Good news for Max Payne fans, as Remedy Entertainment has announced that their Max Payne games (Max Payne 1 & 2) have now been fully funded by none other than the IP holder, Rockstar Games!

As discussed in the studio’s financial statement, Max Payne Remakes has now received full funding from Rockstar Games, with “considerable” progress being made on the project. Remedy reveals that the budget of the remakes will be close to what Alan Wake 2 was (estimated guesses put it between $65-$80 million dollars). 

“Max Payne 1&2 Remake also continued in the production readiness stage. The team made considerable progress throughout the year. Max Payne 1&2 remake is going to be a major new game with great potential, enabled by a similar development budget as Alan Wake 2”

Seems the title will be out of the proof of concept phase real soon if it hasn’t already. Just how long until we see anything from it, well, that’s only something Remedy would know, but considering they haven’t even started full production yet, we wager this will be on the title that won’t be making any kind of appearance until next year. 

Hopefully, Max Payne’s re-imagining is the same quality as Alan Wake 2’s, as the game is not only a fantastic sequel, it’s a fantastic game period. Thankfully, the game’s sales have trended well so far, as it has become Remedy’s fastest game to hit the one-million sales mark.

Speaking of Alan Wake 2, go read our review of it here and see why it was our Game of the Year for 2023.