Finske Remedy, har for nylig bekræftet, at man er startet på udviklingen af Max Payne 2!
Pressemeddelelsen er ikke særlig informativ om opfølgeren til mega-succesen Max Payne, da den mest fortæller hvor succesrig originalen har været. Uanset dette faktum er det mest interressante:
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) announced today that Rockstar Games, in conjunction with Remedy Entertainment, has begun development of Max Payne 2, a sequel to the blockbuster hit Max Payne. Max Payne 2 is expected to ship in calendar 2003.
Originally developed for the PC by Remedy Entertainment and produced by 3D Realms, Max Payne debuted as an award winning and top selling PC game in July 2001. PlayStationŽ2 and Xbox™ versions of the game were shipped in December 2001, and both achieved immediate critical and commercial success. Global shipments of the Max Payne franchise have exceeded 2.75 million units to date.
Take-Two also announced that it has acquired ownership of the Max Payne brand and all intellectual property rights associated with the brand, including trademarks, copyrights, characters, perpetual license to utilize proprietary technologies, including the Max Payne game engine and associated "Bullet Time(TM)" technology, and rights to license fees from ancillary Max Payne brand extensions such as cinema, television and literary productions.