Payday 3 Publisher Revealed To Be Koch Media Game Launching In 2023 Over 50M To Be Invested

This morning, Starbreeze announced to have entered a co-publishing deal for PAYDAY 3 with Koch Media (owned by the Embracer Group). With the deal, over €50 million will be invested between the development and the marketing of the game, including over eighteen months of post-launch ‘game as a service’, that is to say, further development of content and relative marketing.

Starbreeze, which has been recovering from severe financial issues in recent years, claims that the PAYDAY 3 project is now fully financed with this deal. The Unreal Engine powered game, which began development in October 2019 (while the production phase will fully start this year), is expected to launch in 2023 as a ‘coordinated release’ on PC and consoles.

Tobias Sjögren, Acting CEO of Starbreeze, stated:

Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of the Koch Media Group, added:

Of course, Starbreeze remains both the owner of the IP and the company responsible for the development of the title. On the other hand, Koch Media will take care of both the physical and digital distribution of the third franchise installment.