The game went down with practiced bravado. Yellow backgrounds crawled across the sky, laden with foreboding.

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Game: Max Payne 3

Genre: Shooter

Developer: Rockstar Vancouver

Publisher: Rockstar Games

Platform(s): PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Available from: Amazon(US), GameStop(US), Amazon(UK), Play.com(UK)