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Spring Break Day 3 and SkepticBoi is still going strong on his site. He even has gotten quite a following too. However, it seems like he’s getting into some really hot water. We just hope he’s not in over his head. What do you think he’ll get up to next: thesecretisreallyreal

But now for something completely unrelated. We have a new update with some goodies for you. Today we bring you many new challenges and lots of cool rewards to strive for.

We dug through a lot of your threads and posts with achievement suggestions and let our dear moderator team pick their favorites. Going live today are 36 great new achievements from all around the forums; perhaps you might even find one of yours in there.

In addition to the achievements we also added 43 side jobs, and moved the Side Jobs menu out of the Safe House into CrimeNet to make it easier for you to find the latest challenges. Three lucky heisters have even gotten their achievement suggestion turned into new side jobs as well. In fact, we did an extra push of Side Jobs with today’s release so you might see some additional entries. Last but not least- to celebrate the new challenges we added additional rewards for weekly side jobs as well. This gives you more opportunities to get your hands on some rare masks.

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First up is Duke who brings you a Mega Version of his mask free to all players. Alongside this badass mask he brings a new safe. He filled it to the brim with old and beautiful weapons that have surely stood the test of time. Check out these awesome antiques. Which one is your favorite?

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With the new Achievements in today’s release we also add a new milestone for anyone who can manage to unlock 1000 or more achievements. Should be easy, right? Reaching this Epic level of heisting will grant you a new kickass mask, a full skin set for your armor and every skinnable weapon in the game. Naturally, any upcoming weapon will also be compatible with this skin.

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Last week we changed our Ultimate Edition setup. The PAYDAY 2: Base Game is now available to buy & gift again for a reduced price of $9.99. PAYDAY: The Heist, PAYDAY 2: Base Game and PAYDAY 2: Ultimate Edition are now also on sale, so don’t miss out. Last but not least, the Base Game is Free-to-Play for the whole duration of the event, so lets go heisting!

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We also want to draw additional attention to the ongoing Police Report Contest.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/218620/discussions/8/3211505894148281434/
Come in and write a police report about your most epic moment of heisting. Perhaps you feel like sharing your most spectacular failure, or why not tell us about that time when that thing happened which was just the funniest ever, right? Or I guess you had to have been there.

Tomorrow you will have the opportunity to ask a few questions to our writer OVERKILL_Wordsmith so get all your lore questions ready he might have some answers for you, maybe ;)
We are already collecting the questions here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/218620/discussions/8/169604570864
So jump in and ask away.

Time for a Mega update.
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

Update size: 269.1 Mb

Breakin’ Feds

• Implemented new interaction sounds for Garrett´s office
  
• Fixed laptop interaction issues
  
• Fixed issue with Garrett returning too early from the corridor
  
• Added the level to stealth only list

General

• Killing an enemy will now properly reduce the cooldown of the Sicario Smoke Bomb

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Spring Break Day 2 and that crazy SkepticDude still seems to be onto something. Somehow he got his hands on video footage about Garrett and what not. It’s kind of worrisome that he is hinting that there is more to come, but again, check for yourself: thesecretisreallyreal

In good old OVERKILL manner, it’s time to play, talk, and watch Jules, Erik, and Anna own the new stealth heist, together with our special guest Appii. We are eager to hear your feedback about yesterday's content and your take on this SkepticBoy.

The stream starts at 17:00 CEST and can be found on Twitch. Don’t miss out on the chance to see them struggle with Garrett: https://www.twitch.tv/starbreeze


Signing off,
OVERKILL_symN
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

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Spring Break 2018 has not even started fully but we already have some crazy dude posting about the “deep-state” and other theories evolving around Washington D.C. We still have no clue who he is or what’s going on, but see for yourself: thesecretisreallyreal

But enough about him, today’s release includes a new stealth heist, some of you may recognize the location! Additionally, we don’t want you to be scared in the dark while sneaking around corners, so we added a new flashlight melee weapon and some new night vision goggles. You might think, this is just another mask in your inventory, but guess what, they actually work! Experience heisting in a new “light” with your new goggles or the old Batshit Crazy and Cloaker-san masks!

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Last week we changed our Ultimate Edition setup a bit, making the PAYDAY 2: Base Game available to buy & gift again for a reduced price of $9.99. Additionally, we joined the Steam Spring VR Sale and extended it for our players for the whole duration of Spring Break 2018 until April 29th. PAYDAY: The Heist, PAYDAY 2: Base Game and PAYDAY 2: Ultimate Edition are now on sale, so don’t miss out. Last but not least, the Base Game will be Free 2 Play for the whole duration of the event, so no more excuses!

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With the recent changes to Steam's Privacy Policy, we've seen some issues with hosting and joining lobbies for users who have their accounts set to the new default - 'Private'. The issue is easily remedied by setting your account as either 'Public' or 'Friends-Only'.

More information can be found in our Steam Forums:
Issues joining/hosting a heist with Private Steam accounts


Vulcan salute,
OVERKILL_symN
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

Update size: 381.3MB

General Changes

• Fixed an issue where some VR skills would be enabled for regular PC players
  
• Improved the pathing logic for hostages
  
• Fixed an issue where the akimbo autofire sound could get stuck when switching to auto fire mode

Controller

• Improved the controller support for Crime Spree
  
• Improved the controller support for Crime.net
  
• Improved the controller support for Story Line

VR

• Fixed an issue where an interaction on The Golden Grin Casino line were cut short in VR

Spring Break starts at 17:00 CEST on April 23rd and continues until April 29th. Enough sun, pool parties, and alcohol - it's heisting time!

This years Spring Break will be 7 Days filled with content, competitions, and surprises. During the whole event, we will have a 75% discount on the base game, our Ultimate Edition Bundle, and PAYDAY: The Heist. We will also activate Free-to-Play on the base game during the time of the event, so gather your gang - there is no more excuse!


PAYDAY 2 will also take part in the Steam Spring VR Sale that starts today, April 19th and continues until April 23rd. Since we are currently in the process of moving the base game out of the Ultimate Edition Bundle and making it available to buy again, the Sale for PAYDAY 2 could be slightly delayed.

For more info regarding the change or feedback: Ultimate Edition Bundle Changes

HYPE,
OVERKILL_symN
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

We NOW bring you the latest and greatest in Heisting Entertainment. The PAYDAY Gang comes to VHS and Betamax. For a low price, you won’t believe, you can be the proud owner of the Ultimate Collection of Quality Home Entertainment.

Join the PAYDAY crew on their wild and crazy adventures across the underworld of Washington D.C.! 10 episodes across 4 tapes. Experience the fun of robbery and meth cooking; you too can be a heister!

All orders of PAYDAY: The Animated Series will come with a secret gift.
Get Yours Today!
Buy PAYDAY: The Animated Series Here


Offer valid while stocks last!
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

​
Update size: Ridiculously Big

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• Fixed a crash that happened at the wrong time
  
• Added a bug to the game
  
• Added IRL Death function - If you die in VR, you'll now die in real life
  
• Cash collected while playing in VR will now transfer to your real life bank account
  
• The programmers did some stuff, we're not sure what, and at this point, we're too afraid to ask
  
• Removed 1 byte of unused files
  
• Change the value for enemies_power from 1 to over 9000
  
• Rebind the “throw grenade” button to spacebar during stealth heists
  
• Activated debug options

Good Guys

• Dallas is no longer allowed to interact with Doctor Bags
  
• Sent Jimmy to rehab, he will be back with the next patch
  
• Changed the smell of Jiro to lavender
  
• Houston and Hoxton have swapped backstories due to popular demand
  
• Added the wig from PAYDAY 2: Web series to Wolfs model

Bad Guys

• Tasers will now set mouse sensitivity to a random value
  
• Shields will no longer guard other enemies unless asked nicely
  
• Added a 1.3% change for enemy snipers to fire rockets
  
• Added 6002% speed boosts to all cloakers
  
• Reinflated all punctured Bulldozer armors
  
• Added an apology to Captain Winters for being mean to him

Face Hats

• Added four masks that looks just like some other masks, sort of
  
• Added the "Almir clean shaved Beard" mask to the game

Game-fun Tweaks

• Added Battle Royale mode
  
• Added Tower Defense modifier
  
• Increased game balance to about 15%
  
• All blood in the game has been changed to yellow
  
• When enemies are defeated, they'll now lie down on the ground and surrender
  
• Removed a bug where the community would sometimes state that the game is dying
  
• Instead of playing PAYDAY 2 the player can choose to "let the crew handle it"
  
• A drill can now be placed on an already existing drill to speed up the process. This process can be repeated and each consequent drill is two times louder.
  
• Rewards are no longer shared, only the first player to escape gets the loot
  
• Friendly fire is now enabled when the escape zone triggers
  
• Whenever a Cloaker kicks the player, that player is instantly kicked from the game
  
• Removed Jump action
  
• Steam posts now give in-game cash

Heistings

• Removed THE SECRET from the game due to nobody finding it within the time-limit
  
• Fixed a leak in the roof of the safehouse to leak correctly
  
• Refilled all wine bottles in Mallcrasher heist
  
• Repaired bullet holes in the safehouse
  
• Added one more cassette tape to Jackets collection
  
• Hoxton's support hamster can now be found in the safehouse
  
• Big Bank has been shut down due to insurance issues
  
• Moved the FBI office closer to the Safe House for faster Raids
  
• The Safe House will now serve donuts since there are more cops than anywhere else in the city
  
• Cleaned up Burnout marks from the Meltdown heist
  
• Changed the sky color in bank tellers daydreams
  
• Moved all NPCs 4.3 cm to the left

Noises

• "Donacdum" was remastered and is now called "Do act dumb"
  
• Added custom voice lines for players wearing the fedora mask, 'M'Lady' will replace the 'get down' VO
  
• Cloakers will now scream like pterodactyls on fire
  
• Removed VO line that revealed Dukes real name
  
• Added additional Doctor Bag voice lines for Dallas
  
• Re-added the "one" voice line for John Wick
  
• Sound and music are now permanently set to MAX
  
• Added a super catchy song that will render all other songs obsolete
  
• Duke will now constantly give historical anecdotes during heists
  
• "WAKEY WAKEY LITTLE BABY" will now be used for all Bulldozer actions

Pew Pews

• All weapon but Car-4 has been removed to address game balance issues
  
• New ammo type for all Assault Rifles - Blanks, blanks deal no damage and serve no purpose
  
• Removed the ability to sprint while holding a weapon (Can't be too careful, right?)
  
• Made all Melee weapons deal 5% more damage when facing North
  
• Added “Loudeners” to all weapons that are able to equip “Silencers”
  
• Pink weapon skins now give 10% more damage

Pixel Stuff

• Added a 5% chance that computers start playing cat videos while getting hacked
  
• Readded a spelling error that was removed by mistake
  
• Added underwear to all heisters and cops (might cause lag on low-end PC)
  
• Added hint to the secret in the lower-right of the Brooklyn bank vault texture normal map
  
• Unintentionally added additional textures
  
• Added butter to Almir's Toast
  
• Added a "Cinematic" option - Makes the game run at 24 FPS with film grain

Good luck finding what we really added ;)

We NOW bring you the latest and greatest in Heisting Entertainment. The PAYDAY Gang comes to VHS and Betamax. For a low price, you won’t believe, you can be the proud owner of the Ultimate Collection of Quality Home Entertainment.

Join the PAYDAY crew on their wild and crazy adventures across the underworld of Washington D.C.! 10 episodes across 4 tapes. Experience the fun of robbery and meth cooking; you too can be a heister!

All orders of PAYDAY: The Animated Series will come with a secret gift.
Get Yours Today!
Buy PAYDAY: The Animated Series Here


Offer valid while stocks last!
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

​
Update size: Ridiculously Big

01000011 01101111 01100100 01100101

• Fixed a crash that happened at the wrong time
  
• Added a bug to the game
  
• Added IRL Death function - If you die in VR, you'll now die in real life
  
• Cash collected while playing in VR will now transfer to your real life bank account
  
• The programmers did some stuff, we're not sure what, and at this point, we're too afraid to ask
  
• Removed 1 byte of unused files
  
• Change the value for enemies_power from 1 to over 9000
  
• Rebind the “throw grenade” button to spacebar during stealth heists
  
• Activated debug options

Good Guys

• Dallas is no longer allowed to interact with Doctor Bags
  
• Sent Jimmy to rehab, he will be back with the next patch
  
• Changed the smell of Jiro to lavender
  
• Houston and Hoxton have swapped backstories due to popular demand
  
• Added the wig from PAYDAY 2: Web series to Wolfs model

Bad Guys

• Tasers will now set mouse sensitivity to a random value
  
• Shields will no longer guard other enemies unless asked nicely
  
• Added a 1.3% change for enemy snipers to fire rockets
  
• Added 6002% speed boosts to all cloakers
  
• Reinflated all punctured Bulldozer armors
  
• Added an apology to Captain Winters for being mean to him

Face Hats

• Added four masks that looks just like some other masks, sort of
  
• Added the "Almir clean shaved Beard" mask to the game

Game-fun Tweaks

• Added Battle Royale mode
  
• Added Tower Defense modifier
  
• Increased game balance to about 15%
  
• All blood in the game has been changed to yellow
  
• When enemies are defeated, they'll now lie down on the ground and surrender
  
• Removed a bug where the community would sometimes state that the game is dying
  
• Instead of playing PAYDAY 2 the player can choose to "let the crew handle it"
  
• A drill can now be placed on an already existing drill to speed up the process. This process can be repeated and each consequent drill is two times louder.
  
• Rewards are no longer shared, only the first player to escape gets the loot
  
• Friendly fire is now enabled when the escape zone triggers
  
• Whenever a Cloaker kicks the player, that player is instantly kicked from the game
  
• Removed Jump action
  
• Steam posts now give in-game cash

Heistings

• Removed THE SECRET from the game due to nobody finding it within the time-limit
  
• Fixed a leak in the roof of the safehouse to leak correctly
  
• Refilled all wine bottles in Mallcrasher heist
  
• Repaired bullet holes in the safehouse
  
• Added one more cassette tape to Jackets collection
  
• Hoxton's support hamster can now be found in the safehouse
  
• Big Bank has been shut down due to insurance issues
  
• Moved the FBI office closer to the Safe House for faster Raids
  
• The Safe House will now serve donuts since there are more cops than anywhere else in the city
  
• Cleaned up Burnout marks from the Meltdown heist
  
• Changed the sky color in bank tellers daydreams
  
• Moved all NPCs 4.3 cm to the left

Noises

• "Donacdum" was remastered and is now called "Do act dumb"
  
• Added custom voice lines for players wearing the fedora mask, 'M'Lady' will replace the 'get down' VO
  
• Cloakers will now scream like pterodactyls on fire
  
• Removed VO line that revealed Dukes real name
  
• Added additional Doctor Bag voice lines for Dallas
  
• Re-added the "one" voice line for John Wick
  
• Sound and music are now permanently set to MAX
  
• Added a super catchy song that will render all other songs obsolete
  
• Duke will now constantly give historical anecdotes during heists
  
• "WAKEY WAKEY LITTLE BABY" will now be used for all Bulldozer actions

Pew Pews

• All weapon but Car-4 has been removed to address game balance issues
  
• New ammo type for all Assault Rifles - Blanks, blanks deal no damage and serve no purpose
  
• Removed the ability to sprint while holding a weapon (Can't be too careful, right?)
  
• Made all Melee weapons deal 5% more damage when facing North
  
• Added “Loudeners” to all weapons that are able to equip “Silencers”
  
• Pink weapon skins now give 10% more damage

Pixel Stuff

• Added a 5% chance that computers start playing cat videos while getting hacked
  
• Readded a spelling error that was removed by mistake
  
• Added underwear to all heisters and cops (might cause lag on low-end PC)
  
• Added hint to the secret in the lower-right of the Brooklyn bank vault texture normal map
  
• Unintentionally added additional textures
  
• Added butter to Almir's Toast
  
• Added a "Cinematic" option - Makes the game run at 24 FPS with film grain

Good luck finding what we really added ;)

In the build released some hours ago, there was a crash when using any melee weapon. We jumped into action to get you a hotfix.

It’s Still Heisting Time.
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.


Update size: 16.2 MB


General

• Fixed a crash when using a melee weapon with certain skills

In the build released some hours ago, there was a crash when using any melee weapon. We jumped into action to get you a hotfix.

It’s Still Heisting Time.
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.


Update size: 16.2 MB


General

• Fixed a crash when using a melee weapon with certain skills

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Today we are going live with some general fixes, and tweaks for PAYDAY 2: VR. This also includes changes to “how the VR DLC is activated”.

The PAYDAY 2: VR DLC will now be activated or deactivated automatically depending on if SteamVR is installed or not when running the game. This mean, if you are a PC player and you don’t own a VR Headset, the game will automatically deactivate the PAYDAY 2: VR DLC for you. Once the DLC is deactivated you will no longer get the launch options pop-up.

If you buy a VR Headset at a later date, the game will automatically activate the PAYDAY 2: VR DLC for you after the first startup.

It’s Heisting Time.
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.


Update size: 70.2 MB


General

• Fixed a crash when multiple players try to join in on the same player slot in a lobby when the one down modifier is active
  
• Fixed a visual issue with Jimmy's hair
  
• Fixed an issue with the Deagle compensator "La femme" that caused an offset of the effect when firing
  
• Updated the visuals of the Pistol Crossbow

VR

• Added automatic installation/uninstallation of the PAYDAY 2: VR DLC depending on if SteamVR is installed or not
  
• Activated the comfort screen toggle for the freefall/parachute state
  
• Added animations for the commando 101
  
• Added shell ejection effect for the judge
  
• A parachute unit will now spawn above the player when entering the parachute state
  
• Fixed an issue where direct movement would interfere with some menus
  
• Fixed an issue where using the grip buttons would not back out of the interface menus
  
• Fixed an issue where the hands would slide away when driving up a hill
  
• Fixed an animation issue on the Cavity Rifle when interacting
  
• Potential crash fix for drop-in VR players
  
• Added speed up button on success screens
  
• Fixed subtitles for VR players
  
• Fixed some issues with melee offset for the left hand
  
• Fixed an issue where you could mark enemies through walls in VR
  
• Fixed an issue when switching between surveillance cameras
  
• Removed player character from the safe scene in VR
  
• Fixed an issue where lasers and flashlights did not sync properly between host and clients
  
• Fixed an issue where the Safe House Raid wave number would be out of sync from desktop
  
• Fixed an issue with the Deagle compensator that caused the weapon to not shoot straight

​

Today we are going live with some general fixes, and tweaks for PAYDAY 2: VR. This also includes changes to “how the VR DLC is activated”.

The PAYDAY 2: VR DLC will now be activated or deactivated automatically depending on if SteamVR is installed or not when running the game. This mean, if you are a PC player and you don’t own a VR Headset, the game will automatically deactivate the PAYDAY 2: VR DLC for you. Once the DLC is deactivated you will no longer get the launch options pop-up.

If you buy a VR Headset at a later date, the game will automatically activate the PAYDAY 2: VR DLC for you after the first startup.

It’s Heisting Time.
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.


Update size: 70.2 MB


General

• Fixed a crash when multiple players try to join in on the same player slot in a lobby when the one down modifier is active
  
• Fixed a visual issue with Jimmy's hair
  
• Fixed an issue with the Deagle compensator "La femme" that caused an offset of the effect when firing
  
• Updated the visuals of the Pistol Crossbow

VR

• Added automatic installation/uninstallation of the PAYDAY 2: VR DLC depending on if SteamVR is installed or not
  
• Activated the comfort screen toggle for the freefall/parachute state
  
• Added animations for the commando 101
  
• Added shell ejection effect for the judge
  
• A parachute unit will now spawn above the player when entering the parachute state
  
• Fixed an issue where direct movement would interfere with some menus
  
• Fixed an issue where using the grip buttons would not back out of the interface menus
  
• Fixed an issue where the hands would slide away when driving up a hill
  
• Fixed an animation issue on the Cavity Rifle when interacting
  
• Potential crash fix for drop-in VR players
  
• Added speed up button on success screens
  
• Fixed subtitles for VR players
  
• Fixed some issues with melee offset for the left hand
  
• Fixed an issue where you could mark enemies through walls in VR
  
• Fixed an issue when switching between surveillance cameras
  
• Removed player character from the safe scene in VR
  
• Fixed an issue where lasers and flashlights did not sync properly between host and clients
  
• Fixed an issue where the Safe House Raid wave number would be out of sync from desktop
  
• Fixed an issue with the Deagle compensator that caused the weapon to not shoot straight