Recently, the creators of the co-op shooter about robbers, Payday 3, announced major changes in their approach to content distribution. Starbreeze Studios not only announced an update to the game's engine – the project is being migrated to the modern Unreal Engine 5 – but is also preparing to make all paid heists available as part of the base game, including all future heists:
We want to unite players and provide everyone with the same opportunity to play past and future heists together, without worrying about content ownership. This is a great opportunity to play through the new campaign (as well as the updated tutorial we previously released in Update 3.6) from start to finish!
Access to the heists will be opened with the September update of Payday 3.
The developers warned that on August 25, DLC heists, as well as bundles that include one or more DLCs with heists, will be removed from sale:
- Syntax Error Heist
- Boys in Blue Heist
- Houston Breakout Heist
- Fear & Greed Heist
- Party Powder Heist
- Delivery Charge Heist
- Shopping Spree Heist
Current owners of the add-ons will receive animated masks as a gift in Payday 3 – teasers were published in the game's Steam community.