Summit1g is one of the world's most popular Twitch streamers, at one point overtaking Ninja in Twitch subscriptions by playing Sea of Thieves. Now Summit1g has experienced yet another major streaming accomplishment, managing to beat the Max Payne 3 speedrun world record by six seconds while live on stream.
Summit1g has been attempting Max Payne 3 speedruns where he doesn't use glitches, can get any percent completion in the game, and can skip cut-scenes. After his latest run through Max Payne 3, Summit1g didn't think that he had actually beaten the world record until his Twitch chat clued him in. The previous Max Payne 3 speedrun world record was 1:30:58, but Summit1g managed to complete the game in a speedy 1:30:52.
It remains to be seen how long Summit1g's Max Payne 3 speedrun world record will last. It's possible that the previous title holder will take another shot at it, or maybe someone else will throw their hat in the ring. Regardless, the attempts should bring some more attention to Max Payne 3 itself, which is nice since the game's online services are actually being shut down in the relatively near future.
Rockstar Games has announced that it is shutting down Max Payne 3's online services come September 16. This means that Max Payne 3's online multiplayer mode will no longer be accessible, and neither will its associated Rockstar Games Social Club features. This shouldn't have a big impact on the Max Payne 3 speedrunning community, but it's still a disappointment for anyone that still likes to play the game online.
Max Payne 3 isn't the only Rockstar Games title losing its online support on September 16. Besides Max Payne 3's online getting shut down, L.A. Noire's online services are also getting the boot. Meanwhile, Grand Theft Auto Online on PS3 and Xbox 360 is getting shut down on December 16, with players losing the ability to purchase microtransactions in the legacy versions of the game starting September 15.
Rockstar Games is apparently making these moves so that it can focus its attention on its newer games. Later this year, Rockstar Games will be releasing next-gen versions of Grand Theft Auto Online and Grand Theft Auto 5, and between that and ongoing support for games like Red Dead Online, it must have its hands full. Unfortunately, the company has not announced any plans to bring its other games, like Max Payne 3, for instance, to new consoles, so fans will have to keep playing them on older platforms for now.
Max Payne 3 is out now for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.