First Max Payne 3 screenshots emerge

  • Posted June 23rd, 2009 at 22:38 EDT by Adam Dolge
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The first few screens of Max Payne 3 show us a more mature and weathered Max in a Brazilian city that appears to be, shall we say, a tropical paradise?

Max Payne 3 takes place 12 years after the events of the previous title. Rockstar Games’ third-person shooter brings Max to São Paulo, Brazil, where he’s now employed in the private sector, working for a rich local family. The screens show our rough-and-tough protagonist gunning down thugs in the slums of Brazil. We mostly have back shots of Max, but he still appears fit enough to walk around the South American city with guns blazing.

We’ve included a few screenshots below. To view all six of the screenshots in high resolution, check out our Max Payne 3 image gallery.

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Max Payne 3 is due out for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC this fall.

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  1. Beasley2K

    • 10:40pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    The graphics are quite good, but I haven't played the original two and this game isn't for me. Looks interesting, but it's not something I would particularly enjoy. Some good screens, though.

  2. PS3!!!!!

    • 10:49pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

     graphics arent too bad.. im gonna keep my eye on this one.. possibly a rent when it comes out

  3. Snoopy_16

    • 10:56pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    first of all i've seen these pictures like 2 weeks ago and second that guy looks nothing like Max Payne it's ridiculous it's like Playing God of War 3 with Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell... i think the game could be really awsome the only problem with it it's the name...

  4. Dreck

    • 10:59pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    Seriously, stop thinking that all Brazillian citys are like that, because just Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo are like that. Brazil is pretty much like USA, each region have their own characteristics, so stop thinking that we are a bunch of shantytown dwellers, because we are not.

  5. Rapture

    • 11:00pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    ... Is that Max?

     

    WTF?!?! It looks nothing like him!

  6. theunleashed666

    • 11:01pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    whoa!!!!

    what the f***happened to you max

  7. mortada

    • 11:02pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    nice visuals,remind me of uncharted,the first parts are great let`s hope this one will live up to the sequel`s reputaion

  8. jack2pot

    • 11:06pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    maxy... MAXY... what happened to you ? a nose job .. ?

  9. theunleashed666

    • 11:10pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    @jackpot2

    no he's bald and pick up some weight

     

  10. Thorzilla

    • 11:14pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

     That's what happens when your life crumbles...

  11. Fiddlesworth

    • 11:16pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    If you replaced the beard with Max's hair, I still don't think it'd look like Max.

  12. CommanderWar

    • 11:19pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    Max is the original slow-motion master. Cant wait to slow down on the ps3.

  13. supamariobrotha

    • 11:30pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    the first 2 games were amazing so i cant wait for this now all we need is a new syphon filter game

  14. TekkenLord

    • 11:35pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    looks nice, hope the game play is just like the first two max payne.

  15. Strudel

    • 12:19am BST - June 24th, 2009

    The devs put his hair on upside down! Graphics look good, but who knows what the rest will be like

  16. Lusteralchemist

    • 12:20am BST - June 24th, 2009

     Is this a joke? Where's Max Payne?

  17. jamesobachand

    • 12:52am BST - June 24th, 2009

    Max Payne and I have something in common.  We both put on a little healthy weight. LOL!!!!

  18. Stewie Skywalker

    • 12:53am BST - June 24th, 2009

     He looks like Jeff Bridges from Iron Man.

  19. 6toes

    • 12:59am BST - June 24th, 2009

     Graphics look good but I have to say the I am EXTREMELY dissapointed by the shift in style and the appearance of Max...this just doesn't look like Max Payne to me...

  20. theunleashed666

    • 1:05am BST - June 24th, 2009

    I hope they deliver on this one  i liked the first two and they were awesome

    I'm hoping It's awesome and is a respectivly sequel

  21. DeanoIV

    • 1:06am BST - June 24th, 2009

    The screens look really good. The game looks inspired by Uncharted, especially the screen with the pirate-type guys in the distance.

  22. Krispavera

    • 1:06am BST - June 24th, 2009

    Seems like aging hero is the new trend these days..

  23. NeauxFear

    • 1:14am BST - June 24th, 2009

    Max Payne looks different. It looks like all the hair jumped of his head and landed on his face.

     

  24. Ryuuchi10

    • 1:26am BST - June 24th, 2009

    Manure in the farm field...That's all I've got say about this game...

  25. germinator12

    • 1:31am BST - June 24th, 2009

     oh nooo..i dunt wanna play wit some fat bald guy...that all the hair on his body raced to his chin...wat happen to max...the imitiain neo.....oh boy !!!!

  26. Stevie

    • 2:35am BST - June 24th, 2009

    What happened to the dark alleys?

  27. cliffv12

    • 3:10am BST - June 24th, 2009

    did not anyone notice that this takes place 12yrs after the last title??  perhaps that would answer your questions about why he looks different.  I personally cant wait for this title.  Game Informer had a nice write up about it with some nice screen shots too.

  28. kak828

    • 3:23am BST - June 24th, 2009

    umm it looks very similar to uncharted ... probably due to it's setting

  29. theunleashed666

    • 3:26am BST - June 24th, 2009

    @23

    hahaha

    laughed so hard

  30. KZ3000

    • 3:30am BST - June 24th, 2009

    @22 unfornetly yes...XD

    Most all decent characters on videogames are turning older very faster nowadays...

    But why Max Payne? its kinda cool seeing them turning older in sequels but like this way i dont like it...

    Them why on this world Mario or Zelda are always on the same age group? XD

    there are stuff i just cant understand...XD

  31. Byuu

    • 3:49am BST - June 24th, 2009

    If you haven't played the first two and have a ps2 or PC play them they have the most amazing stories and gameplay. You will never forget it.

  32. Mr210-db-

    • 6:53am BST - June 24th, 2009

    Ok... Where Is his trade Mark Trench Coat... I know MAX and he wouldnt leave the House without it... It looks like the PS3 version of Splinter Cell Conviction!!

  33. deathclutch101

    • 7:07am BST - June 24th, 2009

    these pics are old saw them in game informer and He looks old because it set 12 years later 

  34. NeOne303

    • 7:57am BST - June 24th, 2009

    Thats cos the origional Max had a square head... Polygon features lol

  35. ziyad1mad

    • 8:03am BST - June 24th, 2009

    the 1st picture looks real! n y is the guy sum fat person?

  36. Eltimas

    • 9:04am BST - June 24th, 2009

    Who remembers the awesome movie of Max Payne. Lol the movie was so good that I slept through half of it in the theaters.

     

  37. Phyx06

    • 9:41am BST - June 24th, 2009

     12 years doing tan sessions.

  38. stemon

    • 12:57pm BST - June 24th, 2009

    ooh very uncharted but with a more serious protagonist to run round as bring it on ! Uncharted 2 is gna be awesome btw I aint sayin that nathan drake sucks he rocks :)

  39. PS3-The Ultimate Machine

    • 1:30pm BST - June 24th, 2009

     You know the funny thing with all the ppl here sayin that "this isn't how Max payne should look like"They are ALL gonna buy it on day one,cuz let's face it it's R*,when have they EVER made a game that hasn't shifted millions of copies?That's right boys and girls NEVER.I also thought that R* would make GTAIV very gloomy when i saw the first trailer,but things have changed since then,haven't they,R* never dissappoints,and i'm pretty sure this is another AAA title coming from them.

  40. Radha

    • 4:24pm BST - June 24th, 2009

    oh man, the art design is not that of the series, and why is he so FAT? sunny day open world, pst , they just fckup max payne

  41. GhettoYou

    • 4:54pm BST - June 24th, 2009

    Just wait till you've seen more of the friggin game before ya'll judge it.. I tend to see more before I tell what I think.. but it's lookin interestin' alright. Probably alot of memory-flash-backs and cool story to come with this one too.. :)

  42. hillybilly

    • 6:03pm BST - June 24th, 2009

    max has had plastic surgery. Oh dear.

  43. centenaryman

    • 9:28pm BST - June 24th, 2009

    Oh Dear!

    This looks nothing like a Max Payne game. The originals were dark, oppressive stories of revenge based on film-noir type setting.

  44. dh88274

    • 11:18pm BST - June 24th, 2009

    Is it me or do these screen shots remind anyone else of the new splinter cell games. I just hope it feels like the old MP games.

  45. jaafar47

    • 6:23am BST - June 25th, 2009

    the graphics is good but is this max ???

  46. arturokazama

    • 3:55pm BST - June 25th, 2009

    this pictures looks a lot like a splinter cell double agent, max payne is sam fisher? or what¨?

  47. headstrong24

    • 4:31pm BST - June 25th, 2009

    this game looks really good.  the graphics look amazing and it sounds fun to me.  i am looking forward to this game

  48. bigbossakajack

    • 12:50pm BST - June 26th, 2009

    looks like... a shooter. the entire style of max payne is gone. like totally.

    hope remedys absence isn't going to be to much of a problem

  49. princevegeta1980

    • 4:51pm BST - June 29th, 2009

    I would of prefered a sequal closer to the original 2 max paynes, hope we get to know what happened to max during the 12 years! I doubt this 3rd sequal will be as good as the other 2, I'll miss the darkness of max payne.

  50. Formula

    • 11:51pm BST - June 29th, 2009

    Seriously man? Max looks all f***** up and ugly. Wow..They totally ruined the entire series for me...

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    Release date (US):
    Q4 2009
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