Starbreeze reacquires the publishing rights to Payday 3
Starbreeze initially launched Payday 3 with a publishing deal in place, with Plaion taking on publisher duties for the game. Since then, Starbreeze has reacquired the publishing rights to the game, something that will allow the company to “significantly accelerate” its content development roadmap.
Payday 3 struggled at launch, in large but due to bugs and other quality issues. Since then, Starbreeze has been patching the game and putting together plans for new content, but progress has been a tad slow. With the acquisition of the publishing rights for the game, Starbreeze hopes to speed up content development and pursue “broader strategic opportunities” for the Payday franchise.
Here is the statement from Starbreeze board member, Thomas Lindgren:
“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. We appreciate PLAION’s support, which underscores their confidence in Starbreeze’ future and strengthens our strategic alignment with major global industry players.”
Starbreeze will be paying SEK 29 million to pay back Plaion for the publishing rights to the game, which works out to around $3 million USD.
KitGuru Says: Starbreeze has full control of Payday once again, now we’ll just have to wait and see what the company does with this newfound freedom.