Just to let ou guys know that the price of this Special Edition has gone down to a more reasonable £79.99 (from HMV), and the release date is now the 18th of May 2012
HMV have created a special area of their site dedicated to the release of Max Payne 3:
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/navigate.do?pPageID=5602
If you previously had this on pre-order from GAME, then this might be the opportunity to switch your order