Aesir Corporation was the source of [Max Payne]'s descent in to [vengeance] in the [video game] Max Payne, released in [2001] by [Remedy Entertainment].

Like the literal definition of the word Aesir, the corporation was based upon a godlike figure, [CEO] [Nicole Horne] (voiced in the game by [Jane Gennaro]), a [valkyrie]-ish [thug] woman intent on the ruin of many for her own [financial] gain. It was she, through her Aesir Corporation, that distributed the drug [Valkyr] (another word from Max Payne that's based in [Norse mythology]), a strong [hallucinogen] and stimulant best described as an infinitely more potent version of [PCP]. Valkyr addicts were responsible for the [murder] of Max Payne's [wife] and [child], thus setting into motion the game's storyline. The final level of the game takes place in the [monolithic] Aesir [corporate headquarters], during a Nordic-like [blizzard].

(Warning: spoilers ahead)

Max Payne was responsible for the destruction of the Aesir Corporation at the end of the game with the death of Nicole Horne, whose [helicoptor] was crushed mid-flight by a [cell tower] on the roof of Aesir Plaza that Max Payne shot down.

[mirv] suggests that the [wintry] setting of the game is a reference to [Fimbulwinter], the year-long winter that preceeds [Ragnarok] in [Norse mythology]. (Makes sense to me; a club called Ragnarok is the setting of one of the game's levels, as a nod to this.)

Aesir (thing)