It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Max Payne – that godawful 2008 Mark Wahlberg movie notwithstanding.

There hasn’t been a new game in the series for eight years. And while Rockstar Games announced two years ago that a third installment was on the way (and initially planned for a holiday 2009 release), the only time it has mentioned the game since is to announce delays. Over the course of the past week, though, the hype machine started to churn once again.

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