It's not clear if Houston, Hoxton's brother that took over for Hoxton in Payday 2, will be returning in this sequel.īack in 2021, Overkill say that they want to make the world of Payday 3 feel more alive. We also know that the original four members of the gang (Dallas, Chains, Wolf, and Hoxton) will return in Payday 3. This seems to reconfirm the notion that we are headed to New York for most of the heists in Payday 3.

The page includes a short teaser video (seen below) showing off some fireworks going off over New York while some shadowy figures watch on. The news came alongside a new Steam page for Payday 3 that went live over the weekend. The next installment of this cooperative heist-focused franchise looks like it may finally be released this year. It looks like we could be getting an official Unreal Payday reveal soon, perhaps during this year's Game Awards showcase.2023 has been dubbed 'the year of Payday 3' from the game's developers at Overkill Software. There were many facets to that game that were hidden away, with the secret ending not even being revealed until five years post-launch. Many reports surfaced when the financial crisis came to light, saying that Starbreeze would not make it past the end of the year at the time, 2019, causing many of its stemming properties to come under question.Īs for Payday 2, Overkill continues to support the beloved sequel with rotating content like heists. The studio behind its predecessor, hit a major financial decline behind Starbreeze, its publisher, following the massive tanking of Overkill's The Walking Dead. Unfortunately, we don't have a release date yet at this time, but it is good to see that Payday 3 is crawling out of development hell and and actively being pursued to completion.

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