Take-Two & its subsidiary Rockstar Games announced that Max Payne 3 will arrive for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 & PC in winter 2009.
Max Payne 3 is being developed by Rockstar Vancouver. They will apparently not be straying far from Remedy's original formula (the developer of the former Max Payne games), however, as Max Payne 3 again sees the titular retired NYPD veteran battling both internal demons as well as those that plague the city's streets.
"We're starting a new chapter of Max's life with this game," commented Rockstar cofounder Sam Houser in a 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."
Rockstar did not delve into specific gameplay details, and did not mention the series' genre-defining "bullet-time" slow-motion technique. The publisher merely noted that "the latest installment delivers more of the classic elements and hyper-intense action that fans have come to love," as Gamespot.com reports.
