Starbreeze: Strategic Repurchase of Payday 3 Publishing Rights From Plaion
With the buyback of the Payday 3 publishing rights, Starbreeze apparently wants to break away from contractual commitments. In any case, the purchase is intended to accelerate the content development roadmap and broaden the strategic opportunities for the IP. In return for the rights, Plaion's parent company, Embracer, will receive newly issued shares in Starbreeze.
It is rather unusual for the publishing rights to a title to be sold 18 months after the game's release. Nevertheless, Starbreeze and Plaion have agreed on exactly that. According to Starbreeze, both companies have concluded an agreement that gives Starbreeze all publishing rights to Payday 3. The Payday IP has belonged to Starbreeze since the company took over the original developer, Overkill, in 2012 (in German).