Overview
- Sidetrack's debut Payday 2 patch goes live October 23 with a focus on stability and the overall player experience, accompanied by a Starbreeze livestream to outline details and gather feedback.
- Future PC updates under Sidetrack will prioritize quality-of-life improvements and general fixes to keep the game stable and responsive to community needs.
- Sidetrack, formerly M. U. G. Team/Lion Game Lion, brings Payday modding roots and experience from Raid: World War II and prior Payday DLC.
- Starbreeze is reallocating staff toward Payday 3 after canceling a Dungeons & Dragons project and implementing layoffs to intensify work on the franchise.
- SteamDB figures underscore the context, with Payday 2 drawing tens of thousands of concurrent players versus the hundreds to low thousands seen for Payday 3.