For heisters still waiting on the Payday 3 first patch to drop, the light at the end of the tunnel might be rearing its head soon, as Starbreeze has given a new update about it.

Update (Nov. 2. 2023): If you’re seeing this, then you know the first patch has been released! Go check out the official patch notes here.

While there’s still no date just yet, Starbreeze did mention that the first Payday 3 patch is now going through “testing and certification.” The studio also explains why it’s taking for the game’s first-ever patch to drop, and also promised free content is coming to all players before the end of the year.

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Payday 3 First Patch – Why It’s Taking So Long to Be Released:

• The first patch has been sent off and is currently going through a testing and certification process. We have made a commitment to our players to keep parity between all platforms, so this is an important part of that process.
• The reason it has taken so long to get this first patch ready is very long and complicated, but the short version is that we discovered critical errors with our update pipeline shortly after the game released. There was a significant risk to player progression being wiped if we didn’t address this and ensured a solid test environment.
• We see a lot of your feedback about the progression system. Our designers are looking at how the system can be adapted to balance both the challenge system as well as offering infamy points for each heist, and we’ll come back with more information on what this looks like soon.
• Once we can consistently deliver patches, the team will also deliver on our plans for more content for the game. Expect to see free content updates for the game before the end of the year, we’ll share more information on what these will be when we get there.

Starbreeze adds that the dev team is sorry and they understand the frustration and anger from the community, and how this is “not the situation we want to be in.”

Once we know more about the patch, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.

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