 When Max Payne came home to find his wife and child slain at the hands of lunatics made insane by a new designer drug, known as Valkyr or "V", he made it his mission to stop the trafficking of this terrible drug. Now, three years later, Max has uncovered one of the biggest underground trafficking rings of all time, he has been framed for the death of his partner, he has the NYPD, the mob, and the head of a multi-million dollar corporation all chasing him, all while during the worst blizzard of the century.