As apart of a Q&A feature today from Rockstar Games’ official website titled Asked & Answered, the company says a sequel to L.A. Noire is a “possibility.”

The company says, although busy with Max Payne 3 and Grand Theft Auto V at the moment, “don’t count out the possibility of a new game in the L.A. Noire franchise in the future.” They continued:

We’re all very pleased with how that game turned out and are considering what the future may hold for L.A. Noire as a series. We don’t always rush to make sequels, but that does not mean we won’t get to them eventually – see Max and Red Dead for evidence of that – we have so many games we want to make and the issue is always one of bandwidth and timing.

While there isn’t any DLC planned for the near future of the game, we’re sure there will be a return of the series, as Rockstar stated themselves, the company definitely gets to their games eventually, as seen with Red Dead and Max Payne.

Rockstar has released a new Max Payne 3 trailer, this time, we get a good look at some Max Payne 3 gameplay and game mechanics as well. But somehow, it feels odd hearing the new Max, with the new voice actor. Not much “noir” to it if you ask us, but the gameplay sure looks exciting. Be sure to check out more Max Payne 3 news, including Max Payne 3 bursts and our Max Payne 3 multiplayer coverage. The game is scheduled for release this May.

A side by side comparison between the screenplays of Grand Theft Auto 4 vs Grand Theft Auto 3. Yep, games have come along way in terms of storytelling, but we’re wondering how much of that GTA 4 script is comprised of “Hey Niko, want to go bowling”? and “Hey cousin let’s go to the titty bar”.

The Max Payne franchise is one that just about everyone who has a PS2 will remember. In fact, Max Payne is the franchise that really gave us a hands on for the bullet time slow motion gameplay that was made so famous by The Matrix movie franchise. Unfortunately, while Max Payne eventually did see a second title it is largely considered not up to par with the original leading many hopeful fans for a recoup in the third installment. But, to make matters even worse, the last we’ve even heard of Max Payne 3 was quite some time ago with no official release date currently slated which has had many wondering if the project had been canceled.

Well, if you’re still waiting around to hear about when Max Payne 3 will finally be hitting the market (if ever) you’re in luck. Word has just gotten out that various retailers have begun listing the third installment to the Max Payne franchise (including Amazon.com) with a December 1, 2011 release date for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. At this point we’re not sure or not if we can believe this as no official announcement has been made but we’ll certainly keep you posted as more news leaks out.

Rockstar is known for releasing their new titles during the April/May/June time frame, as it has happened over the past few years, with GTA 4, Red Dead Redemption, and this year, with LA Noire, which was released in early May. According to MarketWatch, the game sold just under 900,000 copies during its first month, which is a bit lower than expected. By comparison, last year Red Dead Redemption sold 1.5 million units during its first month. While LA Noire didn’t top Read Dead Redemption, LA Noire’s sales are still impressive and it looks as if it shouldn’t be a problem for the game to recoup its massive, $60 million budget.

Rockstar has seen a ton of success on the game market with much of it being attributed to the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto. If you’re not familiar with this franchise you’ve literally been living under a rock as its open ended sandbox gameplay has been giving gamers joy ever since the release of GTA 3 back in the PS2 days. However, the most recent release of GTA is none other than GTA 4 which was made availbale for the Xbox 360 and PS3 on April 29th, 2008. Well, now that it’s been nearly three years since the release of GTA 4 many are wondering when Rockstar will get around to releasing the next highly anticipated addition.

While Rockstar has yet to say anything regarding the release of the game or what the game itself will entail everyone’s favorite video game retailer (or least favorite, depending on who you ask) Gamestop has just posted the game with a release date of January 15, 2012. Of course, we’ve seen stuff like this before only to have Gamestop pull the listing later but it’s definitely something to make note of. If, however, this release date is even remotely correct we’ll probably see an official announcement during this year’s E3 in June. Stay tuned.

Remember Max Payne 3? No? It’s the next entry into the series that essentially forged the concept of bullet time as we know it today. It’s also the game that has been in development for several years and still does not have a solid release date. Get the picture?

Due to these constant delays many folks have hypothesized that Rockstar has done away with Max Payne 3. However, it seems that this is not the case as Rockstar has come forth to show off two brand new screen shots of the game alongside the phrase “He’s coming”. Sure, he’s coming, but when?

Check out one of the screen shots above and the other in the gallery below and let us know what you think!

Much like the Call of Duty franchise, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto has managed to sell quite a bit of copies ever since the market recovered from the initial shock of Grant Theft Auto 3 (its awesomeness, that is). Currently, Grant Theft Auto IV is the the latest version of the game and has a few different DLC packs including The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost & Damned.

While the game has been out for quite some time, we haven’t heard much in terms of recent sales numbers. Luckily, Take-Two has just come forth to speak of the matter saying that the title as at nearly 20 million sales. Additionally, it’s also been made known that collectively to date over 100 million its of the GTA series have been sold. That’s no laughing matter.

Now, Take-Two, let’s hear a little bit about Grand Theft Auto 5. Please?

One of the most influential video game franchises of our generation is none other than Grand Theft Auto. While the game has been developed in glorious 3D since the days of GTA3, things weren’t always this way. In fact, prior to Grand Theft Auto 3, the game was played with a birds eye view but included all of the chaos we’ve come to know and love in later releases.

However, if things were just a bit differently, perhaps we wouldn’t know of Grand Theft Auto at all. The reason I say this is because Gary Penn, a developer who worked on the original GTA, has come forth to comment of the development.

“[The original GTA] was a real mess for years, it never moved on, it never went anywhere… It was almost canned, the publisher, BMG Interactive, wanted to can it, as it didn’t seem to be going anywhere.”

Luckily, Penn adds, they discovered that adding a bit of chaos to the game would significantly bump the replay factor:

“One day, I think it was a bug, the police suddenly became mental and aggressive. Their route finding was screwed I think and that was an awesome moment because suddenly the real drama where, ‘Oh my God, the police are psycho — they’re trying to ram me off the road.’ That was awesome, so that stayed in.”

And thus, Grand Theft Auto as we know it was created.

Pretty neat story if you ask me. Head over to Gamasutra to read more.

Rockstar has announced the release date for its upcoming noir adventure game, LA Noire. The game will be released on May 17 in North America, and May 20 in Europe. To mark the occasion, Rockstar has released a brand new trailer, which you can see above.