You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Rockstar Games is allegedly planning to release a Max Payne 3 remaster, bringing the frenetic Xbox 360 era shooter to modern platforms with higher resolutions, frame rates and more. Reportedly in development alongside a remaster of Grand Theft Auto 4, the upcoming remaster could bookend Remedy’s upcoming remake project. Max Payne 3 Remaster reportedly in the works According to renowned Rockstar Games insider Tez2, Rockstar is actively working on a remaster of Max Payne 3. The leaker claimed that Rockstar’s plans from “the pandemic games” included a port of the third game to modern systems alongside a remaster of GTA 4. The remaster is expected to release at a similar time as Remedy Entertainment’s Max Payne 1 and Max Payne 2 remakes. These full remakes—which we hope will include more advanced destruction physics—will allow Rockstar to re-release the entire trilogy. “It’s] is an opportunity to do a bundle or a Definitive Edition. Max Payne 1 & 2 remakes, and a Max Payne 3 port,” the Rockstar leaker told fans, via Eurogamer. While the third entry in the series has proved controversial due to a number of story choices, Rockstar undoubtedly created a fantastic game. A third-person shooter that pushed the Xbox 360 and PS3 to their absolute limits, the third game in the series had a bombastic campaign and an absolutely epic multiplayer mode. “Beneath the cinematic Rockstar gravitas, Max Payne 3 is a somewhat old-fashioned beast,” reads our original review from back in 2012. “It’s a relentless and punishing bullet-chewer with an old school health pack system, and is entirely bereft of today’s newfangled rolling XP bonuses and streams of unlocks. Max begins and ends the game with the self-same powers of slo-mo and shoot-dodge, relying on your headshot hunger and a somewhat slow-burning plot to urge you on.” For our money, the third game in the series is well deserving of a remake, even if it lacks the Sam Lake mind-bending storytelling of its predecessors. For more Rockstar news, read our breakdown of GTA 6 Trailer 2 that was captured entirely on PS5, or simply read about all the new characters that have finally been unveiled. Max Payne 3 Platform(s): macOS, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Genre(s): Action, Shooter 8 VideoGamer Subscribe to our newsletters! By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime. Share