Max Payne 3 Release Date Is May 15, 2012. Rockstar Online Pass Price and Details (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

Max Payne 3 Wallpaper showcasing the adult style of the long-awaited third game in the series.

Max Payne 3 will be released on May 15, 2012 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Developed by Rockstar Games, it is the long-awaited third entry in the popular last-generation Max Payne series of third-person action adventure shooter games.

A dramatic, cinematic series, the original Max Payne made its debut a few years following the infinitely popular first Matrix film (2001, Matrix was released in 1999) and capitalized on that films success by being the first videogame to offer a slow-motion shooting mechanic, wherein the player could slow down time. Literally ripped straight from The Matrix and called the “Bullet Time” mechanic (amazing there wasn’t a lawsuit!), this allowed players to more easily dodge incoming gunfire from enemies or alternatively make it easier to hit them with your own shots.

Naturally “Bullet Time” returns in Max Payne 3, as you can see in this epic Max Payne 3 Bullet Time trailer.