Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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As if by magic, Starbreeze have managed to score another own goal in the leadup to one of the most anticipated heists of the year - announcing that instead of pushing developers into Payday 3 Year 2 (or, heck, even Project Baxter), they're sending a quarter of the studio's developers into a project to develop a PUBG Payday gamemode. Join me for a breakdown of the news... and an actual breakdown.

The statement: corporate.starbreeze.com/en/press/press-releases/starbreeze-partners-with-krafton-to-expand-payday-into-pubg-battlegrounds

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Message Regarding My Payday Content In 2025
03:29 Main Video Begins - Introduction
04:54 Switching Up Content - Help Needed!
05:48 Starbreeze's PUBG Announcement
06:34 Why PUBG?
07:56 Why This Doesn't Make Logical Sense
10:05 Connecting Back To The Q3 Report...
11:10 Why PUBG, And Not Fortnite?
12:41 This Isn't Smart For Payday 3's Future.
15:42 My Overall Thoughts - And Sinking Optimism.

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