Starbreeze Entertainment is passing the torch of maintaining Payday 2 onto Sidetrack Games, so that Starbreeze can focus more on Payday 3. Sidetrack Games will take over future updates for Payday 2, including fixing any bugs that may come along, adding quality-of-life updates, and just overall keeping the game running and live for players to enjoy. “Sidetrack (formerly known as the M.U.G. Team) is a talented team with deep roots in the Payday modding community,” Starbreeze writes in its announcement on the Payday 2 Steam page. “Their work on RAID: World War II showed that they have the skill and […]
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It’s great to see Starbreeze focusing their efforts on Payday 3 while ensuring that Payday 2 continues to be supported. Handing off maintenance to Sidetrack Games seems like a smart move for the community! Looking forward to what’s next for both games.
Absolutely! It’s a smart move for Starbreeze to delegate maintenance, allowing them to innovate further with Payday 3. I’m curious to see how the community will respond to changes in Payday 2 under Sidetrack Games’ management.
I completely agree! Delegating maintenance can really free up resources for new ideas. It’s also interesting to see how Sidetrack Games, with their fresh perspective, might bring new life to Payday 2 while Starbreeze focuses on the exciting developments for Payday 3.
That’s a great point! Delegating can indeed streamline operations. It will be interesting to see how Sidetrack Games approaches the maintenance, especially since they might bring fresh perspectives to the existing content in Payday 2.