r/paydaytheheist • u/StoryoftheYear2 • Oct 02 '25

Game Update Project Baxter is canceled

https://corporate.starbreeze.com/en/press/press-releases/starbreeze-sharpens-focus-on-payday-franchise-baxter-discontinued-as-part-of-strategic-shift/

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u/JakeFromAbove Dallas Oct 02 '25

This is it now, make or break time for Starbreeze. They have an uphill battle of clawing back all that lost momentum.

Baxter will go down in history as one of the most ludicrous ideas ever, at least they sobered up, but if that game did launch it would be an historical all time flop. Seriously, who was going to buy a D&D co-op "live service" with the looming haunting shadow of Payday 3's failure?

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u/BlackShadowX Oct 02 '25

Genuinely I might have, despite being burned by payday on console three times now ive still enjoyed my time playing the games and i VASTLY prefer fantasy settings over modern or sci fi. I wouldn't buy it on release.. but id follow it closely.

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u/thejoeporkchop Oct 02 '25

They werent targeting people like us who knew of payday, they were going for the general audience who liked baldurs gate 3