Max Payne 3 is an upcoming third-person shooter video game is developed by Rockstar Vancouver and will be published by Rockstar Games for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This is the first game in the series not to be developed by Finnish game developer Remedy Entertainment and not being written by series creator Sam Lake. The game was originally scheduled for release in late 2009. However, it was pushed back to 2010 alongside several other Take Two Interactive franchises in order to "benefit from having more development time."

In June 2010, the game was again pushed back to 2011.cite weburl=Payne 3 delayed; Redemption sells 5 million; GTAIV sells 17 milliondate=June 8, 2010publisher=RockstarWatch.netaccessdate=2010-06-19