PAYDAY 3 Sale Promotion (Nov 27 to Dec 4)



I've got nothing but respect for the effort Starbreeze continues to put into Payday 3. At the tail end of 2023, all seemed lost for the sequel, especially when compared to the ongoing success of Payday 2, but that's slowly been turning around. Starbreeze has spent this year chipping away at some of the shooter's most severe problems while adding fresh content to keep players coming back. Now, Payday 3 is returning to 2011 with a new version of the first game's initial heist, and it's free for all players.
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If the last few years of the videogame industry have taught me anything, it's to expect a comeback. CD Projekt Red made sure Cyberpunk 2077 would rise from the ashes, Hello Games continues to support No Man's Sky after almost a decade, and Square Enix's Final Fantasy 14 2.0 turned the MMO into a gargantuan success. I have faith that Payday 3 will join these games, especially after the improvements Starbreeze has made to the co-op FPS in its first year. As we enter the game's next year of content, however, Starbreeze says it'll be lowering investment and using a smaller team - but it's not as bad as it might sound.
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While it's always frustrating when a promising game releases in a less-than-ideal state, I do enjoy seeing one go through a solid redemption arc. Payday 3 is definitely one of those games. It's been steadily honing the co-op FPS into an experience that better captures the magic of its still-popular predecessor, and now that it's pushed live its massive anniversary update full of essential new features and improvements, it's finally starting to look like the experience it should've been from the get-go.
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Game-changing Payday 3 update fixes servers, UI, and some of the worst problems
Payday 3 dev says it will keep making updates even if there's only one player
Payday 3 launch was "disastrous," Starbreeze admits, but huge changes are coming