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Max Payne 3 Multiplayer To Have "Elements Of Story", Says Houser News

Submitted by Gwynne Dixon on November 9 2011 - 13:51Rockstar's co-founder, Dan Houser drops an enticing mission statement for Max Payne 3's multiplayer...Rockstar

We knew Max Payne 3 would have multiplayer; what we didn't know, in typical Rockstar PR style, is anything to do with that multiplayer, at all. But now Rockstar's Vice-President and co-founder, Dan Houser has set out an ambitious vision for that multiplayer component.

"We wanted to put some elements of single player into the multiplayer so the multiplayer will have a lot more detail and have elements of story in it and have a sort of an immersive quality," Houser told Variety. "We think that's something that is underexplored in multiplayer."

While this kind of multiplayer is relatively unexplored, it is an area that developers are threatening to move towards as a new generation of consoles beckons. BioWare has hinted at the possibility of additional story material in its co-op multiplayer for Mass Effect 3, as an isolated example. These are exciting times indeed...

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