11 Facts About Payday 2

Payday 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Overkill Software and published by 505 Games.

Two years after the events of the previous game, the Payday gang comes to the Washington, DC metropolitan area to perform another heisting spree.

Sequel, titled Payday 2 3, is in development and was scheduled for a 2023 release and will be published by Koch Media.

Some contracts in Payday 2 take place over multiple days, with each day represented by a separate level with different objectives.

Payday 2 follows the events of Payday: The Heist, with three of the crew members – Dallas, Wolf, and Chains – as well as their operator Bain returning.

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Payday 2: Hotline Miami is a collaborative project between Dennaton Games and Overkill which includes a heist influenced by Hotline Miami.

On 31 January 2017, Payday 2 released a crossover with Shadow Warrior 2, which included a Steam sale on both games, sale on some DLC for Payday 2, and new masks, and melee weapons.

On December 14,2017, Payday 2 released a heist based on the Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs was added to Payday 2, in which the player is contracted to rob a jewelry store in Los Angeles with the Cabot family.

Development of further Payday 2 content was halted in December 2018, amid financial troubles at Overkill parent company Starbreeze Studios.

Payday 2 has received generally positive reviews from critics with general praise from the cooperative elements, but heavy criticism for the friendly AI.

Payday 2 is Overkill's first game to have a boxed retail release.