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Max no longer a payne for 3D Realms
May 24th 2002, 18:09 CEST by Matt Davis

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. has Announced Max Payne 2 Is In Development, and in something of a surprise they've also purchased Max Payne's Intellectual Property Rights from Remedy Entertainment and Apogee Software for the measly sum of $10 million in cash and 969,932 shares of restricted common stock.

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.

You can see the full statement here

So is this some pocket money for George and Scott? Does this to allow DNF to stay in development for longer? or did Apogee decide that theres room for only one virtual ego in the office?

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#322 by jjohnsen
2002-06-01 02:19:11

Like that but with a little organization.

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#323 by jjohnsen
2002-06-01 02:19:40

I know, I'm picky

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#324 by LPMiller
2002-06-01 03:02:45

you could *cough* try a little website *cough* we like to call Got Apex, and hit the deals page, or the coupon database. Seems like a *ahem* decent enough site, I suppose.

*whistles*

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#325 by crash
2002-06-01 03:06:13

you forgot the </pimpage> tag, LP.

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#326 by LPMiller
2002-06-01 03:23:39

Fuck, I always screw that up.

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#327 by jjohnsen
2002-06-01 03:29:14

Actually that is very similar to the one I was looking for.

All its missing is a random LP quote generator.

Thanks

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#328 by LPMiller
2002-06-01 03:56:12

Actually, the quote generator runs Monday through Friday, and occasionally on the weekend.

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#329 by _Fury_
2002-06-04 19:24:05

Ok, back to the main topic for a minute.

Last night I sat down in the living room to play some games on the ol' XBox. I settled upon Max Payne and started playing. My wife came in and sat down next to me and started working on some project (work-related, if you must know). After a minute she looks up at the TV and says, "ahh, you're playing Max Payne". Now, it's important to understand - she just has no interest in games. It's not that she doesn't like them, they just don't register on her radar at all. I can convince her to play DOA3 for about 10 minutes when guests are over and everyone is playing, but that's it. Yet, somehow, she knew who Max Payne was. She knew from last time I had played (on the PC even!) at least six months ago. It stuck with her. I'm still not sure I ever told her, "honey, this consitpated man's name is Max". She just knew. (cue eerie music)

I'm not sure that's worth 40 mil, but it's gotta be worth something.

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#330 by Matthew Gallant
2002-06-04 20:20:48

Why did you get the X-Box version when you had already played the PC version?

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#331 by _Fury_
2002-06-04 20:36:01

XBox version is a rental, rental was free, I enjoy playing games on my TV far, far more than I like playing them on my computer.

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#332 by Martin
2002-06-04 21:00:05

#240 by Bailey

I think he wants someone to buy him the Indiana Jones DVD set.

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Funniest shit I've read in a long time.

Although the Max Payne MMORPG was fun as well. Just not as funny.

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#333 by Foodbunny
2002-06-04 21:46:41

Uh, Fury, have you seen the TV ads for Max Payne? 'Cause I have, over and over and over. She might have too.

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#334 by _Fury_
2002-06-04 22:20:13

I haven't. I don't watch TV though. At all. Ever.

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#335 by Mad_Dog
2002-06-05 10:43:55

I enjoy playing games on my TV far, far more than I like playing them on my computer.

Get a bigger monitor, and a high quality one at that. TV's low res really sucks when you've seen it @ 1600x1200x32bit.

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2002-06-05 12:10:07

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#337 by Hugin
2002-06-05 14:44:28

There are reasons to prefer playing on TV over monitors that trump resolution.  Many games, even if they're single player, are fun to play with spectators.  GTA3 is definitely an example of this.  For many folks, the TV in the livingroom or den is a much better "theater" to show off a fun new game than a computer in an office or bedroom.

For the player, again, the livingroom couch or recliner may simply be a much more comfortable place to enjoy gaming for hours on end.  It also may well have a far superior sound system to pipe through than the system on the computer.

Also, I have a friend for whom sitting in front of a monitor leads to eyestrain and then headaches, he can tolerate sitting halfway across the room from a TV screen much better.

Besides, TV gaming generally means console gaming. No installs, no driver updates, no incompatibilities, no crashes.  Eliminating that aspect of the gaming experience means as much to some people as "1600x1200x32".

#338 by _Fury_
2002-06-05 16:15:58

I play computer games on my 19" monitor at 16x12x32x4xaa.

I prefer my couch.

Seriously. I even have nice speakers on my computer, but I have nicer ones in the living room. The comfort of the couch + coffee table with feet up, beer nearby, and occasionally wife sitting by me far supercedes any resolution advantage. I mean, I like graphics as much as the next guy (I *did* buy an XBox and not a PS2, hah) - but at the end of the day, a game that looks good will look good at 640 or 1600. I also prefer controller to mouse. Mice hurt my wrists, controllers don't.

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