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Max Payne 3 has been pretty much in hiding since the third game in the gritty action game series was first announced over two years ago by publisher Rockstar Games. Aside from a Game Informer cover story in June 2009 there's been no official word as to the status of Max Payne 3 and its release date has been pushed back many times.

Now there's actually some light at the end of the tunnel as Rockstar's Twitter page has posted up links to two new Max Payne 3 screenshots with only the words, "He's coming". The shots are pretty dark but at least we finally know the game is still in development. You can check out the other new screenshot after the jump.

[Via VG247.com]

One of the founders of Remedy Entertainment, Petri Järvilehto, has decided to leave the Finland-based game developer to join another Finland game team, Rovio Media. Yep, that's the folks behind the hugely successful mobile phone game Angry Birds.

At Remedy, Järvilehto helped to develop the first two games in the Max Payne action game series along with last year's Xbox 360 exclusive game Alan Wake. In his new position at Rovio, he will be the company's new Senior Vice President of Console Development. As we reported last month the PC version of Angry Birds has been released via Intel's AppUp program.

It's Thursday night and we know that college students, at least here in the US, consider that day to be the actual start of the weekend. Just remember that 8 am test you still have to take tomorrow.

• Heroes of Newerth has a new automatic patch available to download that adds some new flags, icons and bundles, among other things
• Steam has automatic updates available for Blue Toad Murder Files and The Polynomial.
• GoG.com has added Alien Shooter 2 to its list of DRM-free games.
• Game Informer has a three part video interview with Bethesda Game Studios head Todd Howard.
• Apparently James Cameron loves Crysis 2.
• This guy is playing the original Max Payne with the Kinect controller.
• And finally here's a Battlefield Bad Company 2 music video with music by Toto..sort of.

Both Direct2Drive and Games For Windows Marketplace offer up two more games that have been cut down to the bone for sales that last today only. Over at Direct2Drive its Rockstar Games week of sales continues with deep price cuts on the publisher's two Max Payne games. You can now get both titles in Remedy's action series in a bundle for a mere $3.75.

Over at Games For Windows Marketplace you can download and purchase Volition's 2009 released sci-fi shooter Red Faction: Guerrilla for a low, low price. From now until 1 am Eastern time tomorrow the game is priced at just $4.99.

The big summer sale for the Steam PC game download service continues today as a ton of titles have had their prices cut. From now until 1 pm Eastern time on Sunday the games listed below will be discounted even more than they would under the current sale. Break out the debit cards for this one.

• EVE Online: Tyrannis - $1.99
• Flotilla - $2.50
• Half-Life - $1.99
• Gothic Bundle (two games) - $1.99
• Max Payne - $2.49
• Kane and Lynch: Dead Men - $4.99
• Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - $19.90
• All Civilization games (except Civilization V) - 75 percent off

Sometimes you just need to sit down, slide a floppy into your A: drive, and enjoy gaming retro style. We know this all too well! That's why we have a list of the best and brightest from days long gone. These are some of our favorite games of all time, and we're sure that you'll love them as much as we do, if not more. Welcome to Boot Disk, and enjoy the retro ride!

The inclusion of what is described as "bullet time" can be seen as a cliche'd, trite addition made to drum up sales. This wasn't always the case, though. Not even 10 years ago, most games did not have bullet time or some analog thereof. It took one game to both coin the term and give rise to its inclusion in virtually every game under the sun. That game is Max Payne, and despite some flaws, it is a dark, bloody masterpiece that any action fan must play. It also helps that - despite being released quite some time ago - it is available through Steam. So let's take a grim look at this noir-inspired massacre of the underworld.

On Wednesday, rumors hit the internet that a pirated copy of Remedy's action game Max Payne 2 was the version that was being sold by Rockstar Games on the Steam service. While Rockstar did not respond to emai inquires about this issue it appears that the publisher has taken care of the issue.

According to Steam message board posts, the suspected pirated version has been replaced with one that seems to be truly legit. The only problem; that version is one that is slightly older than the pirated version. It still shouldn't be an issue for most people who want to download and play the game.

[Via Blue's News]

It's Friday but that doesn't mean the flash sales of Rockstar Games titles on Steam are slowing down. From now until 2 pm Eastern time (that's 11 am Pacific time) you can purchase and download both of Remedy's Max Payne third person shooter titles in a bundle for just $3.74. It's a 75 percent savings from its normal price.

We will try to keep you informed on any more flash sales on Steam for the rest of the week. Keep in mind that all 13 Rockstar games on Steam can be bought in a bundle for just $42.49 until Monday.

If you like these quick but deep sales prices for various Rockstar Games on Steam this week, we got another one for you to check out. From now until 10 pm Eastern time (7 pm Pacific time) you can download and purchase the first game in Remedy's Max Payne series for a mere $2.50.

Yes, you can check out this terrific third person shooter from 2001 from the developer who later promised, and then retracted, their plans to bring Alan Wake to the PC. Just a reminder: You can still get all 13 games from Rockstar that are available on Steam for the bundle price of just $42.49 from now until this coming Monday.

Valve may have just kicked off their new Steam web site and user interface for its client but that doesn't mean that they are slacking up on their game sales. Today they kicked off a week-long sale of their Rockstar Collection. It's a bundle of all 13 games that Steam sells from publisher Rockstar Games. For one week only the bundle costs just $42.49 for all 13 games.

But that's not all. Throughout the week Steam will cut the price of individual games from Rockstar down to the bone for brief periods of time (a couple of hours or so). One such sale for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is now active. The price of that game will be just $2.50 from now until 6 pm Eastern time. You can get instant notification of other brief sales all this week if you join the official Steam Community group for Rockstar Games.