Can 200+ Improvements Fix Payday 3's Disaster Of A Launch?

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was finally released on all current-gen consoles and PC — and was included as part of the main Xbox, PC, and Ultimate Game Pass tiers — on September 21, 2023. The title was highly anticipated by fans of the heist shooter series who had waited just over a decade since the release of its predecessor,, but unfortunately, it has suffered from one of the worst launches of the year so far. Developer Starbreeze Studios seems intent on turning things around, though, promising over 200 improvements are on the way.

picks up many years after the Payday Gang's crime spree in Washington DC in 2013's. The group appeared to have retired after this, but were forced back into action to deal with a threat in New York, and much like the previous titles before it, would see players engaging in a variety of heists both in single-player with AI teammates or in online co-op with a team of up to three other players.

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Despite having a single-player option, the games are primarily designed for online cooperative play. Therefore, the fact that the game's matchmaking was completely broken at launch was a major issue. Another issue was that the game — as is a growing trend in the industry these days — required players to be constantly online regardless of whether they were playing solo or with others.

also suffered from frequent server crashes, which has left a huge number of players unable to play the game completely. As a result, those who bought the game on Steam reviewed the game en masse to vent their frustrations with it currently sitting at an overall Mostly Negative score, and positioned within the top 50 worst-rated games on the platform, with one Steam user dubbing it