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Thanks to all you gamers who have robbed countless banks, snuck off with thousands of diamonds and scooped up gold bars by the tonnes! OVERKILL Software has monitored you closely through the security cameras and here are our counter measures:   New big-ass PC features Player drop-in ability in load-out and in-game! You can now join an ongoing game! You will no longer be locked out of games just because they have already started or because you dropped out during play. Just rejoin and continue collecting those precious dollars and…

It's Black Friday - the shopping day of the year! Payday: The Heist (PC) is on "autumn sale" from Nov 23rd through 27th! We're talking about a whopping 33% discount on both single games and the 4-pack (where the autumn discount is added on top of the already hefty 25% bulk discount!) If you don't already have Payday on PC, now's the time to get it! If you have the game but want more friends to play with - why don't you gift the game for a few of your…

A long wait is over, as we only hours ago found out that the European version of Payday passed submission, and that we can spread the news that it's coming on November 2nd! To everyone who's been waiting - we want to apologize again! To everyone who's the least bit discouraged by the lobby problem some US version gamers have reported - we already have patches in the certification process that will solve the issue on both the US and the European version! Also, you need to check this out!…

Hey PC crew! Bo Andersson here – Executive Producer at OVERKILL on PAYDAY. I just got off the phone with SOE and we are GOLD. I came right here first – no press release, as it is past 2 AM here in Sweden. SOE will put one out online tomorrow. It is real though. The game is being prepared for distribution on Steam servers now. This means the game is scheduled to go live on Steam tomorrow morning, 10:00 AM PACIFIC time - the 20th of October 2011. For the…

Payday hit the US PSN store today. The first review is up on GameTrailers - the game gets 8 out of 10! The fourth article in the series about the game's enemy units is up on Destructoid! An article on the four robbers' background stories has been posted on 1up.com!

We have revealed all the Trophies/Steam Achievements for Payday: The Heist! Read all about it at EGMNOW.com Also, we wrote a set of articles about the different enemy units of Payday, that Destructoid has posted! The first article deals with the regular law enforcers and can be found here. The second article deals with the special unit called the Shield and it can be found here. The third article deasl with the special unit called the Cloaker and it can be found here. Expect two more articles in this series,…

As many of you already know, the world has to wait a teeny weeny bit longer for Payday to hit the streets. We apologize for this, and we sincerely apologize for coming out with this information so late. It's just that we worked so hard - and kept hoping a punctual release would e possible - up until the very last minute. We've been nurturing this baby for 20 months - it's now full grown and ready to rock your socks off - but as it turns out we need…

Previews of Payday: The Heist are still popping up in the internet - although more sparsely now, considering the game will be out soon and reviews (rather than previews) are to be expected. Anyway, here are two previews that were posted within the last 48 hours: "...it absolutely nails both the locations and the quality of the gunfights. The guys from developer Overkill (...) know how to polish up a game." /Dan Gril of Rock, Paper, Shotgun "It takes the multiplayer mechanic and spins it on its head for what…

GamesCom ended this past weekend and gaming press were given the chance to play both the 1st World Bank robbery and the Diamond Heist on PC and PS3 - and it was glorious! We had development team members on the show floor demoing the game for visitors, and Ulf and Simon tag teaming journalists in SOE's press booth - rumor has it they did 90 interviews/demos between the two of them! Now, fresh previews of the game are starting to trickle onto the web. Here are a few links together…

Payday was playable at E3, but as you probably know that is an event that isn't open to the public. Comicon in San Diego, however, opens today and everyone can come and play Payday: The Heist. We'll be showing both the 1st World Bank heist that was playable at E3 and the Panic Room heist that was revealed to the press as late as last week! Overkill's Game Director Ulf Andersson is there and will make appearances in the PS3 panel upstairs. We'll be handing out Payday robber masks as…