{"id":1193739,"date":"2026-02-17T18:34:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucLzfm2eH9uPtLwyTMBF44"},"modified":"2026-02-17T18:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:34:42","slug":"starbreeze-reclaims-payday-3-publishing-rights-from-plaion-says-it-will-significantly-accelerate-our-content-development-roadmap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/starbreeze-reclaims-payday-3-publishing-rights-from-plaion-says-it-will-significantly-accelerate-our-content-development-roadmap\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbreeze reclaims Payday 3 publishing rights from Plaion, says it will &#8216;significantly accelerate our content development roadmap&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Starbreeze Studios has reached a deal to acquire the publishing rights to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/payday-3\/\">Payday 3<\/a> from original publisher Plaion, a move it says will enable it to &#8220;accelerate content development&#8221; for the struggling game.<\/p>\n<p>Starbreeze said in today&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starbreeze.com\/news\/starbreeze-enters-into-agreement-regarding-the-publishing-rights-for-payday-3-and-carries-out-a-directed-share-issue-of-class-b-shares-amounting-to-sek-33-million\/\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> that, with Payday 3 having launched in September 2023, &#8220;the timing is opportune&#8221; to take over responsibility for publishing the game. At the same time, it said the deal &#8220;also lays the groundwork for a long-term partnership between Starbreeze and Plaion on future Payday franchise projects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This agreement enables Starbreeze to fully acquire the publishing rights to Payday 3 from Plaion, significantly accelerate our content development roadmap, and pursue broader strategic opportunities for the Payday franchise as a whole,&#8221; Starbreeze board member Thomas Lindgren said. &#8220;We appreciate Plaion&#8217;s support, which underscores their confidence in Starbreeze\u2019 future and strengthens our strategic alignment with major global industry players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all very upbeat and forward looking, and more updates at a quicker clip (if that&#8217;s how it works out) would definitely be welcome. But there&#8217;s no getting around the fact that after being stuck in the mud for a year and a half, Payday 3 is a game in deep trouble: The launch was a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/payday-3s-launch-has-gone-so-badly-that-starbreeze-says-its-now-looking-at-the-possibility-of-some-sort-of-offline-mode\/\">catastrophe<\/a> and efforts to fix it went <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/starbreeze-explains-ongoing-payday-3-patch-delay-there-was-a-significant-risk-to-player-progression-being-wiped-by-update-errors\/\">badly sideways<\/a>; six months later, the CEO of Starbreeze was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/six-months-after-the-disastrous-launch-of-payday-3-starbreeze-ceo-is-out-as-the-company-says-it-needs-different-leadership-for-the-future\/\">out<\/a>, and six months after that the Payday 3 game director <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/payday-3s-game-director-is-stepping-down-after-a-hard-first-year-for-the-heist-game-sequel\/\">stepped down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Through it all, player numbers have been decidedly not great: While the 12-year-old Payday 2 remains firmly embedded in the midst of Steam&#8217;s top 100 <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/charts\/mostplayed\/\" target=\"_blank\">most-played games<\/a>, Payday 3 is only occasionally peeking above 1,000 concurrent players.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1658px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:24.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"SfZkgAJEgTNCTogmnzv8KA\" name=\"pay\" alt=\"Payday 2 vs Payday3 concurrent player numbers on Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/starbreeze-reclaims-payday-3-publishing-rights-from-plaion-says-it-will-significantly-accelerate-our-content-development-roadmap.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1658\" height=\"402\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\"><em>That&#8217;s not great. <\/em> <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SteamDB)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That&#8217;s a tough one to turn around: There&#8217;s a little bit of hope here and there on Reddit and the Steam forums that removing the external publisher from the equation will speed up the flow of updates, as Starbreeze said. But there&#8217;s also plenty of doubt that Plaion was the real problem in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whose &#8220;fault&#8221; it is, making Payday 3 into a successful game at this point would be a massive undertaking. Not out of reach necessarily, but Lindgren&#8217;s comment about pursuing &#8220;broader strategic opportunities for the Payday franchise&#8221; and future Payday partnerships with Plaion makes me think that Starbreeze may have reached the point where its priority is putting this whole mess behind it and trying again with something new.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"bcbb4943-9a4d-4401-9a6d-c6bf61dce79e\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/starbreeze-reclaims-payday-3-publishing-rights-from-plaion-says-it-will-significantly-accelerate-our-content-development-roadmap.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"bcbb4943-9a4d-4401-9a6d-c6bf61dce79e\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/starbreeze-reclaims-payday-3-publishing-rights-from-plaion-says-it-will-significantly-accelerate-our-content-development-roadmap\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starbreeze Studios has reached a deal to acquire the publishing rights to Payday 3 from original publisher Plaion, a move it says will enable it to &#8220;accelerate content development&#8221; for the struggling game. Starbreeze said in today&#8217;s announcement that, with Payday 3 having launched in September 2023, &#8220;the timing is opportune&#8221; to take over responsibility for publishing the game. At the same time, it said the deal &#8220;also lays the groundwork for a long-term partnership between Starbreeze and Plaion on future Payday franchise projects.&#8221; &#8220;This agreement enables Starbreeze to fully acquire the publishing rights to Payday 3 from Plaion, significantly accelerate our content development roadmap, and pursue broader strategic opportunities for the Payday franchise as a whole,&#8221; Starbreeze board member Thomas Lindgren said. &#8220;We appreciate&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/starbreeze-reclaims-payday-3-publishing-rights-from-plaion-says-it-will-significantly-accelerate-our-content-development-roadmap\/\">Read 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