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  • Payday 2 Release Comes With An Impressive Launch Trailer

    Overkill Games’ co-op first-person shooter opus is in stores now (digital and tangible), and to celebrate the occasion, the release of Payday 2 also features an impressive, cinematic-style trailer that gives players an idea of what’s in store for them. Granted, the game won’t be presented in such fashion, but you get the gist. While it may not be enjoying Dota 2-like numbers regarding players, a quick at the Payday 2’s Steam Hub page reveals over 50,000 players are currently enjoying the new release.

    For comparison’s sake, there are currently over 250,000 people playing Dota 2. Meanwhile, there are only 10,000-plus people playing Black Ops 2. Clearly, gamers are excited about the new Payday. For those who are wondering what they can look forward to as they continue to take down scores of various shapes and sizes, the developers reveal they have a year’s worth of Payday 2 DLC on tap, including the introduction of a female character:

    “There’s like a year of DLC planned… one of the first things I have on my list, is to make sure we get a female character. I’m hoping – I don’t know if we’ll get it as our first DLC, because we’d have to redo all the animations so it doesn’t look like a dude walking around with a female body. But I’d like to do that… [Overkill’s David Goldfarb] added, “Believe me, I have said this and we’ve talked about it, so I think it will happen, it’s just a question of when on the timeline.”

    Payday 2 is available now on multiple platforms (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), and unlike many new releases, it only costs $29.99 for the Steam copy, and $39.99 for the physical console release.

  • Payday 2 Developers Walk Us Through The Perfect Heist

    Payday 2’s August 13 is quickly approaching, and would be bank robbers are preparing for the biggest heist of their lives. Before they head out, however, they may want to see how the pros do it.

    In a new trailer released today, the folks at Overkill Software walk us through 8 minutes of a heist. Previous trailers have focused on only one gameplay element, but they all come together here in a look at the new and improved gameplay of Payday 2.

    In the walkthrough, it’s shown that players will have to pay attention to much more than just their equipment loadout in Payday 2. Players will also have to impersonate guards, disable cameras and prevent civilians from calling the police. Interestingly enough, players have full control over how much money they take, and they can even loot every lock box in the safe.

    Payday 2 launches August 13 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

  • Every Heist Will Be Unique In Payday 2

    Every Heist Will Be Unique In Payday 2

    Payday 2 is already looking pretty good, but every little tidbit dropped by the developers at Overkill Software shows that they’re going way beyond the call of duty to make this one of the best shooters of the year.

    In the latest trailer, Payday 2 director David Goldfarb discusses how they’re going to keep the game fresh so players will return to it time and time again. The key to this is called dynamics, and Goldfarb says that a level will be different every time you play it.

    For example, he says that you may see a security guard in an alley on one mission. That same alley in the next mission may then feature two guards, or perhaps no guard but a witness that will call the police if they see you wielding a rifle. He says that players may also find that previously open doors will be closed upon subsequent playthroughs, or that the position of cameras will have been changed.

    Another addition to the game this time around is the Escape section of the heist that will see players being transported to a different level, and be given an entirely different objective. In the above video, Goldfarb gives the example of players being trapped in a parking structure while defending their stolen loot from the police.

    Payday 2 will be available on August 13 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

  • Payday 2 Gets A Customizable Safehouse

    Payday 2 Gets A Customizable Safehouse

    Any self-respecting criminal needs a safehouse that reflects their sense of style and personality. That’s why Payday 2 is giving would be bank robbers their very own fully customizable safehouse.

    In a new trailer released today, Payday 2 game director David Goldfarb talks about the importance of the safehouse to the overall game experience. The safehouse’s primary function is to serve as a training ground for new and old players alike as they can try out all the tools and weapons found in the main game without the pressure of being on an actual heist.

    Perhaps more importantly though, the safehouse also serves as a manifestation of the player’s personality. They can use the money stolen during heists to upgrade the safehouse with various items to make it uniquely theirs. The safehouse will also store all the money that you’ve stolen thus far in a realistic way. I would hope they let you swim in it Scrooge McDuck-style, but that might be asking for too much.

    Payday 2 launches on August 13 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. It launches August 27 for the PC on Steam.