These guys came dressed for the occasion with rides done up in honor of Rockstar and MDW for the Midnight Club LA portion of the day's proceedings.

Here's to all the Memorial Day Weekend warriors who came out in full force both to soak up three full days of Triple XP in Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne 3, but also those who partook in the live-stream Social Club community event we hosted smack dab in the middle of the weekend on Saturday May 25th. It was six epic hours of action playing a cavalcade of Rockstar online modes from across Grand Theft Auto IV, Episodes from Liberty City, Max Payne 3, Table Tennis, Red Dead Redemption and Midnight Club Los Angeles with other Social Club members and with some of us here at Rockstar as well. Thanks as well to all who tuned in to the broadcast at the Social Club Multiplayer Events page and over at the official Rockstar Twitch page keeping the color commentary flowing. Here's a breakdown of just some of the action we saw.

Beginning the day's journey in the mean streets of Liberty City on PS3 with a bit of Team Deathmatch, Team One's LarsDK and MagicShadowZ had the inaugural snuffs on the stream, at the expense of Team Two's Walisson-_-Game and StephanRask1970 (PSN ID), respectively. Our PlayRockstar tried to set the bar high and went hunting after two of the early standouts on Team Two: Nissan_GTR2012, who was impressively mowing down everyone in sight and southparkmayor who turned the tables and straight Kenney'ed us. Seconds after our teammate and Newswire regular ferguson99 deaded kalanchoe88 and LarsDK, that pesky Nissan_GTR2012 stepped out and shut us down. On the upside, it was right at the doorstep of the hospital - thanks for the courtesy. Moments later, Nissan_GTR2012 got a bit of a comeuppance when Walisson-_-Game machine gunned 'em down. With a minute left and desperately trying to catch up, Team Two's jay-bolty (PSN ID) appeared from out of the shadows to ventilate MagicShadowZ. But it just wasn't enough and Team One wound up taking the match, with vince_42069 and LarsDK getting 13 kills apiece and southparkmayor contributing 9. Team Two's top player was good ol' ferguson99 with 7 kills.

Cheers to GimletGreendog for a vigorous game of Table Tennis as well as for creating this awesome highlight reel of his play across all the games that day.

Update: Triple XP is live for Red Dead and Max Payne 3 until Tuesday morning. And thanks to everyone that joined in Saturday for the six hour playsession, including those chatting, watching and entering the sweepstakes on the event page, and those that were playing in-game.

Get ready for a mighty weekend of multiplayer action coming up including Triple XP activated all weekend (Friday through Monday) for Red Dead and Max Payne 3 as well as an epic Social Club community live-streaming play session happening this Saturday May 25th when you'll be able to face your friends – and us – in your favorite Rockstar titles. Feel like taking speed runs in Midnight Club: Los Angeles' Ordered Race? Check. Want to light up someone in a rival Crew? We'll be in full attack mode with Max Payne 3 and Red Dead Redemption. We're also featuring Table Tennis, Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City, all from 12-6pm EDT / 4-10pm GMT.

If you were feeling the expansive format of our previous multiplayer Saturday, we'll be at it again but to up the ante we're playing in all six games during all six hours. We're also featuring one solid video stream all afternoon so you can follow the action without fumbling between two channels. We'll also have some exclusive limited edition Grand Theft Auto IV Prize Packs to give away.

Three Grand Prize winners will receive a full size GTAIV dart board, pool cue with case and chalk, Swingers foam finger, Tw@ Internet C@fe mouse pad, a Statue of Happiness figurine, a pin set, license plate, coasters and stickers. If you don't win a Grand Prize, entering still puts you in for the second random drawing for one of twenty runner-up prize packs, each containing a Rockstar t-shirt, GTAIV coasters, a Tw@ Internet C@fe mouse pad and stickers. Enter on Social Club on Saturday May 25th, and good luck to all.

Again, we'll be playing all six games during all six hours. The schedule below only reflects what you'll be able to watch on the video stream that'll appear on our Social Club and Twitch pages during the afternoon.

• GTAIV, 12-1pm EDT / 4-5pm GMT (Streaming on PS3)
• EFLC, 1-2pm EDT / 5-6pm GMT (Streaming on Xbox)
• Max Payne 3, 2-3pm EDT / 6-7pm GMT (Streaming on PS3)
• Table Tennis, 3-4pm EDT / 7-8pm GMT (Streaming on Xbox 360)
• Red Dead Redemption, 4-5pm EDT / 8-9pm GMT (Streaming on PS3)
• Midnight Club Los Angeles, 5-6pm EDT / 9-10pm GMT (Streaming on Xbox 360)

• PlayRockstar (PS3 / Xbox 360 / Max Payne 3 on PC)
• PlayRockstar2 (PS3 / Xbox 360)
• PlayRockstarPC (GTAIV on PC)

The April Rockstar Social Club Multiplayer Event was an all-new epic live-streaming edition hosting a six-hour Saturday marathon session on April 13th. Along with action-packed multiplayer across such Social Club Event staples as Grand Theft Auto IV, Max Payne 3, and Red Dead Redemption, we also pulled the tarp off our muscle cars and dusted off the old ping pong paddles for a nostalgic go of Midnight Club: Los Angeles and Table Tennis with Social Club fans. You guys certainly seemed happy to see these old friends on the stream. For those who may have missed out or are ready for more - we'll be looking to do it again this month, stay tuned for news soon on the May edition.

The first port of call was Max Payne 3 for a round of Run and Stun in Branco Headquarters - part of an eclectic playlist that featured some of the more recent DLC game modes and introduced Last Man Standing and Team Last Man Standing game variants, which some of you may remember as featured modes from previous events. In one match, our PlayRockstar2 fought hard on Xbox 360 but couldn't quite stay in check with MARK ALAN DARK, who edged out Wicked9Klown 55 Points to 49. Those two would continue to be a thorn in PlayRockstar2's side, both wielding the IA2 AR assault rifle with surgical precision.

Meanwhile, PlayRockstar was knee-deep in a Team Deathmatch in Nova Esperança on PS3. Opting for a heavy Loadout with the M4, dual 9mm and Weapon Double-Dealer, our Dev went up against ToniMessia, Mike921, hajisaito-san and Blitzard219 of the Shine Thugz Crew (whose stunning Parisian pride Emblem we featured a while back in The Crew Cut). PlayRockstar fought a hard match but the Shine Thugz gang French fried us in the end, winning 78-44.

Over on PC, PlayRockstarPC and porosenok85 went right down to the wire in a thrilling match of Run and Stun - the mode where one player assumes the role of the villainous troll Saci and the rest try to survive his onslaught. Playing as Saci ourselves, we were leading with three minutes to go, looking good, in control and poised to take the win. However, when Wizard88 picked up a kill with the PT92, it opened the gate for porosenok85 to embark on a last-ditch rampage and pip our player to the post 322-268.

PlayRockstar didn't stand a chance against the sting of illyaillya's stun gun.

For the second segment of the event, PlayRockstar2 stepped up to Table Tennis on Xbox 360 while PlayRockstar took to the streets of Midnight Club: Los Angeles. With only a paddle and a point to prove, PlayRockstar2 went on a metronomic rampage, slicing and smashing towards consecutive wins against sirwaltjabasco and VineWooD_HD, giving up a mere three points along the way. With the move to Ranked mode, our Dev ran up against a veritable boss in BL4CKJOK3R. Playing as the Solayman character and wielding levels of spin that might make Congressman Stubbs proud, BL4CKJOK3R beat us in straight sets, only dropping a single point in the process. Kudos.

On the streets of L.A., PlayRockstar buckled up and into an ’88 VW Scirocco and lined up against a stacked field of hungry competitors. Despite bringing a knife to a gunfight as we faced off against some high-octane Lambos in our humble hatchback, PlayRockstar came in a respectable seventh, with MDK_SaCk_LuNcH (XBL GT), MRWAFFELHATER_2 (XBL GT) and xXxPR3D4T0RIxXx (XBL GT) taking first, second and third respectively.

Next, we traded in our German import for an American Standardbred as we switched over to Red Dead Redemption on both Xbox 360 and PS3. PlayRockstar2 kicked things off with a round of Grab the Bag alongside - among others - Newswire regular illyaillya, who managed their team's only capture. The stars of this particular show were xGBUx27Xanax, with a very impressive three captures; and BradPitt_v2v (XBL GT), who clocked up 19 kills - nine of which were headshots. Not to be outdone, our PlayRockstar2 was Top Player in the following round with 13 kills and two captures of their own.

CommanderCaZa also encountered PlayRockstar2 in a ruthless kind of mood during the course of the event, and uploaded the footage to YouTube for everyone to enjoy:

We closed out the day's extravaganza in Liberty City, starting with a GTA Race at the start of Bawhan Dash alongside Dazed_Mong, BALISTIK_BLAZE (XBL GT), shot_yr_melon (XBL GT) and others, quickly battling for the lead with IMdeNMEofDEATH (XBL GT). Things were looking good for us until an errant lamppost nudged our Comet into a spin. We fought back with offensive driving and machine gun fire, and almost pulled back into contention, before running into Dazed_Mong's (XBL GT) roadblock. With dreams of victory shattered after taking a bullet to the head, we had to settle for the ignominy of chasing down the finish line on a Faggio.

PRIZE WINNERS

Congrats to lucky sweepstakes winners of our coveted Rockstar Prize Packs which included some vintage original collectibles. WolfskinKiller, CoolMarquis97 and drew713 will each be receiving an MCLA remote control car and seat belt cover, a pool cue set and Statue of Happiness from GTAIV, playing cards and dice from Red Dead Redemption, a Max Payne 3 bullet pen and flask along with some stickers.

Runner-up prize packs featuring t-shirts, stickers and the aforementioned playing cards were awarded to TonyMontana166, Superpicl, MarkusGathome, BabyfaceKane, Mr_Kevin01, Darkflame_666, webby1990, VacationSuit, TechnicalH1, Krette, Jpbever, tallbailey, bobthekiller666, cooljodegekke, psnmexican, Nickster8000, s0undst0rmz, FRA1Z3R, weeniewhacker14 and CircusRock.

For all else, remember you can still pick up some of those items over at the Rockstar Warehouse store now while supplies last.

Thanks again to everyone who joined in the event and those who made the most of Triple XP all that weekend on Max Payne 3 and Red Dead Redemption. A last special shout to the Red Dead Dogs Crew who kept the party going that weekend long after the live-stream ended, tearing it up in Max Payne 3, Red Dead and GTAIV, as this slick compilation video attests. Solid work, gang.

Stay tuned here at the Newswire for details on future Social Club events soon. In the meantime, check out a few of memorable screens from the April blockbuster along with the roll call of everyone who attended, according to our records.