Summary
- Payday 3, releasing on September 21, 2023, brings the Payday Gang out of retirement to face a new threat in New York. The game will be available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC with crossplay and cross-progression across platforms.
- All pre-orders of Payday 3 include the Trifecta Loot Bag pre-order bonus DLC, which features cosmetic items in a black and turquoise color scheme.
- The Silver Edition costs $69.99 and includes a six-month season , while the Gold Edition costs $89.99 and includes a one-year season . Both editions unlock additional heists, tailor and weapon packs, and exclusive cosmetic items. The Collector's Edition includes physical items such as a gold mask and playing cards.
Payday 3, the next installment in the popular heist series, is due to release on September 21, 2023. Much like other AAA titles, the co-op shooter will receive a variety of additional content via pre-order bonuses and several special editions for those who purchase the game.
In both the real world and the Payday universe, many years have ed since Dallas, Hoxton, Chains, and Wolf’s destructive crime spree through Washington DC in 2013's Payday 2. Payday 3 will see the Payday Gang being forced out of early retirement to deal with a new threat in New York. As with its predecessors, the game will be released on both PlayStation and Xbox - albeit only on current-gen - and PC with crossplay and cross-progression for those who game on multiple devices available across all of these platforms.
All Payday 3 Pre-Orders Come With A Cosmetic Bonus
Regardless of which version of Payday 3 players purchase, they will receive the base game (which costs $39.99) and the Trifecta Loot Bag pre-order bonus DLC. This bonus includes cosmetic items in a black and turquoise color scheme, such as the angular Venomous Verdigris mask, Cotton Stripes gloves, and Obsidian Glitz suit.
Payday 3's Silver Edition Includes A 6-Month Season
Payday 3's Silver Edition costs $69.99 and will include the black and chrome colored Dark Sterling mask. It will also come with a six-month season , which will unlock two heists, as well as tailor and weapon packs. The specifics of what these heists and packs contain have yet to be announced, but it will likely be the same ones included in the Syntax Error and Boys in Blue DLCs releasing in Winter 2023 and Spring 2023, respectively.
Payday 3's Gold Edition Includes A Year-Long Season
Payday 3's $89.99 Gold Edition will include all the content in the aforementioned Silver Edition, but with a 1-year season instead of 6 months. The Gold season will therefore unlock four heists instead of two, and presumably more tailor and weapon packs over the additional 6 months, likely the same as those seen in the additional The Land of the Free and Fear and Greed DLCs releasing in Summer and Fall 2024. At launch, Payday 3's Gold Edition will also include the Golden State gloves and the Statue of Liberty-inspired Skull of Liberty mask.
Payday 3's Collector's Edition Has Many Physical Items
The $129.99 Collector’s Edition of Payday 3 includes the Gold Edition of the game, alongside a variety of physical items. These physical items include a gold, lifesize mask, a custom black and gold deck of playing cards, stickers, and a hip letter to the Collector's Club.
Payday 3's Special Editions Unlock Early Access
Those who purchase Payday 3's Gold (either on its own or as part of the Collector's bundle) or Silver editions will automatically be given access to the game three days before its release. According to the official Payday website, those who preorder the standard edition will not be locked out of getting Silver or Gold via an upgrade "once Payday 3 releases," meaning that they may miss out on this early access, but be able to access the season es and masks after September 21.
Payday 3 will also be launching on day one on Xbox and PC Game , which will likely make it easier to entice a group of friends to in co-op from launch. Despite its inclusion in the Game subscription, those who are keen to get their hands on it early will need to buy either the full Silver or Gold editions, however. A standalone upgrade similar to the one that granted Starfield players five days early access on Game doesn't seem to be available, with the only option to upgrade seemingly being the aforementioned ones that will be available after the game's launch.
Regardless of which version of Payday 3 players purchase, there is expected to be plenty of content to dive into at launch. If the previous Payday games are any indication, there will be several DLC packs with new characters, heists, cosmetics, and weapons - potentially inspired by other popular IPs like Payday 2's John Wick and Scarface packs - released in the years that follow.
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