We finally got a little bit of an update today on Payday 3, a game which hasn't been talked about since February 2021. That update in 2021 was issued by the ever-optimistic new CEO of Starbreeze, Tobias Sjögren. Sjogren being made the new CEO after the previous CEO resigned in October 2020. That particular resignation and change of leadership followed a very rocky couple of years for Starbreeze that included a raid on the studio's offices in Sweden and an insider trading conviction for the CFO in late 2018 and early 2020 respectively.
Though the game is still coming, and a few statements were made about it, there is still very little known about the game even today. That still holds true even after Sjögren conducted a new interview with IGN. This interview shows a Starbreeze that is much better off than they were a few years back.
Starbreeze just opened up a new studio in the UK and are continuing along with development on Payday 3.
"Payday 3]'s coming along really well. I'm super excited about telling more about it, but we can't at this point in time," Sjögren said. "We haven't released any other information [other] than we are actually releasing it in 2023, but we will and it's going to be a lot of fun.
The switch to Unreal Engine could be a big one for Payday 3, as Sjögren noted that the developers, "had a very tricky situation in Payday 2 where we have not been able to keep our console versions of Payday 2 up to pair with the PC version. And of course, an engine like Unreal really gives you that opportunity to focus on making the game rather than the technology."
The switch to Unreal Engine could be a big one for Payday 3, as Sjögren noted that the developers, "had a very tricky situation in Payday 2 where we have not been able to keep our console versions of Payday 2 up to pair with the PC version. And of course, an engine like Unreal really gives you that opportunity to focus on making the game rather than the technology."
Starbreeze's UK location will be led by Cinder Cone co-founders Tancred Dyke-Wells and Lawrence Bishop. These two previously released Skeleton Crew earlier this year and have also worked on games such as Firewatch, Battalion Wars, and Nintendo Art Academy.
Sjögren says that Starbreeze will keep focusing on live-service platforms for their releases. He notes, "If we don't deliver more and new content in a swift basis after the release, we definitely have made a big mistake."
