Final April, it was introduced that Max Payne 1&2 are getting remade with assist from Rockstar Video games. Now, studio Treatment Leisure has stated the mission is within the subsequent stage of growth.

Sizzling off the latest success of Alan Wake 2, a latest be aware to traders outlines various titles Treatment is at the moment busy with. Whereas Management 2 remains to be within the “proof-of-concept stage,” Max Payne has “progressed into the manufacturing readiness stage.”

Non-developers like me don’t absolutely perceive what this entails, but it surely positive appears like issues are shifting ahead for the remake. The be aware goes on to say that the studio has “gained readability on the type and scope of the sport” and is assured it has an “exceptionally well-organized group engaged on it.”

Bringing the Payne as soon as extra

Launched in 2001, the primary Max Payne entry was notable for its gritty, noir storyline and Matrix-impressed bullet time mechanic. It was additionally solely the second sport by Treatment Leisure, but it surely actually put them on the map.

Following the 2003 sequel, the sequence went on hiatus till Rockstar took over the IP for the third installment, which was launched in 2012.

We nonetheless don’t know when the remake of the primary two video games will see the sunshine of day, however progress is coming alongside, it appears. We all know that each Max Payne titles might be releasing “as a single title” that may launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X|S.

With the nice and cozy reception Alan Wake 2 has acquired since launch, plenty of consideration is on Sam Lake and the group at Treatment to see the place issues go from right here. Many studying it will little doubt look ahead to a contemporary retelling of the grim story a couple of man whose title mainly means “a considerable amount of agony.”