Pre-Order DLC Before Pre-Order Payne

If you thought it was painful to wait for the much-anticipated Max Payne 3 game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, now you can add to your distress with a pre-order of the first downloadable content pack! That's right gamers, straight from Gamespot comes the note that this game which literally has not hit the shelves yet now has pre-order availability for seven add-on packs, these packs coming together at a combined price of 2,400 Microsoft or $30 USD. This price is a "more than 35 percent discount" off of purchasing each of the add-on packs separately, so says Rockstar.

This Rockstar games soon to be masterpiece shooter will be rolling out with a series of downloadable content packs, DLC in other words, each of them including additional content for your pleasure right in your own Max Payne 3 environment on your very own console. The first Max Payne 3 DLC will be called Local Justice Map Pack and will include three maps for use inside the game's four multiplayer modes – Gang Wars, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Payne Killer. The release of this first DLC will actually drop in June.

The rest of the packs are as follows:

June 2012

Local Justice Map Pack

Summer 2012

Disorganized Crime Map Pack

Deathmatch Made in Heaven Mode Pack

Hostage Negotiation Map Pack

New York Minute Co-Op Pack

Fall 2012

Painful Memories Map Pack

Trickle Down Economics Map Pack

You'll find this game exploding all over your console on May 15th. Now you've just got to decide whether you'll want to play this or Diablo III all night long, then for the rest of the week as well. Harsh stuff!

[via Gamespot]