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Max Payne 2 Gone Gold

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the game-unleashing dept.

Natoi writes "Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne has gone gold and will be shipping to stores on the 15th of October in the States and on the 24th in Europe. Max Payne 2 is developed by Finnish Remedy Entertainment, which sold the rights to the Max Payne name to Rockstar Games after the first game in the series a little over two years ago." Playstation 2 and XBox versions are slated for an early December release as well.

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  1. Whatever happened to the Maxx Payne lawsuit? by lightspawn · · Score: 3, Informative

    For the goldfish-memoried among you, here is the original slashdot article.

    Was the lawsuit dismissed? Was it settled? Did Rockstar arrange for the candle truck to pay Mr. Payne a visit?

  2. Take2 by new_confused_mind · · Score: 3, Informative
    Max Payne IP was sold to Take2 and not to Rockstar, which is just another Take2 'division'. From the linked page:

    Take-Two also announced that it has acquired ownership of the Max Payne brand and all intellectual property rights associated with the brand, including trademarks, copyrights, characters, perpetual license to utilize proprietary technologies, including the Max Payne game engine and associated "Bullet Time(TM)" technology, and rights to license fees from ancillary Max Payne brand extensions such as cinema, television and literary productions.

    Take-Two purchased the Max Payne property from Remedy Entertainment and Apogee Software in exchange for $10 million in cash and 969,932 shares of restricted common stock, in addition to certain future development incentives.

    Let's get things straight please.