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Free Copies Of Payday 2 For Steam Available For A Limited Time

Get Payday 2 now, and Payday 2's VR version later.

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With an Ultimate Edition of Payday 2 on the way, DLC is disappearing from online stores as individual purchases. Alongside this move, developer Overkill is giving away the base game itself for free on PC, but only for a limited time.

As of today, you can claim a copy of Payday 2 through Steam. This is a permanent copy of the game--it isn't something you'll only have access to for a limited time. However, only a total of 5 million copies are being offered, so you'll need to add it to your Steam library before they're all gone. This will also entitle you to a copy of the recently announced Payday VR, which will be given for free upon release to anyone who owns Payday 2.

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As noted above, this copy won't allow you to download the many DLC packs that have been released over the years. That's because these are no longer up for sale as Overkill prepares to launch Payday 2: Ultimate Edition on PC. This packages the base game with all of the DLC released to date. Future updates released for the game will be free.

We recently learned that a team of ex-Payday developers, now working at the studio 10 Chambers Collective, are working on a "four-player hardcore co-op action horror FPS." It carries the memorable name GTFO.

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Something for Free .. entitled children still moan !! what a great community we have !!

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Should change the title from 'Free' to 'Gimped Version'. Iirc, Ubisoft pulled the same shit when they were 'offering' The Crew for free. Base game, but not 100% with all of the BS DLC that it had.

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@Metallic_Blade: So you're complaining about not getting all of the DLC free also? Really?

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@gtxplayer: So you'd be completely OK if a stranger offered to buy you a drink which they then (In front of you) intentionally decided to take a quick swig of it before handing it to you? You get no refills. Oh sorry, we just ran out.

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@Metallic_Blade: That is some really screwed up logic.

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This information below will continue to remain mandatory with every new article about Overkill Studios. I posted it on the last Overkill article and will keep doing so when I see new articles about Overkill that don't mention their history.

The backstory of Overkill's lying BS on the Payday 2 microtransaction scandal should be mandatory for every single article about the developer from now until the end of time.

This is one company that will never get a damn dime from me.

I'll help.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/payday-2-wont-have-microtransactions/1100-6410303/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/payday-2-pc-update-introduces-microtransactions/1100-6431472/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/payday-2-dev-explains-and-defends-introduction-of-/1100-6431710/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/payday-2-mods-refuse-to-work-as-microtransaction-b/1100-6432272/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/payday-2-dev-issues-apology-after-weeks-of-backlas/1100-6432519/

Finally, six months after the "apology".

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/payday-3-confirmed-microtransactions-eliminated-as/1100-6440324/

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Free Payday 2 on Steam

Free Outland on Steam

Free weekend for Mirage: Arcane warfare on Steam

Free weekend for Steep on Uplay

Damn, being a PC gamer is so awesome at times !

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@R4gn4r0k: yet none of those games are all that great so in reality not such an awesome time......lolz

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@darthrevenx: I've been playing Outland since downloading it for free and I think it's great.

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@darthrevenx: its a sad day when people like you complain about free games

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@darthrevenx: Many people are enjoying Outland at the moment.

I know I am enjoying my time with Mirage.

Not really that bothered with your 'Everything is crap' stance.

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@darthrevenx: Maybe not "great" but Outland and Steep are pretty good. Outland's a fun Metroidvania-style game. Steep is pretty fun as a quasi-sandbox winter sports game. Haven't played the other two to say anything.

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