Question about Rockstar Entertainment - makers of Max, GTA, etc..

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10-17-2003, 03:28 PM
a ronin

Question about Rockstar Entertainment - makers of Max, GTA, etc..

I am confused about who's actually responsible for the games itself. Is Rockstar the quivalent of Electronic Sports who foot the bill for production of Medal of Honor from 2015 Studios for whom developed it? I see in the intros, Rockstar and Remedy, which I assume is the company that developed Max Payne. Please clear the confusion up for me.

Also, they've released some real duds. GTA is good, but it's fun value thins out real fast. Then there was that other game that had you run around beating people up. That was crap, IMO.
10-17-2003, 05:15 PM
vairox

haha that was "state of emergency", got old real fast
10-17-2003, 09:48 PM
PointlesS

there's also 2 different divisions of rockstar I believe
10-17-2003, 11:44 PM
20NemesiS01

Rockstar is a Take Two Interactive subsidiary. And Rockstar (also know as Rockstar North) developed the GTA series and everything else
10-18-2003, 04:28 AM
Vengance_01

Rockstar published Max payne 2, and remdey made the max series. I think take-2 published the first max
10-18-2003, 11:11 AM
Kamakazie

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Originally posted by Vengance_01
Rockstar published Max payne 2, and remdey made the max series. I think take-2 published the first max

Take 2 published the PC version of the original Max, while Rockstar handled the console versions.
10-20-2003, 12:21 PM
BlueChair

Is Rockstar a developer too? Who actually programmed the game?
10-20-2003, 12:28 PM
ensign

Rockstar is the developer of the GTA series, and Remedy are the developers of the Max Payne games. Rockstar publish both games. Im pretty sure that R* are based in the UK and its the UK deivision that made the GTA games. I have no idea about san fran R*, I think they are just the US publisher.
10-20-2003, 01:51 PM
Kamakazie

Actually, wasnt GTA developed in Sweden?
10-20-2003, 06:19 PM
a ronin

I just read on Remedy's site that the rights to Max Payne was sold to Take2. If Take2 decides to pursue the saga with an inept developer it could be bad. Some of the developers at Remedy post at 3drealms.com which to the best of my knowledge has connections with Remedy; and at any rate they (Remedy) said they may want to pursue a different path. :(
10-20-2003, 06:42 PM
BlueChair

Well on the max payne box it says 3dRealms too...
10-20-2003, 06:54 PM
ensign

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Originally posted by a ronin
I just read on Remedy's site that the rights to Max Payne was sold to Take2.

are you sure that aint just the publishing rights across all formats?

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Originally posted by Kamakazie
Actually, wasnt GTA developed in Sweden?

No. Rockstar games and Rockstar North are british based development houses.

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Originally posted by BlueChair
Well on the max payne box it says 3dRealms too..

Don't they share resources/development kits? Kinda like Bioware and BlackIsle showing up on each others games cause they share the same engine.
10-21-2003, 04:28 AM
a ronin

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Originally posted by ensign
are you sure that aint just the publishing rights across all formats?

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In May 2002 all rights to Max Payne franchise were bought from Remedy & 3D Realms by Take Two Interactive. A sequel to the game with Remedy as the developer, was announced at the same time.

source: www.remedy.fi

They said prior to the launch of the first MP, a deal was struck with Miramax for a movie, but 2+ years and still nothing more than rumours? odd.
10-21-2003, 04:31 PM
Recon

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Originally posted by a ronin
source: www.remedy.fi

They said prior to the launch of the first MP, a deal was struck with Miramax for a movie, but 2+ years and still nothing more than rumours? odd.

thats cuz a punisher movie is coming soon, and max payne is nothing but a cheap punisher rip off!!!!
10-21-2003, 05:21 PM
a ronin

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Originally posted by Recon
thats cuz a punisher movie is coming soon, and max payne is nothing but a cheap punisher rip off!!!!

Let's hope it's not another disaster like the David Hassellhoff version.

Who's the actor and director for this one? Tentative release date?
10-22-2003, 03:28 PM
drhill

Don't you mean Dolph Lundera.... the big Russian guy from Rocky 4. He was the Punisher.
10-22-2003, 03:33 PM
Mr Cherry

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Originally posted by drhill
Don't you mean Dolph Lundera.... the big Russian guy from Rocky 4. He was the Punisher.

it's Dolph Lundgren, but whatever it was a crappy movie.
10-22-2003, 03:58 PM
MrBling

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Originally posted by a ronin
Let's hope it's not another disaster like the David Hassellhoff version.

Who's the actor and director for this one? Tentative release date?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0330793/

Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh

Thomas Jane .... Frank Castle aka Punisher
John Travolta .... Howard Saint

and..

Kevin Nash .... The Russian
:D
10-22-2003, 05:06 PM
a ronin

Don't know why I ever thought Baywatch Hasselhoff played the role before.

The new one looks good; atleast they have a big name like Travolta.
10-22-2003, 05:13 PM
lonewolfroger

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Originally posted by a ronin
Don't know why I ever thought Baywatch Hasselhoff played the role before.

The new one looks good; atleast they have a big name like Travolta.

Just because Travolta is in it don`t mean it will be a good movie, I didn`t think Battlefield earth was all that good and it had travolta in it, loved the book, hated the movie.
10-22-2003, 05:16 PM
a ronin

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Originally posted by lonewolfroger
Just because Travolta is in it don`t mean it will be a good movie, I didn`t think Battlefield earth was all that good and it had travolta in it, loved the book, hated the movie.

Funny you should say because I was just reading a thread over at dvdtalk.com about which movies people walked out on, and Battle Earth had quite a few votes :D

Movies with big names stand a better chance at being enjoyable, but occassionally there is a stinker.

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