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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Starbreeze acquiring Payday dev Overkill.

    Syndicate and Chronicles of Riddick developer Starbreeze is picking up fellow Swedish studio Overkill Software, maker of recent co-op crime FPS Payday: The Heist. Gosh, imagine the co-op larks that could be had if they put their game-brains together.
    Apr 19, 2012 6:00am PDT
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Starbreeze acquiring Payday dev Overkill.

    Syndicate and Chronicles of Riddick developer Starbreeze is picking up fellow Swedish studio Overkill Software, maker of recent co-op crime FPS Payday: The Heist. Gosh, imagine the co-op larks that could be had if they put their game-brains together. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Starbreeze has money? Didn't Syndicate "bomb" (not do well at least)? : GodZillyThis person is cool!
      • All Starbreeze did was develop Syndicate, EA was the one who lost money. Starbreeze is pretty well off fr... : AgentPotheadThis person is cool!
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        Didn't they also do The Darkness 2 which sold well? : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
        • oh okay, that was Digital Extremes. : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
        • Nope that was Digital Extremes, the old unreal guys. : AgentPotheadThis person is cool!
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      Payday was pretty killer for a no-budg/TC. Great co-op and quite punishing on hardest difficulty. : badcaps
      • Agreed. I enjoyed playing it during the Steam free-to-play weekend. : Ride-My-RocketThis person is cool!
    • Congrats to the Payday guys. Definitely had fun playing it with friends. : Poor YurikThis person is cool!