After 8 years of waiting, Payday 3 is officially released

Payday 3 is finally out.

June is the time when many blockbuster games from small to large are launched for the gaming community at the world’s largest game fair – E3. And this year is no exception when opening E3 2021, there have been many different blockbuster games released. Since last year’s E3 was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year will be the performance of 2 years of game development. In a new announcement, publisher Koch Media has officially released a lot of new information about the blockbuster Payday 3 after a tight period.

The Payday series is known to gamers as FPS shooting games that rob banks with frantic gameplay that allows players to play the role of criminals who break into banks to get a life of luxury. Especially to Payday 2, the game has received constant updates since its launch in August 2013 until today and still has thousands of players every day. So the attraction to the third game is very big.

Accordingly, Payday 3 is still in the early stages of development, but it seems that the game is still in good shape. This was confirmed by the CEO of Starbreeze Studios, the same developer who worked on Payday 2. Given how early Payday 3 is in development, not a lot of information is ready yet. revealed, but Koch Media has provided a general summary so that fans can rest assured and wait.

“The latest installment of the Payday co-op FPS series in development, set in a Hollywood-like environment, allows the player to become a world-class criminal joining the legendary PAYDAY gang. phone.”

The road to Payday 3 has been a bumpy road for Starbreeze and Overkill Software’s in-house studio. First announced in 2016, Payday 3 was originally developed on the Valhalla engine, a game development engine that Starbreeze purchased for millions of dollars. However, after years of work, the team moved development to the more popular Unreal Engine but encountered more failures with the launch of the game when there were legal troubles for the company’s superiors. Production restarted around 2020 and Starbreeze partnered with Embracer Group in early 2021 to publish Payday 3 once the game is complete.

Players got to know a little about the world of Payday 3 during the launch event of the Summer Game Fest that took place last week, with new publishers from Koch Media and Embracer Group. The company describes Payday’s environment as “Hollywood-like”, inviting players to join the Payday gang as a world-class criminal from previous Payday versions. Fans who have been waiting years to experience Payday 3 will be pleased to know that Starbreeze is continuing to support Payday 2 in the form of an update that adds new weapons and loots.

Payday 3 is currently in development and is expected to release in 2023.

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