Remedy Entertainment has announced that they are working on full remakes for Max Payne 1 and Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max Payne.
The Max Payne series, revolving around the titular character in a neo-noir story and a third-person shooter combat the popularised bullet time, was a big success that helped propelled Remedy to where they are today.
License right to the Max Payne IP is held by Rockstar Games, which did their own entry without Remedy by way of Max Payne 3.
“We were thrilled when our long-time friends at Remedy approached us about remaking the original Max Payne games,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games “We are massive fans of the work the Remedy team has created over the years, and we can’t wait to play these new versions.”
“Max Payne has always held a special place in the hearts of everyone at Remedy, and we know the millions of fans worldwide feel the same,” said Remedy CEO, Tero Virtala. “We’re hugely excited to be working with our partners at Rockstar Games once again for the chance to bring the story, action and atmosphere of the original Max Payne games back to players in new ways.”
The remake of Max Payne 1 & 2 will be utilising Remedy’s in-house Northlight game engine, and the development budget is being financed by Rockstar. The scale of the remake development has been described to be “in line with a typical Remedy AAA-game production.”
The Max Payne 1 & 2 remake will be a 2-in-1 release (one single title instead of two separate games) and is currently in the concept development stage, so still has yet to enter production, this is very early development. The remake is targeting a release on PS5, PC and Xbox Series X|S.