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Remedy and Rockstar Games have announced the return of Max Payne with two new remastered versions. The first and second installments will be updated for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series.

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In this surprise announcementWe learned that Studio Remedy will be operating under Rockstar thanks to a new publishing agreement that will bring back the first two Max Payne games in new releases. The development of these new AAA games will be taken care of by studio Remedy, while the project will be funded by Rockstar.

These remakes should reflect the spirit of the originals very well, as Max Payne 1 and 2 were also developed by Remedy and published by Rockstar. Meanwhile, Max Payne 3 was entirely produced by Rockstar.

Max Payne has always held a special place in everyone’s hearts at Remedy and we know that millions of fans around the world feel the same.» little Cure CEO, Tiru Fertala.

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These new versions will be developed on Remedy’s engine, the Northlight Game Engine. This same engine was also used by the studio to create games like Control in 2019 or the new Alan Wake 2 yet to come.

The team is excited to bring the story, action, and atmosphere of the original Max Payne games to players in a new way.Fertala adds.

The project appears to be a complete rework because it will be developed on Remedy’s latest engine for new generations of consoles and PCs and will receive triple A funding. It is not yet clear if the two versions will be available. In one game, or whether it is necessary to have two different games to run the two versions.