The developers and publisher beat everyone to the first release date reveal news of the year with a short teaser video as well as a link for players to wishlist the game on Steam. According to the announcement, Payday 3 will be out on consoles and on PC later this year, which is a full decade since Payday 2 came out. Here’s the game’s official description: It’s crazy to think that Payday 3 almost never got made. After releasing Payday 2 in 2013, Starbreeze Studios ran out of money to finance the ongoing development and support for Payday 2 in 2018. As a result, development was put to a stop until late 2019 after Starbreeze did some restructuring that Overkill finally got a chance to resume work on Payday 2. Over the years, Overkill and Starbreeze have released 10 DLC heists for the game as well as many other content drops. Step out of retirement back into the life of crime in the shoes of the Payday Gang, the envy of their peers and the nightmare of law-enforcement wherever they go. Several years after the crew’s reign of terror over Washington DC has ended, they assemble once again to deal with the threat that roused them out of early retirement.
♬ original sound - Xfire - Xfire For Payday 3, Starbreeze and Overkill are working together with Koch Media on a lifetime co-publishing deal. It’ll be interesting to see how well Payday 3 will do compared to Payday 2, which is widely considered one of the most popular co-op FPS games in history. If nothing else, a 7-year development cycle and a switch to Unreal Engine can only serve to its benefit.
