What’s your Xbox Avatar’s current look? A generic t-shirt with a lightsabre and cat? Come on, you can do better than that. To celebrate the slightly delayed release of Max Payne 3, Microsoft’s rolling out virtual threads and accessories that pay homage to Rockstar’s modern noir franchise. More »
How’s Max Payne supposed to shoot in May’s Max Payne 3? How’s a third-person shooter supposed to feel as good to control as a first-person shooter? More »
It’s never easy taking over an IP from somebody else. Especially when that IP is so iconic. Luckily, Rockstar Games is the sort of company who rises to a challenge and rarely lets us down. Although Max Payne has been in development for what seems like an eternity now, the closer we finally get to launch, the better and better it looks. More »
It’s long been a subject of fan speculation as to how much Rockstar Games changed Grand Theft Auto III in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. In the decade-plus since GTA III came out, rumours have abounded: cut sequences where planes hit buildings, a supposedly removed pair of Twin Towers-style skyscrapers and the erasure of children and school buses. More »
The hardest thing at the end of the year is to parse yourself from the hype you’re experiencing and think back to the games you played during the summer, the spring and yes, 2011′s early months. More »
You might be celebrating GTA III‘s 10th Anniversary by playing it on your iOS or Android device, with that version freshly out today. Rockstar’s celebrating in a different way, though. On their official site, the developer’s revealing all kinds of trivia and minutiae about the open-world crime game that put them on the map. More »
Other than the ability to absorb enough human misery to fell any three lesser men and not get addicted to all those painkillers he guzzles, Max Payne has no superpowers to speak of. When Rockstar’s hard-boiled hero cop needs to dispatch bad guys, he needs guns. Lots of ‘em. More »
For winning the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition PSN event Rockstar Games held on November 18, Florida’s Alvin Ogando walked away with a pair of custom PlayStation 3 controllers that look like someone tossed them in a clothes dryer with a black Sharpie. Congratulations? More »
Lots of people loved Jimmy Hopkins, the squinty-eyed protagonist of Rockstar’s Bully. The academic open-world title didn’t set the kinds of records that a Grand Theft Auto game does but it’s remained a favourite in the hearts of many gamers. More »
In this “design and technology video”, Rockstar takes a dive into the mechanics and game design choices behind the upcoming action shooter Max Payne 3′s targeting, movement, animation and enemy intelligence. More »
