project but the initial announcement and the images released alongside it made fans of the series uncover a possible change of city away from New York and a new Max Payne, even bitter and more cynical following the events of the first two games. Playing Max Payne 1 and 2 will probably set the bar even higher for Max Payne 3, so let's hope that Rockstar will manage to create a worthy sequel.

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Rockstar Games Ships Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max Payne For the PlayStation2
NEW YORK - December 3, 2003 - Rockstar Games, the world-renowned publishing division of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that Max Payne 2:The Fall of Max Payne for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system has shipped to retail stores throughout North America. The game will be in stores in Europe on December 5, 2003 for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox video game system from Microsoft. About Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a stylish, urban, film-noir love story of a hard-boiled cop with nothing to lose and a mysterious femme fatale who holds the answers to all his burning questions. Based in New York City's grimy underground, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne surpasses the high standards set by 2001's award-winning Max Payne, which sold over 4 million units and revolutionized the action genre with cinematic combat sequences fueled by groundbreaking use of slow motion and dramatic narrative-driven gameplay. Initially launched on PC and 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 and "Platinum Hits" recognition on the Xbox. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne was released for PC in October of 2003 and for the Xbox in November 2003 in North America. The game has already achieved critical success, earning rave reviews, several editor's choice awards and nominations for game of the year. Additional information about Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is available at: http://www.rockstargames.com/maxpayne2.