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Microsoft have added the original Max Payne games to their Xbox Originals game library. That means you can play Max Payne and Max Payne 2 on your Xbox 360 for the nice price of 1200 MS Points.

Fetch it at Xbox Live Marketplace

According to a pressrelease issued by Rockstar Games on the 23rd March 2009, Max Payne 3 is under development by the developer Rockstar Vancouver (of Bully fame) for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Check out the Max Payne 3 page.

Sorry that we were a bit slow with the news, but we've got some admin problems after a server move, we'll be back for the important bits.

The Max Payne movie, with Mark Wahlberg as Max Payne, will release on both DVD and Blu Ray on the 20th of January. The mediums will both feature the unrated version of the film and will both be filled with extra content for your viewing pleasure. You can pick it up at your favorite video-store in a few days for the retailprice of $20 for the DVD, and $30 for the Blu Ray.

So you bought Max Payne 2, or dug it up from the huge pit you keep all your games in. Then you played through it, and it was done all too fast. It's 5 in the morning and you feel that crave for more killing, well worry no more, there's a new mod out, with 5 buttkicking levels brought to you by some of the Max Payne mod scene's best modders.

Check out the trailer at Youtube or go to the mod's homepage to download it. Enjoy!

It's a nice surprise when something gets released before the announced date. So try a fresh Max Payne 2 mod, 7th Serpent Genesis. Head over to their site to download, it's supposed to weigh in at about 250MB. 7th Serpent Site

It's been a couple of years since 7th Serpent Crossfire. Corwin has taken project lead from aavenr which is currently employed in the games industry, and has set a December 10th release for 7th Serpent Genesis. Check out the details at the 7th serpent projectpage. We'll come back with more details when the download is available.

As time goes by many people visit this site, and I realise it may be a bit hard to reach us that run this site. So if you don't want to make a comment or register in the Max Payne forums, feel free to stop by my Portfolio site, I've recently opened it so it's a bit work in progress, but you can contact me there. It's called bee-digital design, visit it here.. If you are interested in web development you might actually find it useful.

Matt also has his own site, he can fill in here. Cypress doesn't have a personal site afaik, so I won't post e-mails here due to spam.

Well, it's not really a review. But I've seen it, and I thought I'd comment on what I thought is good and bad. Mark Wahlberg was on Top Gear last night by the way, I think he's a likable bloke, but I know that everyone doesn't agree. The movie has 5,9 / 10 at IMDB now. Not too bad for an action movie.

My biggest issue with the movie is the writing and the pacing. I think the writing makes it difficult for the actors to really do a good job. There's just so much unnatural clutter in the dialogue, and the story that seems streamlined and understandable in Max Payne the game becomes confusing as you watch the movie. I didn't really mind the fact that they made the valkyries more important, I could live with that.

But I had a problem with the fact that Max Payne didn't seem very invincible, and the changes in the script threw the pace of the whole story off. It's not really until the last part that Max Payne starts to kick ass, and when you see the movie you'll see that the reason for that is something else than the game. Also, personally I didn't think Mila Kunis was believable as Mona. That turned into one of those chicks that has no place in action movies. There are very few women that are believable heroines, and sadly, Mila Kunis won't be joining them anytime soon.

All in all though, I did like the movie, but I wouldn't give it more than say 6.5 / 10. There's just something about it that's a bit slow and cheap, and I think it could have been done a lot better. But still, worth watching, especially if you liked the games.

As most of you probably have noticed now, the Max Payne movie is getting pretty bad reviews. The "average" at Metacritic is as I'm writing this 29/100. The general opinion seem to be that the movie is a confusing mix of the game's story and other elements thrown in. I guess I was stupid for hoping it was impossible to fuck up something as easy as an action-filled revenge movie :) That's what you get for having a useless scriptwriter and a mediocre director.

I personally haven't seen the movie yet, so I have some hope that it's stylish and ok, we'll see.

Yesterday I watched "The Late Night Show" with Jay Leno, whom invited Mark Wahlberg to come and talk about Max Payne the movie. No new information was given, but they did show a few clips from the movie. As I searched for the clips to share them with you I came across some more (6 in total). Of course these clips are huge spoilers, and I would like to reccomend you not to watch them to preserve your experience in the cinema. However, if you really are a hardcore fan and would like them right away click here, here, here, and here. Feel free to discuss about these clips on our forums.