# Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser blames himself for Max Payne 3 - "a large amount of that failure was on me"

> Max Payne 3 is a bit of a strange project. Unlike its two predecessors, the game wasn't developed by original creator Remedy Entertainment, rather it was the product of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption studio…

- **Source:** [Eurogamer](https://www.eurogamer.net/max-payne-3-rockstar-dan-houser-failure-blame?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6acf9e79bea022c707dfaf39)
- **Published:** 2026-10-14
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #failure #payne #rockstar #amount #blames #founder #game #himself
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