If not, Starbreeze may have no choice but to sell off publishing rights to the Payday franchise just like it did in 2019 for some of its other valuable assets. It needs to secure a publishing partner for the sequel and quick to balance out outstanding debts. Payday 3 is hence not a but the game to save Starbreeze Studios from financial ruin. Its former CFO Sebastian Ahlskog was also convicted of insider trading in 2019 which was another blow in the making. Starbreeze had to sell off publishing rights to games like Psychonauts 2 and System Shock 3 in order to stay afloat. Overkill’s The Walking Dead, a game which was supposed to be a financial boon for Starbreeze, had to be pulled from stores following poor reviews and sales in 2018. The coming years unfortunately threw Starbreeze in a spiral of a series of unfortunate events that have left their financial scars.
#Payday 3 developer full#
Starbreeze Studios acquired full rights to the Payday franchise from publisher 505 Games back in 2016 with an agreement that 505 will receive a third of all revenue from sales of Payday 3 once Starbreeze has recouped its development and marketing costs. Hosted by and feat 7 million community members It’s really important for us that we find the right partner in crime, so to speak, because we want to work with somebody who shares the same respect for the community and love for the game as we do.” To join our official PAYDAY 2 group on Steam, go here. “In the meantime, rest assured we’re working hard on the game and working hard to secure the right publishing partner for it. In our latest developer update, Elisabeth and I sit down to chat about what’s going on here at OVERKILL Software. I can assure you, as soon as we can tell you more, we will,” said Sjögren. “I know all of you are very interested in learning more about Payday 3.
The sequel however has still not been able to find a publishing partner, an apparently painful search which has been ongoing for nearly a year now.
#Payday 3 developer update#
In a new community update earlier today, Starbreeze Studios’ interim CEO Tobias Sjögren assured that development of Payday 3 has not been stopped. The news comes from the official Payday Twitter account, with three bullet-points on the multiplayer game threequel. Developer Starbreeze has announced the crime game is being built in the Unreal Engine, and the design phase is still happening. That does not bode well for developer and publisher Starbreeze Studios, its Overkill Software division, and the franchise. We have a small update on Payday 3, and it’s good news. Payday 3 was first announced back in 2016 but the long-awaited sequel remains more or less in stasis five years later.
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