{"id":168226,"date":"2023-09-06T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T08:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=168226"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:57:05","slug":"payday-3-developers-to-launch-open-beta-on-september-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/gaming\/payday-3-developers-to-launch-open-beta-on-september-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"Payday 3 Developers To Launch Open Beta On September 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"_text_1teah_93 _text-width_1teah_93\"><b>Starbreeze<\/b>\u00a0Studio\u00a0will conduct\u00a0an open technical beta testing of the\u00a0<b>Payday 3<\/b>\u00a0shooter from September 8 to September 11.\u00a0Users on PC and Xbox Series can participate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PAYDAY 3: Gameplay Trailer\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dc5gw3ctb0o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"_text_1teah_93 _text-width_1teah_93\">The purpose of testing is to check what the company&#8217;s servers are capable of and whether they can withstand the influx of players.\u00a0Console owners need to use\u00a0the Xbox Insider Hub\u00a0to access testing.\u00a0On PC, all you have to do is make a request using the game&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0Steam\u00a0page .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-168228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-19.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-19-1200x674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-19-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-19-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-19-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-19-560x315.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"_list_1teah_838\">\n<li>Servers will launch on September 8 at 20:00 Moscow time.\u00a0You can play until 14:00 September 11.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"_list_1teah_838\">\n<li>Cross-play will be available, but so far without private lobbies.\u00a0That is, you can invite friends, but if there is an empty place in the team, then the game will pick up a random party member.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"_list_1teah_838\">\n<li>For testing, players will be given an old build of the project, which was assembled back in April 2023.\u00a0It differs significantly from the release version of the game.\u00a0Even the interface has already changed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"_list_1teah_838\">\n<li>The account will be allowed to pump up to level 22.\u00a0Many weapons and cosmetic items will be available in the game, but the range will be significantly expanded at release.\u00a0Progress from &#8220;beta&#8221; cannot be transferred to the release version.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"_list_1teah_838\">\n<li>Players will be given access to one heist and four starting characters: Wolfe, Chains, Dallas and Hoxton.\u00a0The beta will not feature two new protagonists, Joy and Pearl.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"_list_1teah_838\">\n<li>The developers allowed to shoot the gameplay and broadcast it live and reminded that the balance and some abilities will work differently after the full release of the game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-168229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-20.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-20-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-20-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-20-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-20-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Pasted-20-560x315.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The developers also claim that the Denuvo protection performed well in internal tests and does not affect the performance of the shooter in any way.<\/p>\n<p><b>Payday 3<\/b>\u00a0is scheduled to release\u00a0on September 21st.\u00a0Platforms &#8211; PC (\u00a0Steam\u00a0,\u00a0EGS\u00a0), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series.\u00a0Silver and Gold Edition owners will have access to the game three days ahead of everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starbreeze\u00a0Studio\u00a0will conduct\u00a0an open technical beta testing of the\u00a0Payday 3\u00a0shooter from September 8 to September 11.\u00a0Users on PC and Xbox Series can participate. The purpose of testing is to check what the company&#8217;s servers are capable of and whether they can withstand the influx of players.\u00a0Console owners need to use\u00a0the Xbox Insider Hub\u00a0to access testing.\u00a0On PC, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/gaming\/payday-3-developers-to-launch-open-beta-on-september-8th\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":168227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[777],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-168226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gaming","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}