

#PAYDAY 3 PUBLISHERS SOFTWARE#
"Payday 3 is shaping up to be an incredible game."Īlas, there is still much work to be done: Payday 3 won't be out until 2023. Payday 3 is an upcoming first-person shooter game developed by Overkill Software and published by Starbreeze Studios and Prime Matter. "We are delighted to welcome Starbreeze as a new partner for our global publishing business," Koch Media CEO Klemens Kundratitz said. "We now have a strong foundation for a successful launch of Payday 3."ĭespite a blowup with fans in 2015 over the addition of microtransactions (which were eventually dropped), it's a formula that's worked well: Payday 2 was released in 2013 and over the past 30 days had an average concurrent player count in excess of 25,000. Here's what we know about the newly revealed publishing deal and what that means for the third game. Payday 3 is offiically on the way, though not any time soon. Though the third game in the series was confirmed last year, the last known bit of news about progress was back in October of last year concerning the title being in the 'design phase. Payday 3 Release Set For 2023 With New Publishing Deal, 18-Month Post-Launch Support Planned. "In addition to securing the continued development, this deal secures global publishing of Payday 3 as well as the marketing efforts through the entire game life cycle," acting Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren said. Payday fans, rejoice Starbreeze has announced its new publishing deal with Koch Media for Payday 3, with a release window set for 2023.

#PAYDAY 3 PUBLISHERS PC#
The Swedish developer said Payday 3 is now due out at some point in 2023 on PC and consoles, and the investment will pay for development, marketing as well as more than 18 months of post-launch "games as a service" content. Similar to what Starbreeze has done (and continues to do) with Payday 2. Tobias Sjögren of Starbreeze Studios says, We are excited to announce this exclusive long-term PAYDAY 3 co-publishing deal with Koch Media who shares our passion for the PAYDAY franchise and. Starbreeze has signed a €50m publishing deal with Koch Media for Payday 3. After a rough couple of years that saw Payday studio Starbreeze flirt with bankruptcy and its chief financial officer charged and convicted of insider trading, the company has finally found a publisher for the long-awaited Payday 3: Koch Media, the parent company of Deep Silver and itself a division of Embracer Group, formerly known as THQ Nordic.
