PAYDAY 3 News

Payday 3 dev says it will keep making updates even if there's only one player

In response to Payday 3's current player numbers, developer Starbreeze Studio says it will continue to produce updates for the crime FPS even if only a single player is online. On its launch day in 2023, Payday 3 attracted more than 77,000 players, but that number quickly dwindled owing to technical problems and widespread criticism of the Payday 2 sequel. While the shooter is steadily making a comeback, it's concurrent user count has never returned to its release-day high. While it says it will keep releasing material for Payday 3 regardless, Starbreeze also recently told PCGamesN it is confident the shooter sequel can recover completely.

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Payday 3 launch was "disastrous," Starbreeze admits, but huge changes are coming

It's been a tough year for Starbreeze, and for Payday 3's players, but the heist FPS has every chance of making a valiant comeback. At launch, the much-anticipated sequel to the beloved Payday 2 absolutely tanked, afflicted by so many technical issues that people literally couldn't get into a match. Even when the servers were straightened out, many gameplay features that the series faithful had come to expect were missing. Core systems had been redesigned and the general experience, compared to Payday 3's predecessors, was found wanting. Nevertheless, the crime shooter has just passed a crucial milestone, earning a 'mostly positive' Steam rating for the first time. Speaking exclusively to PCGamesN, lead producer Andreas Penniger and community head Almir Listo explain how Starbreeze is building a better future for Payday 3.

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PAYDAY 3: Blog Update - Stocked & Loaded Summary + Soundtrack Volume 2!

Happy blog update, heisters!

Ahead of the launch of Fear & Greed we held an event called Stocked & Loaded, where you were able to trade your way to the top📈

In this week’s blog post we wanted to summarize the work done for it, and the amazing work you put into it! You can find the blog HERE

And we're happy to announce that PAYDAY 3 Soundtrack Volume 2 is officially OUT! You can now listen to all the music in the game, which you can find HERE🎵

Have a great weekend!

Payday 3 Steam reviews finally reach positive milestone, one year on

It's been a long road for Payday 3, but things are finally looking up. The long-awaited third entry in Starbreeze's beloved heist FPS series arrived to plenty of fanfare in September 2023, but quickly saw player counts and its Steam review score plummet. Now, however, Starbreeze is celebrating a crucial turnaround as recent updates and improvements see user opinion finally begin to turn in Payday 3's favor. Could we finally be seeing the start of a potential comeback?

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PAYDAY 3 - +50% Cash Weekend

Starting NOW, Sep 27th 5 pm CEST, until Sept 30th at 10 am CEST we are running a +50% boost on cash for the weekend! Get in here, heister🔫😎