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No Game is Worth $60

That title is pretty much the summation of this entire article. Now before you start in on me, please understand that I am not speaking about the “quality” of any game. I am also not speaking to the price a game costs to make, which has obviously gone up. Nor am I about to tell you that you should pirate games; that is bad for the industry and illegal. And finally, I am not about to harp on about how every game should be free to play, because they should not. So what am...

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Max Payne Local Justice Pack Now Available

Rockstar Games has released their 1st piece of Max Payne 3 DLC as promised and the Local Justice Pack is available for download right now. This content will provide players with 3 additional maps based off of the games final chapters which are The Imperial Palace, Departure Lounge and 55th Battalion HQ . Players will also receive the new M4 assault rifle and attachments, the light fingers item for faster looting, a Sao Paulo Police MP faction and applicable...

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9.5Max Payne 3 – No Medication Needed

In the 9 years following the previous Max Payne game quite a lot has changed. Leaving New York City and the DEA behind in favor of a private security job for the wealthy Branco family in Sao Paulo, Brazil, our hero has sunk lower and lower in life pressured by the constant overhanging guilt of his wife and daughters death. Max is now addicted to pain killers and an avid alcoholic, often getting drunk on the job and leaving it up to his new friend from the police academy...

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MLG & Rockstar Team Up for Max Payne 3

Major League Gaming and Rockstar games are teaming up to bring gamers a exibition of the online prowess of Max Payne 3s mulitplayer and will be broadcasting a tournament that took place on May 5th between 16 of the worlds most recognizable gamers. The players took place in 4 on 4 team deathmatches for a total cash prize of $30,000, featured gamers included Mike Cavanaugh and Tom “T’Squared” Taylor and other top gamers from MLG. We designed Max Payne 3...

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Rockstar Announces DLC plans for Max Payne 3

Rockstar Games has announced it DLC plans for Max Payne 3 and they are taking a whole new approach to how and when gamers can guarantee themselves access. The game will feature a DLC Pass which will grant those who purchase it a 35% discount off of the full retail price of DLC. Xbox 360 owners can gain access to this revolutionary pass for 2400 Microsoft points while Playstation 3 owners will pay the $29.99 equivalent, gamers who go this route will have access to all of...

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Max Payne 3 Design and Technology Video Series

Brad Beach and myself were lucky enough to get our hands on this game for a long time at PAX East as well as an awesome Q&A with some of the developers. Look for our joint preview very soon and until then, here’s the Design and Technology video series going over everything from weapons to targeting to bullet-time. Enjoy!

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Video: Max Payne 3 – Official Trailer

Alright, now we get to see some story for Max Payne 3. Fabiana, Rodrigo Branco’s beautiful young wife, is kidnapped while under Max’s protection. Time for bullets and pills as he bullet times his way to getting her back, all the while dealing his own personal demons.

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PSA: One Week Left to Preorder Max Payne 3 LE

Ouch! Ahh! Oooh! It hurts! That’s some Maximum Payne i’m going through. Cheesy jokes asides, Rockstar Games next best seller Max Payne 3’s March 6th release date is nearing ever closer, the the doomsday clock is ticking down. What doomsday clock you ask? The one for securing your copy of the limited edition. Rockstar is cutting off all preorders for this $99 version of the game January 15th, so you better get moving down to your local game retailer. Now...