Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc is the third major
platform game installment in the
Rayman series. It tells the story of how Rayman stops André, an evil black lum, from taking over the world with his army of sack-like "Hoodlum" soldiers. Unlike the game's predecessor,
Rayman 3 took a more light-hearted turn, it has sarcastic self-referential undertones and pokes fun at the platforming video game genre. It was released for the
GameCube,
PlayStation 2,
Xbox and
Windows by
Ubisoft in 2003 and
OS X by
Feral Interactive in 2004. A remastered HD version of the game was released for
PlayStation Network and
Xbox Live Arcade in 2012. 2D versions were developed for the
Game Boy Advance and
N-Gage. A follow up game, , was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2005. This would be the last main series
Rayman game to be released until
Rayman Origins in 2011.