Starbreeze Studios

Starbreeze 4.0: How the Payday studio escaped the brink of insolvency

CEO Tobias Sjögren on the Swedish developers plans for the future, including Payday 3 and beyond

Starbreeze reports pre-tax loss as it sheds non-core assets

Sale of Psychonauts 2 and 10 Crowns publishing rights nets Starbreeze around $14 million

Starbreeze granted extension to its reconstruction period

Stockholm District Court has allowed the troubled publisher until September 3, 2019

Starbreeze lays off a quarter of its staff in further efforts to cut costs

Struggling Swedish publisher makes organisational changes that will save £310,000 per month

Starbreeze seeks funding to avoid imminent "liquidity shortfall"

Swedish company's Q1 report suggests it won't last 12 months without a new source of funds

Starbreeze management ordered to cut costs after poor sales of Overkill's The Walking Dead

Board of directors mandates review to cost of operations, calls for publisher to “sharpen focus on core business”

Starbreeze Studios pre-tax loss triples to $11.3m in Q3 2018

Payday 2 accounts for two-thirds of company's Q3 revenue as it prepares to launch Overkill's The Walking Dead

Starbreeze posts pre-tax profits of $2.9 million despite no new releases

Dead By Daylight rights sale “dramatically boosts profitability” as Overkill's The Walking Dead release finally draws closer

Starbreeze Studios report pre-tax loss of $22.2m for 2017

New share issue worth $29.9 million to keep company afloat until release of delayed Walking Dead title

Starbreeze Studios reports pre-tax loss of $4.1m as it enters phase of expansion

Developer states intention to achieve revenues of $237 million in 2020 [UPDATE: Dead by Daylight has sold 3m]

Overkill boosts Payday 2 audience by giving away 5 million copies

Base game owners will be able to access DLC through a paid "upgrade" to the forthcoming Payday 2: Ultimate Edition

Starbreeze losses widen in Q1 despite increased revenue

Revenue up 40% year-on-year, but rising costs led to a $5.7 million loss overall

Starbreeze wants publishing partners to take the lead on single-player

"As many lovely emails as we've received about [Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons], it doesn't pay salaries"

Dead by Daylight boosts Starbreeze revenue

Behaviour's horror title inspired 58% full year rise, Payday 3 in production as IP sales show decline

Starbreeze acquires Dhruva Interactive for $8.5 million

Leading Indian game company takes its longstanding relationship with Starbreeze to the next level

Profit declines at Starbreeze ahead of pivotal 2016

The many investments of last year will start to show as Swedish company moves away from reliance on Payday 2

Overkill: "These past few weeks we screwed up"

Starbreeze-owned studio finally apologises for Payday 2 mistakes, pledges to improve lines of communication

Overkill: Microtransactions necessary to keep Payday 2 running

Dev team has tripled since launch to meet schedule of updates and DLC

Payday 2 players in revolt over micro-transactions

UPDATE: Overkill has made micro-transaction item free via patched random loot drops

Starbreeze growth strategy drags on full-year results

"Starbreeze now represents a full vertical in the digital space," says CEO Bo Andersson Klint