A number of retailers including Amazon and Gamestop have recently changed the release date listed for Max Payne 3 to December 1st of this year.

We all know that retailers have pencil dates for games to allow for pre-orders and sometimes these change however in an email sent to people who have pre-ordered the game it mentioned that the date had been changed by the publisher.

Hello,

We have received new release date information related to your
pre-ordered video game in the order you placed on November 11 2010
(Order# xxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx). The release date for the video game listed
below has been changed by the publisher, and we want to provide you
with a new delivery estimate based on the new release date:

Windows XP “Max Payne 3″

Release date: December 01 2011

Estimated arrival date: December 05 2011

Source: Rockstarwatch