Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter videogame, the third title in the Max Payne series.

The game was released on May 15, 2012 in North America and on May 18 in Europe, it was developed primarily by Rockstar Vancouver and was published by Rockstar Games for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game follows the life of protagonist Max Payne nine years after the events of the end of the previous game, as he works as a bodyguard for the wealthy Rodrigo Bronco and his family, alongside his friend and fellow ex-detective, Raul Passos. The game's plot was written by Dan Houser, co-creator and writer of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series, Red Dead Redemption, and Bully. Max Payne 3 received critical acclaim upon its release, holding 87/100 on Metacritic and GameRankings, with various reviewers praise the game for its dark story, improved visuals and gameplay, and the new multiplayer mode introduced in the game. Game play Max Payne 3 features an improved Bullet Time mode: more details of the game's world are presented in slow-motion[1], such as those of flying bullet casings, etc. A new bullet time variant is the "environmental bullet time" when the game speed is slowed down during certain scripted events for the player to quickly react.[1] The "bullet cam" also makes a return.[1] Operating System: Windows 7 32/64bit Service Pack 1 Windows Vista 32/64bit Service Pack 2 Windows XP 32/64bit Service Pack 3 Processor: Intel Dual Core 2.4 GHZ - i7 2600S 2.8GHz AMD Dual Core 2.6 GHZ - FX 6100 6 core 3.3GHz RAM: 2GB - 4GB Video Card: NVIDIA 8600 GT 512MB VRAM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB VRAM Radeon HD 3400 512MB VRAM - Radeon HD 5870 1GB VRAM Sound Card: 100% Direct X 9.0 compatible Direct X 9.0 compatible supporting Dolby Digital Live HDD Space: 35 Gb