''Payday 3'' is an upcoming

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game developed by

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and

Starbreeze Studios Starbreeze Studios AB is a Swedish video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based in Stockholm. The studios's notable games developed include ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay'', ''Payday 2'' and ''Brothers: ...

and published by Prime Matter.

Setting

The game will take place after the ending of ''

Payday 2 ''Payday 2'' is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Overkill Software and published by 505 Games. The game is a sequel to 2011's '' Payday: The Heist''. It was released in August 2013 for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ...

'' where the heisters went separate ways and left their lives of crime, but something is to re-motivate the Payday Gang to continue crime. The original crew of characters originating from '' Payday: The Heist'' ("Dallas", "Chains", "Wolf", and "Hoxton") will be in ''Payday 3'', and the game will take place mainly in

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. The first mission will take place at the "Gold & Sharke Incorporated" bank. ''Payday 3'' will take place in the 2020s, intended to add more depth to the Payday Gang's crimes with game-changing differences like more advanced surveillance or the rise of cryptocurrency.

Development

Publisher

announced in May 2016 that ''Payday 3'' was in development at

, after Starbreeze acquired the rights to the intellectual property for around . In March 2021,

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committed to pay to assist in the game's development and marketing, including more than 18 months of post-launch support using the

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model. ''Payday 3'' will be developed using

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. The game is planned to release in 2023.

References

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