Max Payne Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-06 · 145 entries checked · 82 flagged · 222 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 222 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Max Payne — The entry states Max Payne's family was murdered by 'drug addicts,' but in the canon, they were murdered by Valkyr-addicted junkies specifically associated with the Punchinello crime family.

Max Payne — The entry states 'As of 2011, the Max Payne franchise has sold over 7.5 million units,' but the official 2011 figure from Remedy was over 7 million units.

Mona Sax — Mona does not disappear in the Aesir headquarters elevator after being shot in the head by mercenaries; she is shot in the head by a sniper (Jack Lupino's men) in the elevator at the end of Max Payne 1, and her body is not seen again, but the game implies she

Mona Sax — In Max Payne 2, Mona is not a suspect in the murder of 'U.S. Senator Sebastian Gate'; she is framed for his murder, but the actual killer is Vladimir Lem.

Vladimir Lem — Vladimir Lem is killed by Mona Sax, not Max Payne, in Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.

Vladimir Lem — The conspiracy in Max Payne 2 primarily involves the Inner Circle and the Cleaners; Vladimir Lem is a secondary antagonist, not a central part of a conspiracy with the Italian Mob and the Inner Circle.

Jack Lupino — Jack Lupino did not kidnap Alex Balder; Balder was murdered by a hitman working for the Punchinello crime family, and Lupino had no role in that event.

Nicole Horne — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section claims 'The source article does not specify Horne's fate or whether she is a boss character,' but in canon, Nicole Horne is explicitly the final boss and is killed by Max Payne.

Alfred Woden — Alfred Woden first appears in Max Payne (2001), not Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.

Woden's Cleaners — The Cleaners first appear in Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, not Max Payne (2001).

Woden's Cleaners — The Cleaners are not affiliated with the Punchinello crime family; they are a separate group working for Vladimir Lem, who is not a member of the Punchinello family but a leader of the Inner Circle.

Senator Alfred Woden — Senator Alfred Woden first appears in Max Payne (2001), not Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. He is introduced in the first game's ending cutscene.

Senator Alfred Woden — Woden is not an antagonist in the series; he is a morally ambiguous figure who helps Max, and the Inner Circle is not portrayed as purely antagonistic.

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