We got a new release for you all about cosmetics. We are bringing you updates to Infamy, not only the rewards for Infamy rank 100. Some of the lower ranks are also getting a few extra goodies to unlock. And a new addition is also dropping into the game, Starbreeze Account, with some interesting new cosmetic unlocks.

Check them out below.

We are releasing the long-awaited Infamy 100 rewards, a full heisting set up for those that are mad enough to take on this incredible feat of crime. These are the ones that are worthy of this full set of absolute terror to every cop around.

Strap into the “Boardroom Havoc” suit with the “Vile Carny” mask to cover your face. Hang the “Red Drop” weapon charm from your gun painted in the “Chromatic Break” weapon color. And finish the look with the “Digital Pistons” gloves, now you are ready for whatever heat is around the corner.

As you make your way to Infamy rank 100 there are also new rewards to unlock on your path up the ranks. Three weapon charms “Handy Blunderbuss”, “Ben’s Toast”, and “Ancient Peak” have been added to the ranks 44, 54, and 64 respectively. There are also four weapon colors “Dead Rust”, “Splintered”, “Liquid Geode”, and “Line Phased” which have been added to ranks 33, 43, 53, and 63 respectively. If you already passed the associated levels you have access to the rewards right away.

Visit What is infamy? to find out more.

Boardroom Havoc, Vile Carny, and Digital Pistons

We have launched our new Player Services Platform - Starbreeze Accounts. To create an account, go into the options menu in the game and click the “Link Starbreeze Account” button. You can also create an account by going to https://accounts.starbreeze.com/. Linking your account will also unlock additional items in PAYDAY 2.

Creating a Starbreeze Account is completely optional.

By linking your Starbreeze Account to your Steam account you will unlock the “Discerning Dandy” suit, “Frayed Harvest” mask, “Spike & Bone” weapon charm and the “Frequency” weapon color to kit out your heister. Creating the account will unlock more cool rewards in the future, together with other features that will improve your experience with Starbreeze games. Read more about Starbreeze Accounts here.

Item unlocks are currently not yet available in the VR or SteamOS versions of the game.

Discerning Dandy, Frayed Harvest, Spike & Bone, and Frequency



Let’s Get Infamous!
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.



Find the Changelog Here!

Update size: 111.7MB

General

• Fixed a crash related to launching the game while having an unavailable item equipped
  
• Removed the ability to drop weapon skins from DLC that is no longer available for purchase
  
  Affected Skins: Battle Zone, Chupacabra, Mansion Mauler
• Fixed an issue that caused the flashbang sound to play multiple times in multiplayer games
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented dead bodies from despawning for clients in loud if an NPC were killed in stealth
  
• Fixed an issue where clients could get stuck trying to despawn a networked game unit controlled by the host causing them to be unable to despawn any game units
  
• Improved the code for disposal of corpses and dropped shields
  
• Dropped shields are despawned independently from the corpse associated with it

Visuals

• Fixed a graphical issue when wearing The Skeletal Heister outfit and inspecting various weapons
  
• Fixed a graphical issue when wearing The Skeletal Heister outfit and inspecting the Deagle Pistol while certain gloves are equipped
  
• Fixed some graphical issues with the loot bags
  
• Fixed a graphical issue on the Halloween masks
  
• Updated the light in the main menu

Heists

• Fixed a graphical issue on the Black Cat heist where the thermite would not have any outline
  
• Fixed an issue on the Black Cat heist where Xun Kang could leave the room while the objective to break the glass were still active
  
• Fixed an issue on the Green Bridge heist where the cop that interrupts the balloon won’t stay by the balloon and soft locking the level until he is found
  
• Fixed an issue on the Black Cat where the waypoint to pick up your gear would disappear for all players when the first player had done the interaction
  
• Fixed an issue on The Ukrainian Prisoner heist that caused triads and normal guards to attack one another when the level went loud
  
• Fixed an issue on the Car Shop where a Titan camera was clipping with a wall

Weapons

• Fixed an issue where the reload time stat disappeared if the weapon name was too long
  
• Grom Sniper Rifle
  • Concealment bonus of the Lightweight Stock increased from 2 to 3
• Peacemaker .45 Revolver
  • Damage increased from 180 to 230
    
  • Max Ammo decreased from 54 to 36
• Compact-5 Submachine Gun
  • Damage penalty of the Ninja Barrel has been removed
    
  • Accuracy bonus of 4 has been added to the Ninja Barrel
    
  • Stability bonus of the Ninja Barrel has been decreased from 12 to 4
    
  • Accuracy bonus of 12 has been added to the Polizei Tactical Barrel
    
  • Stability bonus of the Polizei Tactical Barrel has been decreased from 8 to 4
    
  • Accuracy bonus of the Enlighted Foregrip has been increased from 4 to 8
    
  • Stability bonus of the Enlighted Foregrip has been increased from 4 to 8
    
  • Damage bonus of 10 has been added to the Straight Magazine
    
  • Stability bonus of the Straight Magazine has been removed
    
  • Stability penalty of -20 has been added to the Straight Magazine
    
  • Concealment penalty of the Straight Magazine increased from -1 to -2
• Kross Vertex Submachine Gun
  • Accuracy bonus of the Precision Barrel increased from 8 to 16
    
  • Concealment penalty of the Precision Barrel decreased from -4 to -3

If you are having issues with an unmodded game you can try to verify the integrity of the game files. In the steam library; right click on PAYDAY 2. Select "Properties" from the menu. Under the tab "LOCAL FILES" select "VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES...".
The process may take some time to finish.

Updates may be incompatible with the mods you may have installed. Even seemingly unrelated mods may cause unexpected issues. If you are experiencing any issues with the game; try removing any mods you may have installed and try again.



Keep those helmets flying.
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

Once upon a heist so dreary, while I held my ground, weak and weary,
Many a-SWAT came at me, carrying rifles, and pistols galore
While I battled, fought the hoard, a sudden pain, I was swiftly floored
A sharp pain, I now stored, my chest pounding, a pain I've never felt before
"’Tis some sniper." I muttered "Put a round in my armor -
Only this and nothing more".



But... distinctly I remember, by the window, Wolf my crew member;
Taking shots, aimed to dismember, such precision, just moments before
High or low, he cleared the street, I can't fathom a sniper on roofs so neat
Yet I lay, I am now truly beat, I see the shape, a shadow, in the far door
Armor thick, and weapon hot, the best of the best in the police corps
Only he and no one more.



Ears deaf, explosions and screams, "Oh shit! Bulldozer!" He is noticed, it seems
Gunfire fills the air, like firecrackers, like applause or joyous cheers
I dream of a great time, recently had, of fellow heisters all jolly and glad
Shooting balloons, an idea so mad, a celebration of 10 great heisting years
We revered together, every one of us, all the heisting peers
The greatest robbers, without fears.



With much enthusiasm, it would seem, many a-new heisters, joined our team
Camaraderie is the theme, as all are welcome, and many more
Now be a good day for crime, if one is so inclined, join us now, the hour is prime
Join our crew, it is your time, open to everyone and to all, is our door
Heisting is best with friends indeed, and a full crew of heisters four
You’ll be victorious, evermore.



Where am I now? Am I now transferred? Transmitted somewhere, truly absurd
I am bewildered, I am stirred, desolate plains not even a tree
A man in a tall hat, deathly face, long black coat with bleached bones, set in place
Luke Millanta is his name, a suit maker ace, suits, charm and masks he shows to me
“Come closer”, he says, “See my creations”, “I offer them to you, all for free”
“Come and see, what I offer”, is his plea.



I put on a suit, admire the cuts, the stitches, Luke is surely, giving away his riches
Suddenly, the walls are narrow like roadside ditches, and many enemies, are present too
Wealth in a box, a safe with a lock, surveilled by the most, relentless clock
Around and around I run, my foes are in shock, this cursed kill room, I rush through
Bright green eyes, effigies of malice, look upon me like a hawk upon a shrew
Is there nothing I can do?



Now again, a shift of locale, All look so strange, truly outside any rationale
Wake from this dream I swiftly shall, now that another tormentor rise above me
Like a mountain, he towers upon high, “What’s next?” I ask as bags fall from the sky
Am I now to cook, to stir and fry. What else is there? This tormentor I can’t fight or flee
I feel taunted and tested like a rat in a lab, What could the purpose of this tormentor be
Ever unknown to me.



Again the nightmare takes a sinister turn. Now I’m in prison, a quick discern
I wish from this terror to promptly adjourn, and please my tormenter is the price to pay
He loomed above with a wheel in hand, “Spins this one, it will be mighty grand”
I do now as he did command, I won’t argue with someone taller than I can convey
I deftly maneuver through the compound ground when to my dismay
“Spin another one” he did say.



I blink and now, another change, again my venue fell under an exchange
The house I am in now feels safe yet strange. Perhaps this will be better than before
Oh no I’m in peril, it’s a nightmare, trapped with headless fiends everywhere
I need to wake from this affair, I can not take more terror and gore
My mind is aching, hands wildly shaking, my body been beaten and sore
I miss my heisters four.



From oblivion abruptly I awake, the words “GET THE FUCK UP!” in my ears ache
As the light returns and I see my fate, I am now where I been before
Above me, stands my benevolent keeper, scolding me for my visit to the reaper
I hear the roar of the street sweeper, my energy is restored once more
Perhaps I should leave heisting to these skilled professionals four
I should heist no more, fo' sure!







Quoth the Heister “Give me more!”
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

Find the Changelog Here!

Update size: 73.8MB

Changes

• Neil McAuley has renewed his driver's license
  
• Changed the objective flow in the Black Cat heist so that the vault extraction only gets triggered when all 4 C4 are placed on the wall
  
• Changed the objective flow in the Black Cat heist when using the Helicopter Drop pre-planning option, to guide the players to open the vault instead of extracting it
  
• Fixed a visual issue with an NPC on the Black Cat heist that used a female model instead of a male one
  
• Fixed an issue with the “Fire In The Hole” achievement where incendiary grenades were not being counted towards it
• Fixed an issue with the Mosconi 12G Tactical Shotgun where the red dot was misaligned when using the Solar Sight
• Improved Charms
  • Increased the max FPS limit of charms from 30 to 45
    
  • Made some tweaks to how velocity is determined
    
  • Charms on Team AI and other players will be simulated if HQ Weapons has been turned on

If you are having issues with an unmodded game you can try to verify the integrity of the game files. In the steam library; right click on PAYDAY 2. Select "Properties" from the menu. Under the tab "LOCAL FILES" select "VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES...".
The process may take some time to finish.

Updates may be incompatible with the mods you may have installed. Even seemingly unrelated mods may cause unexpected issues. If you are experiencing any issues with the game; try removing any mods you may have installed and try again.



Keep those helmets flying.
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

We put together a special live show to mark the occasion, join us for some insights, games as we celebrate the birthday of the worlds most legendary heisting game.

Update size: 13.9 MB

We are all having fun popping balloons and clowning around. We just have a quick little hotfix addressing a few issues in the release and then it's back to the balloons.

Changes

• Disabling achievements while playing the event
  
• Fixing an issue where the "God mode" buff could be carried over to the normal game mode
  
• Fixed a soft lock on the Birth of Sky heist if you are falling from the airplane without a parachute when the "god mode" buff activates
  
• Removed a prompt about if players want to play with mutators while playing the event
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the anniversary suit while charging the buzzer as Sangres
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the anniversary suit during the pistol inspection animation

Keep those helmets flying.
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

We are happy to see all of you joining in the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the PAYDAY Franchise. We have something extra fun in-store today, it’s time for some fun carnival-style games, in a new game mode available only during the 10th Anniversary event.

When you start the game you will find a new button in the main menu. By selecting “Play Event” at the top of the menu you will be taken to a special version of CrimeNet. The event game mode is now active for any heist you start. To deactivate the game mode go back to the main and select “Play Online” or “Play Offline”.

In this game mode, you are tasked with the highly unusual mission of slaying balloons. When you activate the event you will see balloons appearing when killing special units. Depending on the unit you kill you may need one, two, or three kills for a balloon to appear. Popping the balloon will give a team-wide boon. Each special unit has its own boon that it grants from its balloon. You can have multiple different buffs active at once, if you have a timed buff active and activate another the timer will reset.




You can check the amount of nefarious balloons you’ve popped in FBI Files under “Enemy Kills” in the “Suspect Database”.

In this update, we also include a new suit in four colorful variants. The 10th Anniversary Clown Suit is based on concepts made by the very talented artist Angusburgers.

These suits are available to all players, just launch the game and suit up!

*Hoxalloon not included, due to restriction in Denmark

Our 10th Anniversary celebrations will continue with a Live stream on Friday the 22nd at 19:00 CET. Join us on Twitch. We have lots of fun planned and we hope to see you there!

During the whole event, we are also running a sale so hop over to the Storepage and top-up your DLC collection or let a friend know that now is a great time to join the heisting.

For more 10th anniversary awesomeness visit the PAYDAY 10th Anniversary Site.

https://ovk.af/PAYDAY10Jester and unlock the Jester Mask!



Keep those balloons popping.
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.



Find the Changelog Here!

Update size: 172.3MB



General

• Fixed a crash that could occur when joining a lobby with a Molotov and a Bow equipped
  
• Fixed a graphical issue in the menu screens when posing with the Akimbo Káng Arms Model 54
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Marksman sight mod to be positioned incorrectly when equipped on the Bernetti 9
  
• Updated the charm located on the Akimbo Kobus 90 SMGs to avoid clipping with gadgets
  
• Fixed an issue with incorrect textures appearing on the green and yellow variants of the Cybertrench outfit
  
• Fixed a translation issue in Japanese with the “Master of Floatation” achievement where the translation said "loot bag" instead of "body bag"

Heists

• Fixed an issue on the Black Cat heist where the outline on the ink bomb would not turn off when the player is far away
  
• Fixed an issue on the Black Cat heist where a waypoint would get stuck if the C4 was planted during another objective
  
• Fixed an animation issue on the Black Cat heist when interacting with the Inside Man
  
• Fixed a graphical issue on the Black Cat heist related to some clothing on the floor in the Crew Quarters
  
• Fixed an issue on the Dragon Heist where the First Response officers had incorrect headshot multipliers
  
• Fixed collision an issue on the Buluc’s Mansion heist where an archway’s collision did not match its visuals
  
• Fixed collision an issue on the Brooklyn 10-10 heist where some deployables would sink into the floor by the roof access
  
• Fixed a graphical issue in the Safe House Raid that allowed the players to see through a section of the environment
  
• Fixed some internal lighting and shadows in the Jewelry Store heist
  
• Fixed some collision issues on The Big Bank heist that caused NPCs to stutter when walking in the stairs
  
• Fixed a minor graphical issue on The White House heist where the hinges of the doors in the oval office were not attached to the wall
  
• Fixed a collision issue on the Mallcrasher heist that would stop a glass panel at the entrance from being breakable

If you are having issues with an unmodded game you can try to verify the integrity of the game files. In the steam library; right click on PAYDAY 2. Select "Properties" from the menu. Under the tab "LOCAL FILES" select "VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES...".
The process may take some time to finish.

Updates may be incompatible with the mods you may have installed. Even seemingly unrelated mods may cause unexpected issues. If you are experiencing any issues with the game; try removing any mods you may have installed and try again.



Keep those helmets flying.
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

The PAYDAY franchise turns 10 years old this week, and we're celebrating both in and out of PAYDAY 2.
We hope to see you join us for all that this week has to offer.
To start with, our anniversary sale is starting now, with up to 84% discounts, we hope there's something to find for everyone.

The sale will be active between October 18th and November 1st.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/18043/PAYDAY_2_Silk_Road_Collection/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/3756/PAYDAY_2_Legacy_Collection/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/24240/PAYDAY_The_Heist/

Update size: 26.2 MB

We are happy to see so many players engage in the new Black Cat heist. A lot of players have been taking advantage of the ship's nocks and crannies trying to sneak the level. It would seem people are also enjoying the alternative C4 route of the level as well as the main loud path.

A rare crash related to effects was found in the build and reported to us. We now have a fix for this as well as some other issues.

Changes to the Black Cat Heist

• Fixed a crash related to low effect quality when quitting the level
  
• Fixed a desync issue where Xun Kang would teleport to the balcony for clients
  
• Fixed an issue where Players were able to jump on top of the vault
  
• Brightend up the area around the bar after the chandelier has come down
  
• Fixed an issue where Li Deng can't be shouted down after having been affected by poison
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Master of floatation" achievement could be unlocked in loud using the helicopter escape
  
• Fixed an issue where the vault and winch audio kept playing after the vault had stopped
  
• Fixed an issue where the chandelier ropes would disappear if the player stands too close
  
• Fixed a visual issue where a misplaced shadow could be seen on the roof near the bathrooms
  
• Fixed an issue where Hoxton was blocked as a potential teammate, this is also fixed for Ukrainian Prisoner
  
• Fixed a visual issue where the "Crew Deck" sign was only visible when the player was standing directly underneath
  
• Fixed a missing collision near the stairs leading up from the crew deck
  
• Tweaked lighting and shadows in the level
  
• Fixed an issue where the waypoint would instantly appear for the mission equipment if the barman was in the courtyard
  
• Tweaked the Triad members to make them easier to kill

Keep those helmets flying.
OVERKILL_Tobias
OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.