First and foremost, Starbreeze reveals that their monthly active users (MAU) for the title are still over 800,000 combined, while development continues to remain strong. Towards the end of Q1 2022, the team released the Mountain Master Heist, the fourth and final chapter in the City of Gold series of heists, to mixed reviews on Steam. Another exciting tidbit regards the company’s plans regarding newer games. The press release cites, “The development of PAYDAY 3 is on schedule, and the development of PAYDAY 2 content continues with the same high level of ambition as last year.” This is mainly to assure people that PAYDAY 3 is still happening. Possibly the most significant piece of news, though, is that the release also states that new IPs will probably be in the works. Inside of Q1, Starbreeze made a motion to “develop a new game in-house with a view to release in 2025. This game might be based on a licensed brand, but we are also working on developing new IPs internally.” It continues with the following: Hopefully, this can give people in the mid-2020s a look into Starbreeze as a developer other than “the studio that brought you PAYDAY.” And, God willing, this won’t turn out like that canceled Walking Dead game Overkill tried making in the 2010s.
