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Max Payne 3 is really coming. After years of false starts and delays, the game is finally on track for a March 2012 release. And Rockstar plans to celebrate with the release of a massive Special Edition of the game that must be pre-ordered before January 15, 2012.

Retailing for $99.99, the Max Payne 3 Special Edition will include a copy of the game and a ton of other cool content. I think my favorite piece of included swag is the bullet keychain with a screw-off back.

Even if bullet keychains aren’t your thing, there’s sure to be something you find cool within this package. Here’s what else you’ll find in the Max Payne 3 Special Edition:

• 10″ tall Collectible Max Payne Statue created in a collaboration between TriForce and Rockstar Games.
• Series of game-inspired Original Still Life Art Prints that depict some of Max Payne’s inner demons and vices.
• Copper and brass-plated iron, bullet-shaped Bullet Keychain featuring a screw-off back.
• Classic Multiplayer Character Pack of eight playable multiplayer characters for Max Payne 3 multiplayer, including fan favorites from the original Max Payne and Max Payne 2 like Max in his Max Payne 2 outfit, Mona Sax and Vladimir Lem.
• Disorderly Conduct Multiplayer Weapons Pack for Max Payne 3 multiplayer that includes the Hammerhead Auto Shotgun, G9 Grenade Launcher and Molotov cocktail.
• Max Payne 3 Official Soundtrack featuring the game’s instrumental score.

Proudly proclaiming that “This trailer was made entirely from in-game footage,” the first trailer for Max Payne 3 gives the world a first look at the gritty glitzy and grimy sunny world of Max’s new stomping grounds, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

OK, it’s a little odd seeing a Max Payne game that takes place in the daytime, but this trailer is an awesome piece of action movie candy.

Max Payne 3 will be released for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in March 2012 (for real this time!).

After several delays, Rockstar Games has finally announced a date for the return of everyone’s favorite bullet-time dodging, inner monologue-abusing hero. Max Payne 3 is officially due out in March 2012 in North America and Europe for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. How serious are they this time? Check out the game’s boxart on your left.

The game is set after the events of Max Payne 2, following Max as he tries to start a new life in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The story will follow Payne as he provides private security for a wealthy industrialist in this new locale. Eventually, he faces off with the local gangs when they target his client’s family.

Max Payne 3 aims to change what we know and love about the Max Payne series by giving us new physics, a new game engine, realistic weaponry, a cover system, and even better bullet-time mechanics. Rockstar will also include a multiplayer mode for the first time in the series history. I’m curious to see if bullet-time actions will be present in the multiplayer and how many pills will be a-poppin’ for health regeneration.

Do you still not believe? Then hit the jump for two new screenshots as well. (more…)