Following months, if not years, of internet rumors, Rockstar today officially confirmed the development of Max Payne 3.

In production at Rockstar Vancouver (Bully), Max Payne 3 features a now-retired Payne who still can't escape a world of corruption and violence.

"We're starting a new chapter of Max's life with this game," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "This is Max as we've never seen him before, a few years older, more world-weary and cynical than ever. We experience the downward spiral of his life after the events of Max Payne 2 and witness his last chance for salvation."

Max's new chapter will include a new city, as he left behind New York City after the events of Max Payne 2. Rockstar did not specify the city the new game will take place in.

Max Payne 3 will be released for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next winter.

A sequel to the 2004 Western action game Red Dead Revolver will be released this fall, publisher Rockstar Games announced today.

Set at the turn of the 20th century, the Wild West game, titled Red Dead Redemption, will feature an open-world environment courtesy of the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine, also used by Grand Theft Auto 4. "The team at San Diego have massively exceeded our expectations with the sheer depth of experiences in Red Dead Redemption," said Rockstar Games founder Sam Houser.

"The seamless combination of breathtaking beauty and intense action, all woven together with strong plotlines in a massive vibrant, rural environment is mind-blowing. We think this game helps to push the limits of what an open-world gaming experience can be," he added.

Rockstar San Diego (Red Dead Revolver, Midnight Club: Los Angeles) is handling development of the game, which will be released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Actor Michael Hollick, who voiced Grand Theft Auto IV protagonist Niko Bellic, revealed to the New York Times that he was paid just over $100,000 for roughly fifteen months of work, with no royalties or residuals from the $500M earned by the game in the first week of sales.

"Obviously I'm incredibly thankful to Rockstar... But it's tough, when you see Grand Theft Auto IV out there as the biggest thing going right now, when they're making hundreds of millions of dollars, and we don't see any of it," said Hollick.

"I don't blame Rockstar. I blame our union for not having the agreements in place to protect the creative people who drive the sales of these games."

Hollick noted that while his appearance in Rockstar's wildly successful opus has propelled him to new levels of notoriety, contracts between the actors' union and the entertainment industry offer no provisions for electronic media... Read more