Payday 2 unleashes stealth-only Shadow Raid update

There's nothing worse than when a Payday 2 heist goes south, because that usually means it's time to improvise. And bad things normally happen when teams have to improvise. The latest Payday 2 DLC isn't going to allow for any of that wiggle room.

Ozzie Mejia

May 30, 2014 2:00 PM

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There's nothing worse than when a Payday 2 heist goes south, because that usually means it's time to improvise. And bad things normally happen when teams have to improvise. The latest Payday 2 DLC isn't going to allow for any of that wiggle room. In fact, in the Shadow Raid DLC, if a team gets caught, it's all over.

The Shadow Raid DLC sees teams raiding a warehouse filled with Murkywater Corporation boxes, all containing illegal goods pilfered from war zones. The target here is a priceless work of art sitting in a key-card secured, timelocked vault. It takes some real guts to try to steal from war thieves, which is why Shadow Raid is a stealth-only heist. If anyone gets spotted, the alarm triggers and there's only 60 seconds left to complete the job and exit the facility. There is no further improvising. There is only failure.

The Shadow Raid DLC is available now as a free update for Payday 2. For those looking to test their stealth skills, the game is in the midst of a free weekend on Steam, where it is also on sale for 67% off.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?