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Rockstar Toronto Developing “Large Scale” Next Gen Open World Game

As excited as we are for Grand Theft Auto V and tomorrow’s gameplay trailer, we can’t help but feel a little sad that the game is only set for current gen consoles. Luckily, Rockstar’s other teams are hard at work on next gen titles. - PSLS

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allformats4699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

Sounds like Agent. Or maybe Red Dead Redemption.

doctorstrange4699d ago

San Diego are doing Red Dead, North are/were doing Agent. This is the Max Payne team + new devs, so I'm hoping a new IP.

knifefight4699d ago

Same here. I'd much rather have a new IP than more Max Painful.

Mr_Nuts4699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

@knifefight

Max Painful?

You mean Die Hard the video game

Sorry but Max Payne 3 was a horrible Max Payne game, I suppose in terms of performance, tec and graphics it was very impressive but in terms of it being a MP game it sucked. It's supposed to be a noire story but it ended up being a typical third person action shooter with a typical story...and MP is all about story.

I hope they do an alternative story for MP4 going off the Dead on Arrival ending of MP2. What would of happened if Mona stayed alive. Maybe she would of stayed with him a little bit before leaving (she is a hired gun...different lives) and he might of stayed on the police force meaning we would still be in New York.

doctorstrange4699d ago

@Nuts

I think you'll find it was Man on Fire the game.

omi25p4699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

Mr Nuts

Max Panye 3 was a brilliant game.

The story was great, the gameplay was great.

Spoiler,

Whats not Noire about Butchering people for the organs. Kidnapping and killing innocent people.

Spending the majority of the game trying to save a girl only for her to be shot in the face.

Your best friend setting you up the whole time. Being completely clueless that you are nothing but a useless drunk being used.

Finishing the Game with the main character realizing they are nothing but a hired grunt.

Failed to protect his wife, Failed to protect Mona, Failed to protect his partner, Failed to protect Fabiana from the police officer and is now simply someone who is paid to kill people.

Max Payne knows he is a failure and he gets work because of it.

How is this not a "Noire" Story?

Mr_Nuts4699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

@omi25p

I'm not saying it wasn't a "briliant" game it just wasn't a Max Payne game

The story is the biggest problem with it, it was so typical you knew what was going to happen next. It was guessable

It wasn't a noire story, do you even know what noire is

"...is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations"

Trust me, I've done Media, Film and TV studies for 7 years if theres one thing I know and I don't claim to know much in my life but I know this... it's what a genre needs to have and Max Payne didn't have anything which made the first and second MP game so great. The only thing is had was the cynical attitude that Max retained but even then his one liners were not as good in this game.

So yeah I know for a fact those things you've listed don't qualify something as a noire story. It's just plot points you've listed nothing more, nothing less. It's an over the top action/thriller game.

*** Failed to protect his wife, Failed to protect Mona, Failed to protect his partner, Failed to protect Fabiana from the police officer and is now simply someone who is paid to kill people. ****

That's character development, not something that reflects on the genre a whole lot

The only parts that feel like the game being Max Payne are the flashback levels

psyxon4698d ago

@mr_nuts you're failing so hard lol. you just proved yourself wrong. max's entire pov through mp3 was cynical. stop qq'ing and trying to rationalize your own dislike for the game.

willie324698d ago

I would like to see a new Manhunt!

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ftwrthtx4699d ago

If it is a hit on current gen, a port to next gen has to be a possible scenario.

GameCents4699d ago

Looks like open worlds are the order of next gen. This is pleasing.

JunioRS1014699d ago

Yeah, and I'm really glad to see an open world game (watch dogs) launching with the next gen consoles to hold us over until more release.

DARK WITNESS4698d ago

it is going to be nuts the amount of next gen open world games releasing.

what we need is open world and a lot more interaction and destructible environments

CaptainYesterday4699d ago

Bully 2 : College Years? Huge open world go to bars, crash parties, join a fraternity, and eventually go to class. I can dream can't I? Whatever they are working on hope it's good.

JonnyBigBoss4699d ago

Give me Agent or give me death!

...or just a high quality open world experience. ;)

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Rockstar launches official marketplace for mods

Rockstar has launched an official marketplace for "every server and every player" to buy mods: Cfx Marketplace.

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Christopher126d ago (Edited 126d ago )

I wonder how much of this isn't just taken work of others who have modded for free.

Edit: Also, great way for R* to take popular ideas and build them into GTAVI based on demand.

fr0sty124d ago

What I see happening here is, R* is going to ban mods in GTA6 UNLESS you buy them from the marketplace and R* then gets a cut of that sale.

ActualWhiteMan124d ago

Ah, perfect timing with them taking down the Bully online fan mod. Greedy a$$ company.

Christopher124d ago

It's okay as long as they get a cut of the money.

fr0sty124d ago

Expect R* to force it on you.

Snookies12124d ago

Yep, right there with you. I'll happily donate to a mod creator if it looks really cool, or if I enjoy it. But expecting payment up front? Nope, not touching it.

IanTH124d ago (Edited 124d ago )

I'm not entirely sure how to read this, as it doesn't seem exactly like an exact parallel to Bethesda's paid mods shenanigans.

Rather than single player stuff, this appears to be aimed solely on Cfx Servers. From what I've gleaned, apparently Rockstar bought the Cfx mod team several years ago, coming a few years after weird contentions led them to ban a few of their members. Ultimately, the question is if they plan to keep this contained to only online/servers.

I have to guess to a degree yes. It'd be pretty hard to "force" paid mods for single player when modding files locally on your own machine, but much easier for servers they'll control. So perhaps this is their soft launch ahead of GTA6 online and they'll clamp down more tightly on non-official servers going forward? Ever since they've become a 1 or 2 property studio, I haven't really cared much for Rockstar stuff, so I'm not entirely up on everything surrounding this. Sounds like it has the potential to be problematic further down the line, but right now fairly easy to ignore...I think lol.

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Discord Messages Reviewed By Rockstar Before Firing Union Members Have Reportedly Been Revealed

Discord messages Rockstar Games management reviewed before firing union members have reportedly been revealed.

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Shikoku176d ago (Edited 176d ago )

They were involved in protected Union activities and Rockstar will be in trouble with the NLRB.

DarXyde176d ago

You think this NLRB will lift a finger?

Ps5conehead175d ago

Watch the video this is in England

gerbintosh175d ago

Basically this is Rockstar vs the Union members word. These employees could be cherry picking or spoofing the chat logs.Rockstar could be lying. I will withhold judgment until Discord is subpoened and releases the chat group text from their servers.

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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser explains why open world spy game Agent never worked out

A rare interview from the former GTA and Red Dead Redemption writer and executive producer.

dveio199d ago

Interesting to know.

Among MGS4, Agent was the reason I wanted and bought a PS3. (Who knew we would get other gems like Killzone 2 and TLoU.)

I always assumed it got cancelled due to hardware restrictions even at that time.

Deeeeznuuuts199d ago

Such a shame, I remember first reading about it in official playstation magazine, Agent and The Getaway are the two cancelled games I wish I could play 😩

Christopher198d ago

Because it had to be open world, of course. Couldn't change that and make the Agent game work otherwise. Totally buying it.

Redgrave198d ago

I used to laugh whenever I'd see someone cite Agent as a game to look forward to, because it was never officially canceled (at least, as far as I've seen.)

"It's still real to me, dammit!"