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GameFly pre-Black Friday deals discount PC digital BioShock Infinite, Saints Row 4
GameFly's Black Friday Preview sale opens the deal floodgates ahead of other retailers this year, serving up cheap, downloadable copies of several high-profile PC games. Today's deals feature Assassin's Creed 3 at $5.99, BioShock Infinite for $7.99, and Payday 2 for $11.99. Other notable price drops include Total War: Rome 2 ($35.99) and Saints Row 4 ($26.79). Starting tomorrow, Thanksgiving shoppers can pick up Dishonored for $3.99, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for $5.99, and Final Fantasy 14 for $11.99. Black Friday itself will host deals for EA's SimCity ($23.99) and Battlefield 4 ($31.99). Current and future Black Friday deals at GameFly are activated with the code GFDNOV20 at checkout.
Antichamber 66% off on Steam today, Skullgirls free this weekend
Steam rolled out a new batch of limited-time PC game deals, dropping the price of the Escher-inspired first-person adventure game Antichamber by 66 percent as Lab Zero Games' 2D fighter Skullgirls gears up for a free weekend. Steam's Weekend Deal additionally drops the price of Overkill Software's multiplayer heist sim Payday 2 by 40 percent, to mark the release of its new Armored Transport DLC. Kerbal Space Program rounds out this weekend's deal selection with a 40 percent discount. Skullgirls is also available at a discounted rate over the course of its free weekend, ending Monday at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
Armored transport heists are fair game in Payday 2 DLC tomorrow on Steam
Payday 2 will receive its first DLC pack on PC tomorrow, 505 Games announced. The downloadable content offers players new two armored transport heists, which occur across six locations in Washington D.C leading to a train robbery of a "valuable military prototype." Players will also receive three new weapons in the Payday 2 DLC pack, namely the Gruber Kurz pistol, Commando 553 assault rifle and Swedish K SMG, as well as masks of four United States Presidents: Reagan, Clinton, Bush and Obama. The add-on content, which offers a dozen new achievements for players to reach, will cost $6.99.
Peek inside Payday 2's Lootbag DLC on Xbox 360, PS3 today
Both Xbox 360 and PS3 can pick up Payday 2's Lootbag DLC, previously a pre-order exclusive, for $5 today. Inside the Lootbag, players will find some extra in-game cash, a red dot sight compatible with all rifles and shotguns, a skull mask, black and red mask customization color scheme and an "I Love Overkill!" mask emblem. Developer Overkill Software has also announced a Payday 2 demo has infiltrated Xbox Live today. The demo is coming to PS3, Overkill says, though timing has yet to be determined. Payday 2, a game where four crooks band together to pull off heists and other illegal jobs for wealthy drug lords and psychopaths, launched back in August for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. In our review, we lauded the game's co-operative play and "nonstop series of little stories and moments of surprise" that happen every time the four embark on a job.
Payouts restructured in latest Payday 2 update
A new patch has been issued in Payday 2. The highlight of this latest update is a retooled economy system: Now players will receive a smaller amount for completing the basic parameters of a mission, but be greatly rewarded for any loot or additional merchandise they secure during the mission. Overkill hopes this will force players to fight their own greed on every map. Outside of the restructured payouts, you can now choose whether you want XP, cash or some mixture of both when taking on a job through Crime.net, the game's mission delivery system. Another heist has also been added, as have more masks. Enemy and teammate behavior has been improved and various weapons have been tweaked. For the full patch notes, check out Overkill's outline through the source link below. Happy heisting!
Payday 2 sells 1.58 million copies, 80 percent through digital
Payday 2, the sequel to Overkill's 2011 game Payday: The Heist, has sold 1.58 million copies across all platforms. Just 20 percent of the game's sales came through retail channels, while the rest were through digital platforms like Steam, Xbox Live and PSN. The sales for Payday 2 were enough to land it a spot in the NPD's top ten sales list for August. Starbreeze CEO Bo Andersson-Klint said in early August that the game turned a profit just six days before it launched, so things are certainly looking up for the developer.
Overkill adding 5 DLC packs to Payday 2, would 'love' to add mods
Overkill Software producer Almir Listo recently said the studio has "a year of DLC planned" for Payday 2, its multiplayer heist game that launched this week on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 (August 23 for Xbox Games on Demand). Listo tells Joystiq that five DLC packs in total are in the works. "Payday 2 - just like its predecessor Payday: The Heist - is a living thing. We have 5 DLCs planned together with 505 Games for the coming year." Listo went on to say that Overkill would continue to update the game with both paid and free content, "just like we did with the first game." In Payday 2, the same maps are recycled over many different types of jobs, suggesting a natural fit for modding support or Steamworks integration. "We would love to add support for creating community generated content," Listo said, but in the meantime the team will "continue to look into this." Listo posted a message on Steam yesterday about absent safe house customization options and Cloakers, special heavy-duty police units seen in the beta. Both will be added down the line: "The safe house is what we intended it to be at release," Listo said. "Just like Bain says when you enter the safe house for the first time, it's not much at the moment, but give it some time. He's working on it and he'll let us do some decorating soon." Finally, Listo addressed the idea of further franchise crossovers. The first Payday had a mission set in the No Mercy map of Left 4 Dead, serving as a non-canon prequel to Valve's co-op zombie shooting gallery. On this point Listo said, "We can't discuss if we have any crossovers planned right now, but we will let you know when/if that should change."
PSN Tuesday: Payday 2, Ducktales, Diablo 3 pre-orders
Today's PSN update stocks the store with Overkill's heist-em-up, Payday 2, and WayForward's Ducktales Remastered, a remake of the classic NES platformer. Pre-orders are also now open for Diablo 3, FIFA 14, Lost Planet 3 and Final Fantasy XIV. PlayStation Plus subscribers can snag their free copy of Runner 2 today and grab its Good Friends DLC at a slight discount. Meanwhile, the PS Vita gets Fruit Ninja, Open Me!, A-Men and Breakquest: Extra Evolution. The full list of this week's content is available on the PlayStation Blog.
Overkill to keep updating Payday 2 for a year, planning female character
Payday 2 director David Goldfarb said "there's like a year of DLC planned" for the game in a recent interview with OXM. Among the additional content for the heist game, Goldfarb said he wants "to make sure we get a female character." A playable female character for the action game may not be the first piece of downloadable content to arrive, though. "I don't know if we'll get it as our first DLC, because we'd have to redo all the animations so it doesn't look like a dude walking around with a female body," Goldfarb said. "It's definitely on our list. One of the many things that are on our list." Goldfarb didn't reveal the other items on Overkill Software's list of DLC plans, and it may be some time before we find out. Payday 2 first launches this week on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
Payday 2 review: Take the money and run
Payday 2 is a heist-em-up starring four crooks – codenamed Dallas, Hoxton, Chains and Wolf – who take on a series of jobs in the hopes of earning enough cash to retire on a beach somewhere, sipping fruity drinks with little plastic umbrellas in them. It's a nice fantasy, but Payday 2 proves that you can't plan for everything. No two jobs, despite being of similar set-up, go down in the same way – and without the help of few friends, you'll never survive long enough to reach that tropical paradise.%Gallery-195861%
Report: Payday 2 turns a profit six days before launch
Pre-orders of Payday 2 already made back the money that publisher 505 Games provided Starbreeze Studios for development, Starbreeze CEO Bo Andersson-Klint said in a statement to investors (translated by Gamereactor). Payday 2 launches on August 13, and any incoming sales are profit to be split between 505 and Starbreeze. "Today Starbreeze has once again demonstrated that our strategy of focusing on our own properties is correct," Andersson-Klint said. "Not only have we managed to deliver a desirable product in Payday 2 but also executed a promotion that few companies of our size can. We now look forward to the royalty income that can secure the company's development of its own IP in the future. That Payday 2 generates revenue for the company six days before the release is of course very unusual for games of this size and strengthens the long-term nature of our strategy." Hey, everyone. What day is it? Payday.
Payday 2 set to take Steam on August 13
Overkill Software's Payday 2 is ready for action on August 13 through Steam. Overkill also confirmed this morning the game will show up to other platform parties between August 13 and 16. "A big thank you to our Payday community, to everyone who has helped us beta test the game so far and posted messages online, sent us feedback and told us how much you appreciate our work. We salute you," the dev wrote as part of the announcement. Have fun storming the vault, hope you make it back.
Strict planning and randomized robbery in Payday 2
Hollywood heist movies typically give equal billing to the planning phase and the execution of the robbery. The original Payday offered players one half of the traditional blockbuster heist experience, throwing players into a heavily-scripted level against a seemingly relentless tidal wave of AI enemies and calling it a day. In Payday 2, the crucial planning stage has finally been added, dividing jobs into several phases that spread out over the course of a number of days and randomizing the outcomes for would-be robbers.%Gallery-193877%
Payday 2 dev diary treads softly, carries a big gun
Developer Overkill Software has added stealth mechanics to Payday 2, happy news for those who favor sneaking over bursting in, guns blazing. Keep those guns ready, though - we've seen enough heist movies to know that they all inevitably devolve into a shootout.
Payday 2 web series continues in 'The Vault'
This second episode of the live-action Payday 2 web series picks up where the first one left off: the crew is in the middle of robbing a bank and is about to make its escape from the vault. Payday 2 will launch on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in August.
Bain sets up a heist in Payday 2 web series' first episode
There may be no honor amongst thieves, but there certainly is infrastructure. Bain, who oversees an underground crime network in Payday 2, finds the guys for the job and seems to be plugged into every CCTV camera in the world.
Payday 2 secures pre-order loot on Xbox 360, PS3
Those who sign up early for Overkill's latest heist, Payday 2, will net themselves some additional in-game perks. Pre-ordering on either the Xbox 360 and PS3 will yield the Lootbag DLC pack, which includes a red dot weapon sight attachment, a trio of exclusive masks and a fistful of in-game cash. Payday 2 pre-orders have been open on Steam for a week now. The Lootbag DLC will go to those who pre-order the base version of the game, while the $50 Career Criminal Edition will net players the same incentives listed above, along with two beta keys, in-game blueprints, store discounts, and the full soundtrack from Simon Viklund (Bionic Commando: Rearmed).
Payday 2 planning an August heist, web series starts in two weeks
Payday 2, the Overkill-developed crook sim, is set to launch in August. The news comes at the end of the trailer above, which teases a new web series set to start in two weeks. We have yet to see any actual Payday 2 gameplay beyond a brief teaser issued in March, but feel free to case our gallery of in-game shots below. Payday 2 – which adds classes and a contracts database on top of its predecessor's core robbery mechanics – is planning its heist on Steam, PS3 and Xbox 360. Pre-orders are open on Steam right now and all who sign up early will get an in-game loot pack. %Gallery-189209%
Payday 2 trailer and the importance of cutting eyeholes in your mask
Hey. Hey, guys. What day is it? Hmm? What day is it? Well, it's Wednesday. Obviously. What were you going to say? Whatever; it doesn't matter because Wednesday is boring and we wish it were Friday because Friday is usually Payday, and next Friday will be Payday 2, even.
Payday 2 will feature a 'contract database,' coming this summer
Starbreeze has revealed new features, game upgrades, and a release window for Payday 2, the sequel the Overkill-developed multiplayer shooter Payday: The Heist. According to a new fact sheet released today, Overkill's latest is due out this summer as a downloadable game on Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, and the PC via Steam.The first game only offered a few different "heists" to play, but the sequel features CRIMENET, a "contract database" offering dozens of different jobs to take, which can take place across multiple stages and change according to certain equipment purchases (like a faster escape car or an inside man). Additionally, each level has a new amount of dynamic content, including random layouts or rare events, and finishing each job rewards loot like new masks, weapons, or other accessories.Players also get to choose a profession of Mastermind, Enforcer, Ghost or Technician, each with its own skills and equipment to use, and can work their way up from the lowest thug on the totem pole to high-end heisters as they play. That summer release is coming up quick, so we should see more of the game very soon.
