A new VR game based on the heist action of Payday, Payday: Aces High, is coming later this year to Steam and the Meta Store.
The officially-licensed game brings four-player co-op to VR where you can “pull off daring jobs in VR using the latest black-market technology and high-caliber weaponry.”
“After being framed by business titan Warren Jupiter, players team up to take revenge through the signature chaos of a Payday heist,” the blurb teases. “Design your own unique loadout, mixing weapons, gadgets and skills to become the ultimate, high-caliber heister. Infiltrate banks, museums, and even a luxury penthouse apartment, surveying each scene before choosing the perfect moment to go loud and secure your payday.”
Features include:
- The Rush Of The Score: Roll out with up to three partners in crime. Plan the job, stack your tools, and execute with precision. Every alarm you dodge, every bag you haul, every trigger you pull pushes you closer to that flawless payday… or the kind of heat that burns cities to the ground.
- Guns, Gadgets, Getting Even: Gear up and hit the score with an arsenal that keeps growing – ARs, SMGs, shotguns, pistols, plus gadgets like grapple and sentry guns. Spend your hard-earned cash and rep to unlock the skills, gear, and toys that crank your heisting game to the next level.
- Four Aces To Choose From:
- Ace of Hearts: The Mastermind – The brain behind the chaos. Lines up every angle, every fallback, every escape.
- Ace of Clubs: The Ghost – Silent, surgical, gone before anyone knows they’ve been fooled.
- Ace of Diamonds: The Technician – Gadget freak. Orchestrating the theater of destruction.
- Ace of Spades: The Enforcer – The hammer that keeps hitting when things get loud.
As yet, there’s no firm release date, but right now, Payday: Aces High is expected to release later this year.
“Payday 3 is a solid step forward for my favorite heist simulator franchise, even though that step is a lot smaller than I’d hoped due to a lack of content and the unsurprising but still majorly annoying bugs and performance issues,” we wrote in IGN’s Payday 3 review. “I just wish there was more loot in the proverbial vault at the outset, and that Starbreeze would have used its years of experience in order to ensure this was a more robust and far more stable launch.” It returned a ‘Good’ 7/10.
Vice Studios could soon help Chains, Dallas, Hoxton, and Wolf break into the movie and TV business after acquiring the film and television rights to the Payday franchise. Former Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren, who exited the company in 2024 following the disastrous launch of Payday 3, commented on the possibility of a potential Payday movie or show when speaking to GamesIndustry.biz back in 2023. At the time, he called it a “perfect fit,” teasing that such a project could further explore the background for its memorable characters.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world’s biggest gaming sites and publications. She’s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.
