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Read More »Starbreeze generates £8.4m profit in last six months
Payday 2 performs strongly to generate profits after accumulated company losses of £8.8m in previous 15 years
Read More »Payday 2 getting two more years of content as Brothers finally hits profit
Starbreeze has revealed the extent of its remarkable turnaround. Joystiq reports that the studio’s CEO Bo Andersson-Klint has revealed that between 1998 and 2013 the developer incurred a loss of KR 94m ($14.43m). In its last two quarters it has, thanks to the introduction of a new business model and …
Read More »80% of Payday 2’s 1.58m sales were digital
The increasing importance of tracking digital sales has been highlighted once again by multiplayer heist shooter Payday 2. Its developer Starbreeze told investors last night, via a note translated by Eurogamer, that its game has to date sold a total of 1.58m copies. Perhaps more interestingly, however, it added that …
Read More »Vin Diesel announces third Riddick game
Hot on the heels of the character’s third cinema outing, confirmation of a third video game starring Vin Diesel’s Riddick has been unearthed. Furthermore, the game will be developed by the same people who put together 2004’s impressive Escape from Butcher Bay. OXM spotted Vin Diesel himself confirming in a …
Read More »Payday 2 is ‘too big for digital’
The Payday series has outgrown the digital market place, says UK publisher 505 Games. The original Payday: The Heist was a Steam and PSN hit, selling 1.6m copies. And 505 has picked up the rights to bring its hotly-anticipated sequel to the High Street. The shooter will be released for …
Read More »Critical hit Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons gets PS3 and PC release date
PS3 and PC gamers won’t have to wait long for current critical darling Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. The Starbreeze Studios game will be released on PSN and Steam on August 28th according to publisher 505 Games. The game arrived on Xbox Live Arcade yesterday amidst a sea of …
Read More »Payday 2 achieves profitability a week ahead of launch
Developer Starbreeze Studios has announced that Payday 2, which isn’t even released until next week, has already hit profit. Payday 2 hits PC next Tuesday (August 13th) and PS3 and Xbox 30 the following Friday. A translation from GameChup from Starbreeze CEO Bo Andersson-Klint says that the game’s pre-orders have …
Read More »505 signs two-game Starbreeze Studios deal
Chronicles of Riddick and Syndicate developer Starbreeze Studios has signed a two-game publishing deal with 505 Games. Previously announced titles Payday 2 and P13 (working title) will both release in 2013 under the agreement. The former title is a sequel to Sony Online Entertainment’s Payday: The Heist. The latter is …
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