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Payday: The Heist is 75% off on Steam as part of its midweek madness incentive until August 9. In addition, the Wolfpack DLC featuring new weapons, heists, skills and upgrades is also available for $9.99.

It looks as though the Overkill and Valve cross-over project with left 4 Dead undertones is the No Mercy map.

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Overkill has announced 505 Games will publish the firm’s Payday 2. Here’s word straight from the firm’s website: “Players will be psyched to know that publisher 505 Games have joined the PAYDAY crew! We know we found the best partner period. This new co-operation lets us be OVERKILL and lets us develop the PAYDAY franchise in new fantastic directions long term. With the support and skill of 505 Games we are going to pull off heists on a scale never seen before.” A release date and platforms are TBA.

Overkill Entertianment has announced it’s working with Valve on what it calls an “in-depth collaboration” involving Payday: The Heist and Left 4 Dead.

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New DLC is inbound for Payday: The Heist, entitled The Wolf Pack DLC, according to the latest update given to the game by Steam. The pac will feature two new heists, a Technician skill tree, three new weapons, a new crew bonus, new player upgrades, deployable sentry gun and a higher level cap.

The shooter also launched on PS3. Developer Overkill was recently bought by Starbreeze and will work on a sequel as its first project.

Via GAF, PSN Stores.

Starbreeze’s Mikael Nermark has told Eurogamer Overkill will be allowed to continue the Payday IP once the firm is absorbed into the Starbreeze portfolio.

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Overkill Software has announced that the next time PAYDAY: The Heist players load their Steam client, and special Christmas update will be applied. One of the new features is present available on any of the levels in multiplayer, which contains a Santa mask. Apparently, players will also “get the chance to be surprised later on.” Whatever that means. Drop-in and out has also been added, but will be disabled during he “point of no return” phase of the heist, as well as on the end screen. Also, if a player is in custody or downed and drop to rejoin the same game, they will respawn in custody. Other updates and additions to the game can be found over on GamersHell.

As promised earlier this week, Sony has announced a European release date for PAYDAY: The Heist. Already available in the US and worldwide on PC, the game will launch on PS3 November 2 for the UK and Europe. Those who ordered all the titles offered through Sony’s PS Play incentive, will receive the game for free upon release. Also, according to a post on the game’s forums, upcoming DLC for the game will include the oft-requested Nixon mask, along with new heists, equipment, characters and skills.

A date for the DLC has yet to be announced.

Sony Online Entertainment has finally announced the release date for the PC version of co-op bank robbing sim Payday: the Heist, and it’s, uh, tomorrow – October 20.

The PlayStation 3 version of the game arrived on the US PSN this week, but we still haven’t heard when the European storefront will be graced by it.

Thanks, Gamespy.

To celebrate its North American launch today, Sony and Overkill have released a new video for PAYDAY: The Heist. A date for Europe and the PC version are still to be announced. The game will run you $19.99 on PSN, or will be free for those who purchased all the games which were part of Sony’s PLAY program over the summer. Watch the video below, courtesy of TheGamerXperience’s YouTube channel.

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Housemarque has released a teaser for House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut and its is full of shooting and gore as you would expect. And more strippers too, apparently.The game is heading to PS3 October 25 in North America and October 28 in Europe.

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A looks at the second exclusive level for PS3 contained in House Of The Dead: OVERKILL Extended Cut has been posted over on the PS Blog. It is apparently set in “the cosy confines of an abattoir taken over by a meaty disease of sorts,” called Creeping Flesh.

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It’s time for your second batch of shorts for the day. This one features an interesting off-screen video of Yoshinori Ono and Katsuhiro Harada doing, well, just watch. We’ve actually posted the video in here. A shorts first? Maybe.

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Payday: The Heist may only feature six banks, but Overkill Software says it has endless replayability.

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You’ve seen the trailer, now check out screenshots of the Panic Room in OverKill’s PAYDAY: The Heist, which is slated for digital release on PSN and PC this year. The price and exact date have yet to be announced by SOE.

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I have to go to the doctor, so forgive me for dumping this massive pile of news on you and fleeing gleefully. Good stuff in snack portion size lies within.

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