The arrival of Payday 3 has been plagued by server problems, leaving the game inaccessible at various times across its launch weekend.
Payday 3 was released on Thursday last week for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, including via Xbox Game Pass. But as player numbers climbed, the game quickly got into problems.
Now, in a statement issued this morning, the boss of Payday 3 developer Starbreeze said he was “disappointed” in how his company’s big new launch had landed – and largely pointed the finger at an unnamed third-party matchmaking service for causing the game to fall over.
“Payday 3 matchmaking infrastructure has not performed as tested and expected,” Starbreeze wrote. “Matchmaking software encountered an unforeseen error, which made it unable to handle the massive influx of players. The issue caused an unrecoverable situation for Starbreeze’ third-party matchmaking partner.