Starbreeze has become sole owner of the rights to Payday 3: the studio has struck a $3.5m deal with Plaion

Despite the failed release of co-operative shooter Payday 3, Swedish studio Starbreeze not only has no plans to end its support, but also bought all the rights to it.

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Starbreeze is now the developer and publisher of Payday 3 - for this purpose, the company has signed a deal with publisher Plaion for $3.5 million. To cover the costs, the authors of the shooter have issued Class B shares, which were purchased by Embracer Group - the owner of Plaion.

The deal will become effective on 15 May.

This agreement will allow Starbreeze to fully purchase the publishing rights to Payday 3 from Plaion, significantly accelerate content development and realise greater strategic opportunities for the Payday franchise as a whole. We appreciate Plaion's support, which underlines confidence in Starbreeze's future and strengthens our strategic relationship with the world's biggest players.

Payday 3 is available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series, but its popularity is close to zero, with the game rarely seeing more than 600 visitors per day on Steam.

Source: Starbreeze