Max Payne is a neo-noir third-person shooter video game series developed by Remedy Entertainment (Max Payne and Max Payne 2) and Rockstar Studios (Max Payne 3). The series is named after its protagonist Max Payne a New York City police detective turned vigilante after his family was murdered by drug addicts. The series' first and second installments were written by Sam Lake while Max Payne 3 was primarily written by Rockstar Games' Dan Houser. The first game of the series Max Payne was released for Windows in 2001 and for PlayStation 2 Xbox and Apple Macintosh in 2002; a different version of the game was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. A sequel titled Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne was released for PlayStation 2 Windows and Xbox in 2003. In 2008 a movie adaptation loosely based on the original game entitled Max Payne was released starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis in the roles of Max Payne and Mona Sax respectively. Max Payne 3 was developed by Rockstar Studios and released for PlayStation 3 Windows and Xbox 360 in 2012.