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On 18 August 2015, sound designer and composer Simon Viklund left Overkill to focus on his solo music project. However, he continued to voice Bain in Payday 2 and produce music for Payday 2 as a freelancer until 2018. He continues to be active in the game's community, and occasionally appears in promotional material. [11] [12]
The "John Wick Pack" is a collaboration between Lionsgate and Overkill to bring the titular character from the film John Wick to Payday 2. [19] In 2015, a second Lionsgate collaboration featuring Point Break was released containing two heists ("Beneath the Mountain" and "Birth of Sky") and Bodhi, a character inspired by the film. [ 20 ]
Payday 2 was a massive commercial success, and was profitable from pre-order sales alone. [32] Payday 2 also became Starbreeze's best selling game of all time, and helped the company to make a record profit for the first time after suffering an accumulated loss of $14.4 million between 1998 and June 2013. [33]
The engine is currently in use by Overkill Software, former owners of the now defunct developer Grin. Overkill's game, Payday: The Heist, uses a modified version of this engine. Payday 2 and Raid: World War II run on the second generation Diesel engine 2.0.
Payday: The Heist is a cooperative first-person shooter game developed by Overkill Software and published by Sony Online Entertainment. The game was released for the PlayStation 3 in North America on 18 October 2011, and in Europe on 2 November. [4] It was released then for Windows on 20 October. Payday: The Heist runs on the Diesel game engine.
Payday 3 is a 2023 cooperative first-person shooter game developed by Starbreeze Studios and published by Deep Silver. The game is a sequel to Payday 2, and is the third installment in the Payday series. It was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 21 September 2023.
Simon Viklund (born Simon Wiklund, December 1, 1979) is a Swedish freelance video game composer, music producer, sound designer and game designer, who was first known for his work on the 2008 game Bionic Commando Rearmed, in which he was a creative director and composer.
[2] The game was announced on August 14, 2014 by Overkill Software. To celebrate the collaboration, Overkill announced that Lucille, a weapon from The Walking Dead, will be available for players of Payday 2. [1] The game showed up at E3 2015 at a "proof of concept" for the virtual reality headset developed by Starbreeze Studios. [5]