PAYDAY 3 FAQ

[OVERKILL_Elisabeth]

Hello and welcome to the PAYDAY 3 Steam Forums!

The year of PAYDAY 3 is finally upon us, and we’re stoked to see you’re all excited for the game to release. We see that you have a lot of questions about it as well, which is why we’ve compiled several of the most frequently asked questions here. Thanks for joining us, and remember to wishlist PAYDAY 3 on Steam!

We will update this FAQ as more information is revealed closer to launch :)

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is the release date for PAYDAY 3?
A: 2023 is all we have communicated so far. We will be announcing the exact date at a later time.

Q: What engine is the game developed in?
A: The Unreal Engine!

Q: Which characters will be in PAYDAY 3?
A: We have confirmed the return of the original gang, Dallas, Chains, Hoxton and Wolf.

Q: Where will the game take place?
A: PAYDAY 3 will take place in New York.

Q: Will the game be available on consoles too?
A: Yes, PAYDAY 3 will be available on PlayStation and Xbox. Now that we’re developing the game in the Unreal Engine we can ensure that the PC and console versions are the same game and not separate games.

Q: How much will the game cost at release?
A: We have not confirmed this yet, more info will come later.

Q: Will PAYDAY 3 have [insert character/feature/location/etc]?
A: If your question is not answered by any of the above answers, then we have not confirmed this yet. We will reveal a lot more information towards the release, so stay tuned!

You either read the whole thing or skipped ahead to the end, either way here's a cookie for making it this far 🍪

[Nighthawk]

Someone else can have my cookie 🍪

Also which unreal engine

[Underdrill]

Looking forward to hearing who's cast as Wolf this time around!

[Mister Robot]

Originally posted by Nighthawk:

Someone else can have my cookie 🍪

Also which unreal engine

4 is what everyone’s saying

[OVERKILL_Elisabeth]

Originally posted by Nighthawk:

Someone else can have my cookie 🍪

Also which unreal engine

Very generous of you to share your cookie! As for which one, we'll talk more about that level of detail closer to release.

[animal_PLANET]

Originally posted by OVERKILL_Elisabeth:

Originally posted by Nighthawk:

Someone else can have my cookie 🍪

Also which unreal engine

Very generous of you to share your cookie! As for which one, we'll talk more about that level of detail closer to release.

I highly doubt its UE5. It was just released April of 2022. I wouldn't be surprised if OVK goes with UE3 though. Haha, JK, but not really.

I say its most likely latest version of 4.

Also, now that PD3 comes out this year, when will DLC price of PD2 be lowered? Still way too expensive!

[BigFloppa]

What about jacket character pack?

[Mister Robot]

Originally posted by BigFloppa:

What about jacket character pack?

Jacket is 3rd party, so most likely no. Also they’re probably (hopefully) not gonna release character packs so they can focus on the main 4

[thermoluminescence]

what are your plans for linux support, and will the game also be moddable?

[Prof.Jackie]

Question:
Is Overkill Software still active part of teh development team or involved in the process?
If not, why is the game listed on teir website and why is the company listed on the games website?

[animal_PLANET]

Originally posted by Prof.Jackie:

Question:
Is Overkill Software still active part of teh development team or involved in the process?
If not, why is the game listed on teir website and why is the company listed on the games website?

OVK is not the same team that made PD/PD2. A lot of original team members left and Bo Andersson went crazy. Making things even worse.

If you look at Starbreeze's past history before purchasing OVK their IP's lost money and they barely stayed afloat. Really not sure how they havent sunk yet.

I mean, PD2 sold over 25 million units alone on PC. Yet squandered all that money and investments, and had consecutive flops with WD and Raid, but still somehow managed to avoid bankruptcy. Than milked more money from 505, other investors and players with DLC after DLC with PD2.

Starbreeze is a very shady publisher and I dont trust them at all, but to finally answer your question yes. OVK is still actively developing the game along with Plaion I believe. As you can see its OVK still posting things here on Steam. Not someone new from Starbreeze so its safe to assume they are indeed working on the game.

With that said I will be highly cautious/skeptical about this game.

[Prof.Jackie]

Originally posted by animal_PLANET:

]With that said I will be highly cautious/skeptical about this game.

That's the reason for the question and I want an answer by someone official.
Believe me I know all that stuff you mentioned in detail, I've been very active in the Payday community in the past so I also know that the only thing that kept them alive out of sheer luck was giving away 5 (okay more like 7) million copies of Payday 2 on Steam to generate a new playyerbase after burning the old numerous times no too long before the release of Overkills the Walking Dead.

The reason I'm asking is simple:
In an interview with IGN there is this statement:

Starbreeze is also developing the game completely in-house without developer Overkill

source

So there are a few possibilities here:

1. IGN didt get something wrong, and given the fact it's IGN that's always a possibility
   
2. Overkill really isn't working on the game but nobdy bothered to updated according websites, but this is contadicted by the fact that they still posted advertisement for the game just recently
   
3. Starbreeze is lying, which given all the things in the past is also always a possibility

So to get rid of the confusion once and for all I posted my question here.

Oh and btw RAID WW2 wasn't created by Overkill but Lion Game Lion who previously made the Golden Grin Casino heist.

[animal_PLANET]

Originally posted by Prof.Jackie:

So there are a few possibilities here:

1. IGN didt get something wrong, and given the fact it's IGN that's always a possibility
   
2. Overkill really isn't working on the game but nobdy bothered to updated according websites, but this is contadicted by the fact that they still posted advertisement for the game just recently
   
3. Starbreeze is lying, which given all the things in the past is also always a possibility

So to get rid of the confusion once and for all I posted my question here.

Oh and btw RAID WW2 wasn't created by Overkill but Lion Game Lion who previously made the Golden Grin Casino heist.

IGN def got something wrong in translation as in the same paragraph they also go on to say that the game is not set in NYC.

Originally posted by IGN:

"and as development has progressed the game is no longer set in a "living, enormous representation" of New York City."

However, we all now know it is with the logo reveal trailer showing NYC. So IGN def messed up the article.

RAID was published and funded by Starbreeze. Since Lion made some good DLC like Casino heist for PD2 I guess Starbreeze felt that warranted a whole game. Boy were they wrong.

[_galaxy]

Originally posted by animal_PLANET:

Originally posted by OVERKILL_Elisabeth:

Very generous of you to share your cookie! As for which one, we'll talk more about that level of detail closer to release.

I highly doubt its UE5. It was just released April of 2022. I wouldn't be surprised if OVK goes with UE3 though. Haha, JK, but not really.

I say its most likely latest version of 4.

Also, now that PD3 comes out this year, when will DLC price of PD2 be lowered? Still way too expensive!

Payday 2 is cheap whenever there's a sale

[OVERKILL_Elisabeth]

Originally posted by Prof.Jackie:

Question:
Is Overkill Software still active part of teh development team or involved in the process?
If not, why is the game listed on teir website and why is the company listed on the games website?

We're the same people as before, but leaning more on the Starbreeze name than the OVERKILL name. You're familiar with our story, so I bet you already know that the two companies have in practice been one and the same for a few years now.

[❤ Pippa ❤]

Hey there :D
The "Infiltration tag" doesn't show at the first store page you need to click on it !
Might be intersting to add to the FAQ that Payday 3 will have (I guess) a Stealth part like the 2 :)