(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); According to the latest edition of Game Informer, Max Payne will no longer be thrust into the seedy underbelly of New York City, instead, his latest drama takes place in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Following the 12 years that Max has spent away from the NYCPD, he has upped and left the US and moved to Sao Paulo to escape his demons. Whilst there he is hired by a rich local family as security which brings Max into plenty of undesirable situations. Aw, poor Max.

Max also has a new look about himself. Instead of sporting the slicked back hair and long coat, he now sports a bald head, big bushy beard, white sleeveless shirt and cargo pants. He's also not being voiced by James McCaffrey either as Rockstar didn't feel that it would fit how the character has aged.

The bullet time feature will of course make a return, but to keep things fresh after so many years, the game will feature a few new additions to do with animation and interaction with the environment.

Built on the RAGE engine, Max Payne 3 looks to feature a cover mechanic, some destructible environments, the ability to use enemies as human shields and Max now has a limited ability to scale walls and access combat from different directions - although the game is not classed as sandbox in nature.

Other gameplay features include a bullet cam, environmental bullet time (which sounds a lot like the QTE scenes from Wanted) and life saving kill shots - which essentially means that if you kill someone when nearly dead before the screen goes black, you get an adrenaline boost and spring back to life.

Max Payne 3 will be available in fall 2009.