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PAYDAY 2NewsPAYDAY 2: Engine Upgrade Open-Beta Announcement
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PAYDAY 2: Engine Upgrade Open-Beta Announcement

PAYDAY 2 · published 26 Jun 2026, 14:18 UTC

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Hello Heisters!

It is time to announce the next update coming for the game, and its quite a big one...


This is a huge milestone for PAYDAY 2 and it has been a massive undertaking for our team.

Some of the improvements are but not limited to:

  • The long awaited port to 64 bits

  • An upgrade from DX9 to DX11 rendering

  • Game file size reduction to ~32gb

  • Faster load times on SSDs

  • 6 character lobby codes

  • And more...

With any big change, there are bound to be some bugs, therefore we will have an open beta period running starting from June 30th until the end of July. This should give us time to iron out any potential quirks, and also for modders to get their mods updated. More information will be revealed about the beta test on the 30th.

Welcome to the world of tomorrow!

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