{"id":13918,"date":"2011-09-08T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"max-payne-3-release-window-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/13918-max-payne-3-release-window-announced","title":{"rendered":"Max Payne 3 release window announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, has announced the release window for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockstargames.com\/maxpayne3\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Max Payne 3\">Max Payne 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The title is expected to be launching on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 in March 2012 in South Africa, Europe and North America.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Max Payne 3 gave us an amazing creative opportunity to evolve one of our most iconic characters,&rdquo; said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re excited to show fans a modern version of Max that pulls them back into his dark and twisted story.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Max Payne 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Max Payne 3 continues the tale of former New York City detective, Max Payne. Still haunted by the memories of his traumatic past, Max begins a new life working private security protecting a wealthy industrialist and his family in Sao Paulo, Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>When gangs target the family under his protection, Max is forced to fight to save his clients and clear his name, in a bid to, once and for all, rid himself of the demons that have tortured him for far too long.<\/p>\n<p>Picking up where the release of Max Payne 2 from series creator Remedy Entertainment left off, Max Payne 3 is a cross-studio collaboration between Rockstar Games&rsquo; global development teams.<\/p>\n<p>The game utilizes Natural Motion physics and a new iteration of Rockstar&rsquo;s own Rockstar Advanced Game Engine. &#8220;The result offers highly-refined gameplay, with an extensive range of realistic weaponry, an intelligent cover system and sophisticated Bullet-Time mechanics,&#8221; states Rockstar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Payne_3_Screenshot_1_236030710.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to a single-player campaign, Max Payne 3 will be the first title in the series to introduce a multiplayer experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Max Payne 3&rsquo;s multiplayer aims to deliver a compelling experience that dynamically alters maps and mode progression for all players in a match. Along with traditional multiplayer modes, Max Payne 3 will also include a deep reward and leveling system, persistent clans and multiple strategic load-out options,&#8221; said Rockstar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Payne_3_creative_367335008.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"770\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/17450-Max-Payne-3-release-window-revealed\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Max Payne 3 release window announced\"><strong>Max Payne 3 release window announced<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt; Comments and views<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shave your heads, load up your akimbo Uzis, pop some pain pills, and get ready to do everything in stylish slow motion <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}