Starbreeze is going all out on Payday 3's development, but Payday 2 continues delivering surprisingly high playercounts.
Starbreeze recently announced some impressive Q3 financials and reiterated its progress on Payday 3. The developer says that Payday 3's development is going quite well and that expansion efforts at Overkill have kicked off to help finalize the game for its incoming 2023 release.
"The development of PAYDAY 3 is proceeding according to plan, and together with our co-publishing partner, Plaion (which has changed its name from Koch Media group), we are working hard to ensure a successful launch in 2023. Many people are waiting for more information about the exact release date and to see content from the game, and we will provide updates closer to the launch," said Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjogren
"Our studio grew somewhat during the quarter, with the number of employees increasing from 152 to 156. This is according to plan and the team for PAYDAY 3 is reaching full size."
PAYDAY 3 financed and set for release 2023
Strong foundation for a successful launch of PAYDAY 3
We continue to grow the development organization and the number of employees increased by 6 vs PY. The development team for PAYDAY 3 will peak in size during fall 2022.
Payday 3 will be published by Plaion's relatively new Prime Matter label, and will feature the original heisters who wreak havoc in New York. The heists will feature a mix of modern day concepts including crytopcurrencies.
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Chaz_Delicious on November 21st, 2022 at 17:37 UTC »
I honestly don't know how they would make payday 3 exciting. Payday 2 did everything I thought they could ever do. Freaking white house heist, car heist, nuclear heist, lab heist in Russia, they did it all. Same for the weapons and masks, although I think the lmgs were lacking.
Also the console version needs to be on par with the pc version. It was ridiculous seeing the console versions be 2 years behind in content.
I love the game but am curious to how they up or outdo themselves for payday 3
hoodatninja on November 21st, 2022 at 14:43 UTC »
Payday definitely has the foundation to be a legendary title. Here’s hoping!
ch0m5 on November 21st, 2022 at 13:34 UTC »
I must admit I am somewhat hyped for this game.
Payday 2 has a lot of problems imo, but the core is very strong. Tons of different weapons and skills to play around with in both gameplay and builds, firefights are crazy frenetic and fun, and the music is a blast. However, the sneaky part I always found it somewhat lackluster, specially with how dumb the AI is.
I wish them the best of luck.