Starbreeze Acquires Payday 3 Publishing Rights from Plaion Players Enviornment

Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Studios has introduced that it’s going to self-publish the sport going ahead, having acquired the publishing rights from former writer Plaion (beneath its Deep Silver division).

In a press launch on its official web site, Starbreeze board member Thomas Lindgren says the choice will enable the studio to “considerably speed up” its deliberate roadmap for Payday 3, in addition to to “pursue broader strategic alternatives for the Payday franchise as an entire”.

In line with Starbreeze, though this choice marks the tip of Starbreeze and Plaion’s publishing settlement, it “additionally lays the groundwork for a long-term partnership” between the 2 studios as regards to future Payday initiatives. It appears like Plaion may effectively publish a hypothetical Payday 4, if that occurs.

I say “if that occurs”, as a result of given Payday 3‘s dismal launch and quite a few employees modifications at Starbreeze owing to the sport’s relative failure, Payday 4 is certainly not assured at this level.

Certainly, Starbreeze will probably wish to try to flip Payday 3‘s fortunes round earlier than fascinated about a sequel, though provided that gross sales have been trying fairly grim across the time of the studio’s final monetary outcomes presentation, that is perhaps a pipe dream as effectively.

Sadly, a fast take a look at Payday 3‘s Steam participant numbers in comparison with Payday 2‘s paints a equally miserable portrait for Starbreeze. At time of writing, Payday 2‘s 24-hour participant peak stands at a mighty 25,095, whereas Payday 3‘s is at simply 795.

Maybe Starbreeze’s stewardship of Payday 3 can rework the sport’s fortunes, however I would be inclined to say that it would effectively be over for the plucky heist shooter at this level.

Outdoors of Payday 3 itself, Starbreeze can also be pursuing different collaborations and crossovers for the Payday franchise; again in December, it was revealed that the worlds of Payday and Krafton’s PUBG will probably be crossing over.

Payday additionally is not Starbreeze’s solely iron within the hearth. The studio can also be at the moment engaged on a live-service Dungeons & Dragons multiplayer recreation, though we do not know an excessive amount of about that mission simply but.

It stays to be seen whether or not Payday 3‘s change in writer will even lead to a change in its fortunes. For now, although, you’ll be able to decide up Payday 3 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X|S.