Rockstar Newswire

Ready for action. Presenting the members of the Max Payne 3 DLC Multiplayer Cast. From left to right, avatars bearing the likenesses of Rachel Locke, Jeremy Wallace, Louis Van Bree, and Cesar Aguirre.

This past summer, thousands of  Max Payne 3 fans auditioned via a series of special Multiplayer Events for the chance to be cast as avatars in an upcoming Max Payne 3 DLC pack. The future is now for Social Club members Cesar Aguirre, Jeremy Wallace, Rachel Locke and Louis Van Bree who will each make their debut next week cast as members of the De Marcos Abroad faction in the Painful Memories Pack. Proverbial fish out of water, albeit heavily armed ones – members of the ruthless De Marco crime family have taken a South American holiday for a bit of pleasure and to conduct a transaction or two. This new faction will come with a range of avatar wardrobe options from beach attire to New Jersey goombah business chic.

Remember back in the day, rocking out to power ballads on Emotion 98.3 while busting your thumbs trying to beat your top score on Defender of the Faith on the Degenatron?

Man, those were the days...

Now, thanks to the good people at The Degenatron WebRing (now over 10 years strong!) and their new embeddable version emulator above, you can relive these 3 classics from video gaming's golden age.

Defender of the Faith - "Save the green dots with your fantastic red square!"

Monkey's Paradise - "Swing from green dot to green dot with your red square monkey!"

Penetrator - "Smash the green dots deep inside the mysterious red square!"

See if you've still got what it takes. Shout in comments to let us know your top score. You can also trip down memory lane with the original 1986 Degenatron radio commercial below or over at The Advertising Council's Vice City local archives.

As we throwback to the 80s in a Vice City state of mind celebrating the game's 10th anniversary and forthcoming mobile release, here's a special edition of the Rockstar Soundtrack Alumni Concert Calendar compiling a list of places and dates where you can catch notable artists you've heard in our games perform live.

It's great to see so many of these legendary artists still so actively touring around the world, so whether you had your dial locked to Flash FM, Wildstyle Pirate Radio, Wave 103, V-Rock, Fever 105 or Wave 103 - there's bound to be a nostalgic favorite act out there from the Vice City radio waves to catch coming your way. Peruse the below list we've put together that covers dates into early 2013 from the East Coast to the West Coast, across Europe, Australia, South America and more. Do shout in comments if you're aware of any other soundtrack performances we missed, experience some live music from the decade of excess and revisit a time when wearing neon was un-ironic...

Hit the jump to see the full calendar.

As promised a few weeks back, today is the release of Rockstar Games Collection Edition 1 in North America for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Retailing for $59.99, this must-have collection features critically acclaimed and best-selling titles, including Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, L.A. Noire and Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition.

Each game in this collection represents a unique world in the Rockstar Universe. Red Dead, winner of over 170 Game of the Year awards, brings the Old West to life with a powerful story across a vast and colorful open world, along with intense multiplayer action. Episodes from Liberty City is the explosive conclusion to Grand Theft Auto IV, featuring The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony on one disc. With the help of MotionScan’s breakthrough technology, L.A. Noire's cinematic realism and hard-boiled detective story make for an unprecedented interactive experience. Rounding out the collection is Midnight Club: Los Angeles, which features customizable real world cars, endless open world street racing, and supreme multiplayer action. Additionally, The Complete Edition includes every downloadable real world vehicle and city section released since launch.