Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Entertainment is developing a co-op multiplayer Dungeons & Dragons game.
16.11.2023 - 17:41 / gamingbolt.com / Deep Silver / Starbreeze Studios / Tobias Sjögren
Payday 3 has been met with a fair bit of backlash due to its launch issues in recent weeks, while Embracer Grup – the parent company of Deep Silver, the shooter’s publisher – has also said that the game has performed below its expectations. However, at least where its initial sales are concerned, developer Starbreeze Studios doesn’t seem to agree.
In a recently published quarterly fiscal report, Starbreeze Studios CEO Tobias Sjögren said that Payday 3’s initial sales upon launch exceeded the developer’s expectations. He did, however, acknowledge that the game had a troubled launch, which, according to him, has resulted in slows slowing down since that initial period.
“Both interest in the game and initial sales exceeded our expectations, it was clear that many people have been waiting a long time to play Payday 3,” Sjögren said. “Unfortunately, it quickly became evident that the infrastructure on which the game rests was not holding up – this despite extensive internal and external tests carried out leading up to launch. The consequence is that sales after the period are somewhat lower, but we are convinced that what we have in store will increase sales over time.”
Sjögren went on to say that Starbreeze Studios plans to stick to its live service plans for Payday 3, and with future updates, will be able to “repair the short-term drop in confidence that the launch entailed”. He also reiterated that as of September 30, the game had already sold enough to recoup its development costs, as previously confirmed by Embracer Group.
“The team’s focus is, and will continue to be, building Payday 3 according to plan and repairing the short-term drop in confidence that the launch entailed,” he said. “That Payday 3, at September 30 based on preliminary total revenue, had recouped the investment Starbreeze made in the game up until launch shows both the strength of the brand and the trust placed in us from our players. One of our most important tasks is to manage and nurture this trust in us. We have a clear vision for what Payday 3 will be with our Games as a Service model, and we continue according to our plan where the goal is to always deliver maximum value for our players over time and results for Starbreeze.”
Payday 3 received its first patch earlier this month after multiple delays, bringing over 100 fixes. Its next free update is set to arrive later this month, and will be adding two new legacy heists, fixes for the progression system, and more.
Payday 3 is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. It was played by over 3.1 million people in September. You can read our review of the game through here.
Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Entertainment is developing a co-op multiplayer Dungeons & Dragons game.
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Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Entertainment has announced that it's teaming up with Wizards of the Coast to create a cooperative multiplayer game based on the popular Dungeons & Dragons franchise. Starbreeze hasn't announced a name for the title just yet, but they have revealed that it's being developed under the name Project Baxter and will be released at some point in 2026.
PayDay 3 developers Starbreeze have announced a new game based on the Dungeons & Dragons IP. The title, currently codenamed Project Baxter, will launch in 2026 on all major platforms and is being built with the Unreal 5 engine.
Starbreeze has struck a deal with Wizards of the Coast to license Dungeons & Dragons for a new game, codenamed Project Baxter.
If you've ever thought to yourself that the Payday games are great but they'd be even better if they replaced the guns and bank vaults with swords, spells, and treasure chests, Starbreeze Studios has some oddly-specific good news. Its next big project is a «co-operative multiplayer» game set in the fantasy RPG world of Dungeons and Dragons.
Starbreeze Entertainment is working on a new action-adventure game based on Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons and Dragons property. Codenamed Project Baxter, it will launch in 2026 for “all major platforms” with cross-play. Check out the first two pieces of concept art below.
Starbreeze, the studio behind the co-op first person shooter series Payday, has announced a new, officially licensed Dungeons & Dragons game.
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Payday maker Starbreeze is developing a Dungeons and Dragons game codenamed Project Baxter, it has announced.
Starbreeze Entertainment has announced Project Baxter, a new game based on the Dungeons & Dragons intellectual property from Wizards of the Coast. It will launch in 2026 with cross-play for “all major platforms,” and is both published and developed by Starbreeze Entertainment.