Rockstar has already set its sights on their next project once that small game known as Grand Theft Auto IV is released at the end of April.
Sources close to Rockstar are hinting that the developer is currently working on a new Max Payne title that will release in 2009 on the 360 and PS3. The release is expect to be simultaneous with the Hollywood debut of the Max Payne movie. After a conference call to its investors revealed that Rockstar would be working on a major sequel after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, this rumor of a new Max Payne game has surfaced.
The original Max Payne games drew a lot of attention to its dark, adult themes, as well as the incorporation of "bullet time" for the first time in a game eventually leading to many spin-offs of the same technology. Although Max Payne is the front runner for this new sequel, other games in Rockstar’s library that could be receiving a sequel include Bully and Manhunt.
The Max Payne movie began production earlier this year and already has signed on Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis for two of the primary roles in the movie. The movie along with the game are working toward a release date in 2009.