Payday 3 Drew 320,000 Players During Free Weekend, and Developers Are Preparing a Surprise

Payday 3’s free weekend drew more than 320,000 players, including about 250,000 who were trying the game for the first time. Starbreeze has promised to keep releasing updates and is preparing a surprise for late November.

Starbreeze head Adolf Kristjansson thanked series veterans who helped newcomers get started, as well as players who recommended the game to friends.

Kristjansson acknowledged that the game could not have achieved a similar result a year ago and had not lived up to players’ expectations.

The team has promised to release updates regularly, listen to players, and show the results of its work. Something is coming in late November that Kristjansson says the community will enjoy.

Over four days, players completed 725,671 heists, collected 8.9 million bags of loot, and made off with $601.6 billion. Crews used stealth in 100,996 cases, while 504,538 participants were arrested and 115 million police officers were “retired.” Headshots accounted for 55% of kills.

The community spent 542,000 hours on heists. No Rest For The Wicked was the most popular mission, while First World Bank yielded the most loot at $88.9 billion.

Source: iXBT.games