studios industry software interactive entertainment founded stockholm sweden 2009 founder ulf andersson bo andersson simon viklund headquarters stockholm stockholm sweden area served worldwide key people ulf andersson bo andersson products payday the heist payday 2 number of employees 75 2015 1 parent starbreeze studios website www.overkillsoftware.com overkill software is a video game developer founded in 2009 in stockholm sweden by ulf andersson bo andersson and simon viklund formerly founders and owners of grin . in 2012 swedish game studio starbreeze studios bought overkill . starbreeze co developed overkill s sci fi co op game storm . contents 1 history 2 games 3 references 4 external links history edit overkill s payday the heist was a success for both pc and the playstation network 2 which led to a sequel payday 2 . in march 2013 payday 2 was previewed by critics . 3 the game initially had about 17 missions while its predecessor had only 6 missions and 3 dlc missions these missions are referred to as heists in game and by the community . animations tactics masks and reward systems were also added to payday 2 though the graphics and core mechanics stayed the same as the first game . the company was acquired by starbreeze studios on april 19 2012 . 4 former battlefield 3 and battlefield bad company 2 lead designer david goldfarb was the lead designer and game director for payday 2 . 5 in 2014 he left overkill to start his own studio . 6 on may 4 2015 creative director and co founder ulf andersson left overkill studios for specified reasons . ulf will remain as a consultant to the board and management team for the next 24 months . 7 on august 18 2015 sound designer and composer simon viklund left overkill to focus on his solo music project . however he continues to voice bain in payday 2 as a freelancer and continues to produce music for payday 2 also as a freelance . 8 on october 15 2015 the annual event known as crimefest took place launching a micro transaction system similar to counter strike global offensive . because overkill had previously stated unequivocally that the game would never have microtransactions this update was received with overwhelmingly negative feelings amongst the players in the payday 2 community . 9 10 on may 30 2016 starbreeze studios the parent company of overkill announced that they have reacquired the rights to the payday franchise . they then announced that future safes would be completely free to open . almir listo then added a quote from chains a playable character in the game saying as chains eloquently put it fuck that broke dick piece of shit drill . 11 games edit title year genre platform source payday the heist 2011 first person shooter windows playstation 3 psn 12 payday 2 2013 first person shooter windows xbox 360 playstation 3 xbox one playstation 4 linux 13 overkill s the walking dead 2017 14 first person shooter windows playstation 4 xbox one 15 storm 2017 16 first person shooter windows playstation 4 xbox one 17 payday 3 tba first person shooter windows playstation 4 xbox one 11 references edit klepek patrick 26 october 2015 . payday 2 s microtransaction nightmare just got worse . kotaku . gawker media . retrieved 26 october 2015 . payday the heist for pc reviews . metacritic . retrieved 2013 11 14 . biessener adam 2013 03 12 . payday 2 setting up a bigger heist . gameinformer.com . game informer . retrieved 2013 03 21 . o connor alice april 19 2012 . starbreeze acquiring payday dev overkill . shacknews . retrieved april 30 2015 . goldfarb david . linkedin david goldfarb . linkedin.com . retrieved oct 4 2013 . gera emily 14 july 2014 . payday 2 lead leaves aaa to start indie studio . polygon . vox media . retrieved 14 july 2014 . ulf andersson leaving starbreeze . starbreeze . retrieved may 6 2015 . https www.pixeldynamo.com news gaming 2015 08 18 77113 simon viklund leaves overkill heists payday 2 gets microtransactions despite devs saying it wouldn t . pcgamer . retrieved november 30 2015 . payday 2 won t have microtransactions . gamestop . retrieved may 14 2016 . a b payday 3 confirmed microtransactions eliminated as starbreeze buys franchise rights . gamespot . retrieved 31 may 2016 . narcisse evan may 21 2015 . payday the heist developers confirm that they re working with valve on left 4 dead crossover . kotaku . retrieved april 30 2015 . karmali luke august 6 2013 . payday 2 release date announced . ign . retrieved april 30 2015 . overkill s the walking dead delayed to 2017 bloody disgusting . bloody disgusting . retrieved 2016 01 24 . peeples jeremy april 29 2015 . 505 games announces publishing deal for overkill s the walking dead . hardcore gamer . retrieved april 30 2015 . storm overkill software website . savage phil january 21 2013 . syndicate devs developing storm a co op sci fi fps . pc gamer . retrieved april 30 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title overkill software & 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