Posted: May 15, 2012 11:30AM | Author: R* Q
Posted: May 12, 2012 7:18PM | Author: R* A
Social Club Crew registration has only been open for a few short days and already we’re seeing rivalries fostering between storied internet communities, very ill original Emblem Editor creations, and allegiances being forged amongst our longtime Social Club members, #MaxPayne3 Twitter cast members and more. We promise to keep you updated on a regular basis at the Newswire in the weeks and months ahead on the latest news from the Crew frontlines – highlighting those that are dominating the Max Payne 3 Leaderboards and unlocking accomplishments, and those that have managed to catch our eye out there in the community. For now, check out a first roundup of some noteworthy first Founder Crews.
From top left:
911 NYC, PCC Crew, and Bring on the Payne – these guys have been actively recruiting at the Newswire and on Facebook since well before the New Social Club launched – and we know many of you in Comments have already pledged your allegiance to one (or a potentially treasonous multiple). We’re looking forward to an epic Feud between these warring factions online once Max Payne 3 drops next week.
Enlistment support drive – these guys may be short as yet on members, but big on fun names, emblems and mottos that have caught our attention – have a look: Raging Wookiees (“Don’t anger the Wookiees”), GameTimeAgainNinjas (“There’s only two ways this can end & in both of them, you die), War Kitties (“I am the devil, and I am here to do the devil’s work”), Jimmy Rustlers (“Your Jimmies just got rustled”), Cthulu Catz (“Crew for having a good time. Open to all!”), Los Santos Kings (“Oooosh bang tidy!!!”) and Pattern Baldness (“We’re not ready to let it go… Share your despair. Tear the hair from your enemies.”).
Reddit versus The Vidya (4Chan) – we are not taking sides in this one, but these two communities have planted their Founder Crew flags down and it looks like the beef is on. The Vidya has inadvertently broken the Crew cap of 250 members and soared to over 300 deep – the biggest Crew yet. With that, we've officially lifted the member cap for all private Crews to 300, and are working on lifting it even higher in the coming weeks – in the meantime, the gauntlet has been thrown in Reddit’s direction as Vidya Crew member ThuhPickle states on their Crew page, “Reddit doesn’t stand a chance”…
GTAForums and iGrandTheftAuto – two of the longest-running GTA fan communities Crewing up. Shout to Crew leaders Meta_Pathos and Psyware respectively. But will it be a GTA fan alliance between these two – or a Rampage?
Ready for action – these Crews are growing in numbers and appear to be pretty damn serious about making a mark in Multiplayer: Russian Bears Team (“Turn yourself into a best, get rid of the pain of being a man. Recruiting new members and NOT only Russians. Join and together we will build a mighty and powerful crew”), UK Crew (“Anarchy from the UK, is all about the GMT… We’ll be Bringing the Payne from all UK consoles to everyone else.”), NYC Bloodpack (“Fighting for Peace, Killing for Fun”), Riot Hounds (“Play Hard or Play Chill. Most of all – Play for Fun.”), SFO-Wolf (“Mortis Nostrum Hostilis… Welcome to the den! Home of the tier-one Special Force Operative WOLF!”) and Guerilla Gaming (“Looking for the Best of the Best of the Best to Dominate the Competition.”).
SODMG Gamers – we’ve seen these guys from the SODMG community on Twitter for weeks now getting amped for Payne, even making original songs like “Strapped Up Like Max Payne”. Ready to see all of SODMG flood in to that Crew.
Two gaming community Crews worth noting - WetheGamerz of WetheGamerz.com with an awesome emblem – and of course, NeoGANG – The Official NeoGAF Crew founded by DGSimo. Also everyone can check out the NeoGAF Max Payne 3 OT now up and rocking.
Broken Whiskey Bottles – Finally, a special shout to this Crew for its constituency of faithful Social Club members like ChicagoEnigma, FugetSudo_Jr, emmi18176860, German Scientist, Marney-1, IWIHooligan, and others – as well as for recruiting several of the #MaxPayne3 Twitter cast members like JaclynJimenez, silenthamish, Twisted_AZ, ElvisMarques and Louzer. We’re sure this squad will be a fixture in the daily play sessions with Rockstar and official Max Payne 3 live streaming Social Club events.
Posted: May 11, 2012 1:10PM | Author: R* Q
Max Payne 3 brings the deepest and most advanced features yet to the recently re-launched Rockstar Games Social Club community network – all in support of the game’s powerful Multiplayer experience and single-player story.
SOCIAL CLUB CREWS

With Max Payne 3 comes the debut of Social Club Multiplayer Crews – thousands of you have already been actively registering and recruiting since our announcement of Crews registration launch yesterday, and all of those Crews plus ones created up until this Tuesday will be designated as Founder Crews with a distinctive two-stripe tag mark in-game and veteran perks to be announced. Look for a round-up in the next day or so of some of the first and coolest Founder Crews that have caught our eye so far - and if you haven't already, hit up http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crews/info for more details and to CREW UP.
DEEP PERFORMANCE TRACKING

Social Club members also gain access to robust stat tracking across both single-player and multiplayer, dynamic checklists to help see you through every level and accomplishment, exclusive content to be unlocked, and a seamless connection to our regularly scheduled and live-streaming official multiplayer events that reward you with bonus XP for your participation.
You'll be able to trash-talk your friends with the numbers to back it up with Social Club functionality that allows you to match up your stats against friends, or your fellow Crew members for side-by-side comparison - which means Crew leaders can keep track of who's pulling weight and who's dead weight in the squadron. So, whether you’re a lone wolf or a multiplayer maven, we’ve got the tools you need to keep tabs on every facet of your gaming experience and see how you stack up against your friends, your Crew, and the rest of the Social Club community.
DOUBLE-STREAM SOCIAL CLUB MULTIPLAYER EVENTS & SPECIAL PLAYLISTS

As many of you veteran attendees know, the long-running Rockstar Games Official Social Club Multiplayer Events Series is our one-of-a-kind program of regularly scheduled multiplayer sessions where you get to play with and against members of Rockstar Games, watch the live stream broadcast, join our hosted chat, and enter to win special collectible prizes. With Max Payne 3, we bring the Social Club Multiplayer Events Series to the next level with all new features including in-game Playlists, bonus XP for participants, event-specific leaderboards and last but not least - a doubled-up stream broadcasting the POV from two of our Rockstar players (or special guest players) for your viewing pleasure.
Check out lots more details of the Max Payne 3 Social Club experience all at rockstargames.com/maxpayne3/socialclub. And stay tuned for more Social Club exclusive features and benefits - including special unlockable Multiplayer outfits and more - to be announced this summer.
If you're not yet a registered member of Rockstar Games Social Club, get in there, create your profile, link your games and CREW up at http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/profile/signup.html.
Previously:
CREW UP: Register and Rally Your Crew Now at the All-New Social Club
Introducing the All-New Rockstar Games Social Club
Posted: May 09, 2012 10:29AM | Author: R* Z
As promised on Monday during the official reboot of the Rockstar Games Social Club, now is the time to register, recruit and rally your Social Club CREW - or find a solid Crew to join that is poised for absolute domination in Max Payne 3 Multiplayer. Each Crew can also create their own original signature crest using the robust Emblem Editor toolkit. Read on for more detail - or just head over to the SC now to Crew up...
FORM A CREW

That's right, you can now create or join your own rough and tumble CREW in preparation for slaughter in Max Payne 3 Multiplayer. Hit the CREW UP button on your profile page and you can browse Featured Crews looking for recruits or invite your mates to join your ranks to blast through Gang Wars and Team Deathmatch together, racking up XP and starting online Feud beefs come next week. Every Social Club member can belong to up to 5 Crews, so form your allegiances wisely.
All Crew leaders can also designate their squad as a particular type of Crew that best describes their M.O.: All-Stars who consider themselves elite players and strive to hit the upper echelons of the Leaderboards, Soldiers who are in for serious teamwork and killing field success, Rebels out to just kick some ass and make their presence known, Thrill Seekers who prefer mayhem over ranking up and cheevos, and Chatter Boxes for those gregarious socialites of the Social Club we know from official Event chats.
The CREWS page also contains info on the in-game benefits Crew members get in online Multiplayer. You'll receive an XP boost whenever you fight as part of a Crew or battle against rival Crews and their members online. This means you'll effectively unlock bigger and better weapons more quickly than if you're flying solo. And because this feature is linked through the Social Club, you can represent your Crew across PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
CREATE YOUR CREW EMBLEM

Create an original battle crest to be displayed on your Crew's online Multiplayer avatars by crafting a unique emblem with this new and robust customization toolkit. The Emblem Editor is packed with thousands of shapes, colors and icons and tools to create limitless possibilities to properly represent your squad and to intimidate, psyche out or stupefy the competition.
For those who are all thumbs whether it's PhotoShop or MS Paint - no worries - the Emblem Editor is super easy to use and there's a helpful tutorial to step you through it all and get you started. Any Crew member can create and propose an Emblem crest by uploading it to the Crew's gallery, and it's up to the designated Crew leader to issue the seal of approval and assign it to represent the team in online Multiplayer.
FOUNDER CREWS
Any Crew created between now until next week Tuesday May 15th will have the honorable distinction of being a FOUNDER CREW. Members of Founder Crews will have a special two-stripe designation on their in-game Crew tag to let everyone else online know of their O.G. veteran status. We're also planning some other special benefits and perks for members of Founders Crews down the line so please stay tuned for updates and notifications to your Social Club profile.
The time is now - head to the Social Club, and Crew up: http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crews. Drop a shout in comments to let us and others know what Crew you've joined or created.
Posted: May 07, 2012 10:36AM | Author: R* Z
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Today, the Social Club just got a whole lot more social. We’re proud to announce the launch of a full Rockstar Games Social Club site reboot with totally new features designed to let each of you make your mark as a member of the Rockstar community. The new launch includes custom personal Social Club user profiles, an all-new Friends system with public and direct messaging, the ability to link in and log in with your Facebook and Twitter accounts, Newswire activity and reply notifications and much more - plus coming this Wednesday will be the additional launch of Social Club CREWS where you'll be able to register, create and rally your Max Payne 3 Multiplayer Crew ahead of time. Read on for more detail on today's features launch...
• YOUR SOCIAL CLUB PROFILE PAGE – Get in there and personalize your own Social Club profile page, complete with status updates, a display of your recent stats and accomplishments across your linked Social Club enabled games, and proper Friend linking with a Wall that updates your Social Club activity and lets you cheer and jeer your mates here at Social Club, as well as easily plan multiplayer sessions or whatever you'd like.
Our ardent Newswire commenters will also notice that you can now click on a Social Club member username in comments, and you'll be transported directly to the profile page of that person. Once CREWS registration launches this Wednesday, you can then recruit one another into Crews to team up for Gang Wars or do battle against one another in Team Deathmatch to be revved up for Max Payne 3 Multiplayer on day one.
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• UPDATE YOUR ACTIVITY FEED – Keep tabs on all your Friends latest accomplishments via your real-time activity feed. With the release of Max Payne 3, you'll be able to let Friends know each time you've unlocked a Trophy/Achievement, throw down the gauntlet for a multiplayer session, or see when a friend has added a new soldier to their CREW (come Wednesday). Head to your profile page now at the main Social Club dashboard to get started.
• ADD YOUR FRIENDS – You can search and add Friends that are current Social Club members and also find, import and invite mates from your Facebook, Twitter and gaming accounts too. Whether it's to join you to attend the latest Official Social Club Multiplayer Event or to make sure you've got strength in numbers for your Crew - you can now easily recruit up.
• LINK IN & LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK OR TWITTER – You can also link in and display your other profiles from Facebook and Twitter (as well as your PlayStation Network IDs and XBL Gamertags) direct to your page and starting Wednesday, you'll be able to share Social Club activity from your Wall to those networks. For new members, we’ve even enabled Social Club account creation (and sign-in for existing members) using your Facebook or Twitter username and password.
Get ready for more big Social Club feature updates later this week with the launch of Social Club CREWS coming this Wednesday featuring Crew registration and Emblem Editor to start crafting your team's official crest - keep your eyes peeled to the Newswire for the word...
Posted: May 01, 2012 5:45PM | Author: R* Y
Big thanks to everyone that helped kick-off a full weekend of Triple XP for Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition with our Social Club Multiplayer Event held on PSN Friday April 20th.
This was the last event on the Spring calendar before we properly inaugurate Max Payne 3 Multiplayer - complete with multiplayer Crews, Bullet Time® online, and non-stop Gang Wars and Payne Killer action beginning in just two weeks on Friday May 18th. In addition to that first live streaming weekend of official Social Club events, we'll also be online including players from all across Rockstar Studio and playing the game every day into June beginning on midnight Eastern of May 15th. We'll be announcing Gamertags and PSN IDs for that shortly beforehand - make sure you're following us on Facebook and Twitter for the word each day..
As for the Red Dead event on 4.20, each of our dev players got in there to mix it up with players in fan-favorite modes including Stronghold, Gang Shootout, Grab The Bag and Undead Overrun. Special shout to longtime Social Club multiplayer event participant ahetFIN who captured a great session of Grand Prix horse racing on video as you can peep in the below clip. Check the slideshow a bit later in this recap for a freeze frame from our vantage taken during the same race.
Later on, RedDeadDev3 was picking off enemies during Grab The Bag in Tumbleweed dishing out deaths to Easy--B, Mike_2472 and Koren-98-2011. But the reign on top didn't last long as JulianM44 came in and blasted the opposition away with some incredible gunslinger skills. Julian capped RedDeadDev3 with a Schofield Revolver a couple of times during this round, leading to agonied cries of defeat this side. Strong work there.
As the afternoon rolled on, we entered Chuparosa for some more Grab The Bag. RedDeadDev3 stepped in to save ol' ahetFIN by burying a few extra rounds into luis_arturo12. Least we could do, mate. By the way, everyone should check out LarsDK and ahetFIN's collab video post where they combined their perspectives to come up with a great video from a round in Thieves' Landing, viewable here. Also thanks to GTALAD4EVA for capturing the entire events page, to ferguson99 for this capture of gang match action and SOMETHINKDARK for this video showing some Grab The Bag. Thanks again to all of you that contribute these videos - they're always awesome to see.
SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS
From this event's giveaways, Josh Ward, aka The_Infection, is the big winner of our two customized Red Dead PS3 controllers and our 20 runners-up that will each receive a Rockstar t-shirt, Red Dead playing cards and stickers include Agamer2006, Averryy, Retsphe, Jimminy_Billybob, GuidoTKP, Kuya_Ed, Ninja_Legend_D, Marston_Bellic, longlyload, stnickbond, scareface1970, Bash_Thordstrom, Timmy458, alo1992, MissKitty5678, MLDCAproductions, KingSB, GTA313, xRSLxMuSiCmAn and JohnWayneReborn. Enjoy the gear, all.
Check out some more moments we captured from the event here in the slideshow - and we hope to see you all in the Max Payne 3 Multiplayer events starting in just a couple more weeks!
ROLL CALL OF ATTENDEES FROM OUR 4.20 RED DEAD EVENT
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Previously:
Recap from the Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (April 5)
Recapping the March 23rd Red Dead Redemption GOTY Xbox LIVE Social Club Multiplayer Event
Recap of the Red Dead Redemption Official Social Club Multiplayer Event on PSN (March 8) with Screens, Fan Video & Prize Winners
Posted: April 27, 2012 10:00AM | Author: R* Q

Congrats to Charlie Miliner of New Hampshire, US (aka Social Club's Chaz2345) on being randomly selected out of thousands of entrants as the Grand Prize winner in our Max Payne 3 New York to São Paulo Sweepstakes.
A longtime Rockstar fan who counts Vice City & Manhunt amongst his throwback favorites, Charlie and his guest will begin their journey by catching a flight to NYC to get exclusive hands-on time with Max Payne 3 a full week before its May 15th release. From there, they'll follow Max's trail to São Paulo, Brazil staying at the chic Hotel Unique, the same hotel where Rockstar developers stayed during the making of the game. They'll also be getting VIP passes to attend the SONAR SÃO PAULO festival featuring performance from headliners Bjork and Justice as well as Max Payne 3 soundtrack star Emicida.
On top of all that Charlie will also receive a customized Max Payne 3 250GB Xbox 360, as well as a free year of Xbox LIVE Gold and 1,600 Microsoft Points, courtesy of Microsoft. Enjoy the trip Charlie, we hope to see you online in the upcoming Max Payne 3 Xbox LIVE multiplayer events when you get back!
Congratulations also to our ten runners-up: Social Club members JamieMilne, ER1588, Shigster, JohnyVegas, BigCountry2, DaveMiami7, renorainesPort, mikehuberiscool, _wiba_ and Freakk.Nomi, who all scored a Max Payne 3 prize pack, 1,600 Microsoft Points and a year of Xbox LIVE Gold.
Thanks again to all of our event partners: Sonar São Paulo, Tablet Hotels, Xbox 360, and Pitchfork.com, as well as absolutely everyone that entered. Look for plenty more great Social Club contests throughout the summer....
Posted: April 24, 2012 2:30PM | Author: R* Q

To celebrate the launch of Max Payne Mobile (currently available for iOS devices, and coming in the next week or so to Android as well) we're giving Social Club members the chance to bag this bespoke, 3rd generation (yup, that's the new one), 16Gb iPad.
Head on over to the Social Club and fill in the form to stake your claim for this very limited-edition iPad complete with the iconic black and white original Max Payne image, scratch-proof finish and a Home button styled out with the Rockstar logo.
The entry period closes this Monday, April 30th and we'll pick one lucky winner at random. We'll also deliver Max Payne 3 Prize Packs - including official t-shirts, posters and more - to five randomly selected runners-up. Good luck.
http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/sweepstakes/maxpayneipad
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void in certain countries and where prohibited. Must be 17 or older. Ends April 30, 2012. See www.rockstargames.com/socialclub/events for complete official rules and eligibility details.
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