Max Payne 3?

After churning out the great Grand Theft Auto 4 on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, and with Midnight Club LA coming very soon, what else has infamous developer Rockstar got in store for everyone? According to the Official Playstation Magazine, Rockstar is hard at work on a “new” IP based on a “cool license.”

Taking from the “cool license,” we can only assume that it’s an already-developed series that has since gone dormant or a movie license to which develop a game based around a movie.

One such game pops up to mind and it seems we are not the only ones to think its name: Max Payne 3. The successful franchise has sold over 7 million copies to date, impressive for only two games, and indeed, the series has been dormant for some time now. With the impending release of the Max Payne movie, developing and releasing a new Max Payne game could well see financial benefits to the struggling publisher Take-Two; what better time to do so than now?

Of course, this is still only speculation and is no assurance that a Max Payne 3 is in development, but keep those fingers crossed: a formal announcement may come sooner than you think.

TGR Verdict: Possible