Game publishing company Rockstar plans to cross over two big upcoming titles, Grand Theft Auto 5 and Max Payne 3.
Utilizing Rockstar's online service platform called Social Club, players can create crews from Max Payne 3 and will be able to play them on GTA 5's multiplayer mode. The new feature will create a 'deeper and richer' gaming experience within an immersive collaborative playing environment. Developers will be working hard to integrate the two games and making the transition of crews as smooth as possible.
Dan Houser, co-founder of Grand Theft Auto 5, provided information on the new Social Club platform and the multiplayer features in an interview with IGN.
"Multiplayer is an ever-more important part of all our games moving forward. And by creating crews through Social Club, the crews that you create in Max Payne 3 will be ready and available for you to play in Grand Theft Auto V from day one. It's all part of our larger approach to make multiplayer deeper and richer than what's currently available, much more easily accessible to the newcomer and rewarding for the hardcore. "
Houser further explained that the new elements will engage players to interact and team up for missions such as Vendettas and Feuds.
"In multiplayer games we have a feature called Vendettas - if someone kills you twice, you can initiate a vendetta against them, which lets everyone know that you're out to get that person," said Houser.
"For you, a special X marks their blip when they're visible to you on the map. If you take that person down, you get extra XP. If they survive your vendetta though, they get that XP."
"Crew Feuds are essentially Crew Vendettas. Impromptu skirmishes between crews can spring up in multiplayer matches that quickly spawn a first-to-10-kills battle. You can be playing any team-based game with a completely new set of players, but if you spot two or more members of a crew you're feuding with on the opposite team, any kills you get against them will count to the overall feud so rivalries will spring up automatically - and when they do, you'll be notified and the grudge will come to the forefront of the game."
He continued to describe how players can join groups of players called crews. Bonus XP points are earned by playing with fellow crew members. Players also gain more XP by feuding and killing members from different crews.
"We made a promise not to talk too much about forthcoming games until a little further down the track but, yes, crews will feature in Grand Theft Auto V multiplayer," said Houser.
No date has been announced for Grand Theft Auto 5's release. Max Payne 3 will hit stores on May 15 and will be available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on May 29.
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