The Latest Breaking News from Starbreeze

50 Cent is producing a Payday project for 'the screen'

Whether that's a TV or movie screen isn't clear at this point, but I'm pretty sure it's one or the other.

PC Gamer · Aug 10

Payday has come to Fortnite, because today's cool gamers are 'discovering legendary IPs in entirely new ways'

The new game is called, literally and in totality, Heist Escape Roguelike: Payday Experience.

PC Gamer · Aug 10

As its much newer sequel struggles, the 13-year-old Payday 2 is getting a 'massive engine upgrade' that improves performance and cuts the install size in half

The studio that took over Payday 2 development in 2025 has been hard at work.

PC Gamer · Jun 26

Three months after laying off a bunch of people, Payday studio Starbreeze lays off a bunch more people

Multiple developers have reported a new round of cuts at the beleaguered developer.

PC Gamer · Jan 22

Things are so bad for Payday 3 at this point, even Crime Boss: Rockay City is making fun of it

A new Rockay City trailer pokes fun at a recent Payday 3 misstep, and it's actually kind of clever.

PC Gamer · Nov 6, 2025

Starbreeze hands off Payday 2 to another developer as it goes all-in on trying to salvage the beleaguered Payday 3

"They know the Payday 2 engine inside and out, and they've already gotten started."

PC Gamer · Oct 21, 2025

Starbreeze lays off a bunch more people as it cancels its co-op D&D game and shifts focus to building Payday 3 into a 'modern live-engagement game'

The videogame industry strikes again.

PC Gamer · Oct 2, 2025

Payday 2 dev adds DLC subscription to its 12-year-old game as a "cost effective alternative" after price hike, admits "we messed up" as players torch its Steam reviews

It's not looking like a payday… for Payday

GamesRadar · Sep 25, 2025

Starbreeze says sorry, reverses price increase on Payday 2 DLC bundle: 'We definitely didn't handle this right'

The price of the Infamous Collection took a big jump just a few weeks ahead of the rollout of a new DLC subscription service.

PC Gamer · Sep 25, 2025

Payday 2 gets a new DLC subscription service, and it's a pretty good deal but a lot of players are mad anyway

Starbreeze says Payday 2's new DLC subscription offering "has no direct impact on ongoing work on Payday 3."

PC Gamer · Sep 24, 2025