Starbreeze is giving Payday 3 a regime change forward of its one-year anniversary. The studio not too long ago introduced sport director Miodrag Kovačević will not lead 12 months 2 of its live-service crime sport.
In accordance with Starbreeze, Kovačević will “step away from his position…and refocus his efforts as a designer elsewhere within the undertaking.”
Whereas the studio seems for somebody to tackle long-term director duties, Payday 3’s “inventive power” will likely be run within the interim by lead producer Andreas Penninger and world model director Almir Listo.
As Listo famous, he and Penninger have each been at Starbreeze for 12 years, and got here into the franchise with Payday 2. Talking to the long run, he stated he was “thrilled concerning the upcoming content material we’re getting ready for you all!”
The tumultuous, ongoing Payday 3 saga
Payday 3 launched in mid-September final 12 months, and has struggled since then. At first, it confronted easy launch points, and the sport opened to 1.3 million general gamers general regardless of that.
Months later, Starbreeze confessed that the sport massively underperformed. Issues have been so dire, it resulted in CEO Tobias Sjögren being ousted from the corporate he as soon as helped revitalize in March.
This previous Could, the studio launched Operation Medic Bag, which added in new options and aimed to revamp the sport. At present, Starbreeze has been quiet on what, or how, 12 months 2 will attempt to enhance Payday 3’s prospects.
