Development duties were shared between many of Rockstar's studios worldwide. An online multiplayer mode is included with the game, allowing up to 16 players to engage in both cooperative and competitive gameplay in re-creations of multiple single-player settings.Īs part of their research for the game's setting, the developers conducted field research around São Paulo throughout development and captured footage for the design team.
Nine years after the events of the second game, Max becomes employed as a private security contractor in Brazil, but quickly becomes entangled in a quest filled with death and betrayal. Throughout the single-player mode, players control Max Payne, a former detective. The game is played from a third-person perspective. The game is the third entry in the Max Payne series and the first since Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, developed by Remedy Entertainment. It was released on for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 a Microsoft Windows port was released on May 29, 2012, followed by an OS X port on June 20, 2013. Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter video game developed by Rockstar Studios and published by Rockstar Games.