Payday 3 announced the launch time, it will be far away

After years of waiting, Starbreeze, the publisher of Payday: The Heist, Payday 2 and more recently Overkill’s The Walking Dead, also announced the release date of Payday 3. Unfortunately, the sequel to this series will not be up. leave it early.

In a press conference on its website, Starbreeze outlined how it handled its recent financial woes, saying Payday 3 will launch as part of a “contemplation event” to restore revenue. The publisher also mentioned the release time of part 3, saying that the game will be released between 2022 and 2023.

This is clearly a long time for fans to wait, especially since Payday 2 was released in 2013. However, the brand still has an active online community. Although nothing can be said in advance, but Payday 3 could be the game that Starbreeze needs to recover from financial difficulties and bring stability to the publisher.

Starbreeze’s problems started in 2018 when they released a new zombie game, Overkill’s The Wakling Dead, but sales were extremely poor. Since then, the company has been constantly having bad luck, having to cancel the release of The Walking Dead on consoles, then make big staff cuts, not to mention being investigated by Swedish authorities for insider trading. The studio then had to file for restructuring with the Stockholm district court, causing many to fear the studio’s viability.

And yet, Overkill’s The Walking Dead is also not appreciated by game experts, the game is constantly delayed and finally lacks online players. Poor gameplay, the game crashes constantly. An unnamed employee of the studio also admitted earlier this year that the game was destined to fail, due to a lack of management direction in the design team and shaping the identity for the game. Let’s hope Payday 3 will be the project to help Starbreeze recover from the financial crisis, but it seems that everyone will have to wait a long time.