Rockstar has revealed that Grand Theft Auto V will allow players to carry over the “crews” they build in Max Payne 3‘s multiplayer via Social Club integration.

The crew system in Max Payne 3 allows players to join what is essentially a clan, both public and private.

In an exclusive interview with IGN, Rockstar’s co-founder and the co-writer of Grand Theft Auto V, Dan Houser taked about the connection between the two games.

Multiplayer is an ever-more important part of all our games moving forward. And by creating crews through Social Club, the crews that you create in Max Payne 3 will be ready and available for you to play in Grand Theft Auto V from day one. It’s all part of our larger approach to make multiplayer deeper and richer than what’s currently available, much more easily accessible to the newcomer and rewarding for the hardcore.

We made a promise not to talk too much about forthcoming games until a little further down the track but, yes, crews will feature in Grand Theft Auto V multiplayer.

Will this give you more incentive to explore the multiplayer of Max Payne 3 when it releases May 15?