Max Payne 3 will be headed to PC internationally on June 1st, with an official PC trailer coming soon. Until then, Rockstar has released three new PC screenshots in high-def 2560x1578 quality - they are, quite simply, beautiful.
Furthermore, PC World has snagged an exclusive interview with Rockstar regarding the PC version:
What are you doing to take advantage of the powerful hardware available in a PC?
As you can see from the specs list, we’ve worked hard to make sure the game will run smoothly on a wide range of PC builds. But it’s when you get towards the top end of that range that you can really push a game to its limits, and the game will look and run incredibly on the most advanced current machines around at the moment and well into the near future.
You’ll find that screen resolution is scalable, there’s triple and even sextuple monitor support which helps to run higher screen resolutions, there’s various anti-aliasing options, scalable water quality, scalable shadow quality, increased detail for characters and vehicles and a scalable texture filter that further increases visual quality. We’re also supporting DX11 with Max Payne 3, with features including Hull/Tessellation/Domain Shaders (which adds curvature to the character/vehicle models), Gather4 (for optimized shadow sampling / FXAA), Geometry shader / Stream Output and DX11 texture samplers to name a few.
See the full article on PC World's website; it's an interesting read which describes the effort that's been put in to ensuring Max Payne 3 will be every hardcore PC gamers dream-come-true. This is no lame console-to-PC adaption, this is a fully-fledged spec-stretching hardcore PC game!
That being the case, might be best to ensure your PC is up to the challenge:
LOWEST TESTED SPECS
Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Intel Dual Core 2.4 GHZ or AMD Dual Core 2.6 GHZ, or better
2GB System RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce 8600 GT 512MB RAM
or AMD Radeon™ HD 3400 512MB RAMLOW RECOMMENDED SPECS
Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Intel Dual Core 3GHz or AMD equivalent
3GB System RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce 450 512MB RAM
or AMD Radeon™ HD 4870 512MB RAMHIGH RECOMMENDED SPECS
Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
Intel i7 Quad Core 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent
3GB System RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce 480 1GB RAM
or AMD Radeon™ HD 5870 1GB RAMHIGHEST TESTED SPECS
Windows 7/Vista (64 bit)
Intel i7 3930K 6 Core x 3.06 GHZ
or AMD FX8150 8 Core x 3.6 GHZ
16GB System RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680 2GB RAM
or AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 3GB RAM
The Official Soundtrack for Max Payne 3 is not available digitally through iTunes. For a mere $9.99 you can have all the moving atmospherical music from the game, including a bonus song by Brazilian MC Emicida produced exclusivly for the game.
The original soundtrack for Max Payne 3 is composed by HEALTH, the L.A. noise band whose non-symmetrical sounds have garnered critical acclaim from the music press and fans around the world. Mixing their signature percussive undertones and synth effects, HEALTH has created a dark and driving soundscape that perfectly reflect Max’s blurred and frayed mental state. HEALTH discard conventional balanced compositions and inject their signature melancholy noise pop into a score that helps propel Max as he transitions between his dark present and tragic past, giving each their own distinctive feel, while staying true to the heavy atmosphere of the Max Payne series.
Tracklist:
- Sampa - HEALTH
- Shells - HEALTH
- Painkiller - HEALTH
- Blasphemy - HEALTH
- Max: NJ - HEALTH
- Torture - HEALTH
- Max Docks - HEALTH
- The Girl - HEALTH
- Max: Kill - HEALTH
- +90 - HEALTH
- Fabiana - HEALTH
- Max: Favela - HEALTH
- Dead - HEALTH
- Guns - HEALTH
- Max: Panama - HEALTH
- The Imperial Palace - HEALTH
- 16 230 - HEALTH
- U.F.E. - HEALTH
- Combat Drugs - HEALTH
- Pills - HEALTH
- Future - HEALTH
- Max: Finale - HEALTH
- Birth - HEALTH
- Severin - HEALTH
- Pain - HEALTH
- Tears - HEALTH
- 9 Circulos - Emicida
Max Payne 3 will be finding its way into the hands of eager fans within the next 6 hours, with midnight launches happening around the country and pre-orders being sent out shortly after. Europe and Australia will have to hold their excitement back until this Friday (18th May) and PC gamers have a slightly longer wait. So if you have any American friends, might be best to not take their calls for a few days.
The first of three chapters from Marvel developed Max Payne 3 comic book series, "After the Fall", is now available to download and read freely from the official Max Payne website.
Beginning with a confrontation at a dive bar in Hoboken from Max Payne 3, "After the Fall" then flashes back to tell the story of Max's troubled upbringing - shedding new light on Max's life through key events from Max Payne and Max Payne 2.
If you're interested in scoring a printed version of the "After the Fall", be sure to fill out the entry form on the Max Payne comics page. Rockstar will be giving away ten copies per week to lucky Social Club members - only until the end of June though, so don't miss your chance to win!
GTTV's Special Episode covering Max Payne 3 is now online. It includes interviews with members of the Rockstar creative team as well James McCaffrey - the voice of Max Payne himself - new story and multiplayer details, and never-before-seen footage from the 'Nighclub' level.
See more at GameTrailers.
Rockstar and Marvel Custom Studios have announced a partnership to create a 3-part Max Payne 3 comic series to be released in digital and limited print form. The series is written jointly by Dan Houser and Remedy's Sam Lake; Lake wrote the original two games and Houser wrote the third game. The artwork for the comics is done by Greg Horn and Fernando Blanco. The series covers the events in and around both Max Payne and Max Payne 2, leading up to Max Payne 3. It will also shed new light on Max's early years. The first comic, "After the Fall", will be released in the next few weeks for free via the Max Payne 3 official website.
The fourth video in the Max Payne 3 Design and Technology series has been released. The video features an in-depth look at the upgraded bullet time mechanic in Max Payne 3.
Tomorrow April 12 at noon eastern marks the release of the next Design and Technology video for Max Payne 3. This video will cover the overhauled bullet time mechanic.
As a reminder: also releasing tomorrow is Max Payne 1 mobile for iOS devices!
Rockstar has shared a very special recording of the Max Payne 3 theme with us and asked that we pass it along to you guys. Enjoy!
Thanks Rockstar!
