https://gamedropdaily.com/updates/payday-2/ Official Steam announcements and patch notes for PAYDAY 2. en-us Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:03:36 GMT 720 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1844751498224473 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1844751498224473#1790341416 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:03:36 GMT Patch Hello heisters! Got another round of level adjustments mainly targeting the newly released Under the Hammer heist. We've been trying to further improve performance as well as address some of the feedback on the level. There are still many areas around the map where performance… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1844115010492921 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1844115010492921#1789668235 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:03:55 GMT Patch Hello heisters! We saw performance issues for quite a few players since the engine upgrade and finally narrowed it down to faulty "Garbage Collection". These fixes should resolve the issue some players were having where the game would repeatedly stutter or freeze. We also saw… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262704526 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262704526#1789477423 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:03:43 GMT News Hello Bidders! Long before the events of the White House heist, help Bain obtain an item that will lead to a lost lost fortune. The New Under The Hammer Heist PackRaise up your paddles, and make your bids. Featuring a new heist, a unique shotgun, new hammer melee, 2 masks and a… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262704525 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262704525#1789477386 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:03:06 GMT News Hello heisters! Got an new update for you all, to coincide with the new content drop. Incase you missed it, the new Under The Hammer Heist DLC has been released! Check it out: PAYDAY 2: Update 248 ChangelogDownload Size: 1.7 GBGeneralAdded the option to change the output audio… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842846814443703 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842846814443703#1788448474 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:14:34 GMT Patch Hello heisters! Another round of fixes. We're still looking into the performance issues from the v3 engine update, thank you for understanding and helping us in the bug report forums with all the information provided! This update focuses on some small fixes along with some… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1841579228662616 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1841579228662616#1787146293 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:31:33 GMT Patch Hello heisters! We're working on fixing the performance issues some users seem to be getting, in the meantime we have some misc fixes and small QoL improvements. PAYDAY 2: Update 247.2 ChangelogDownload Size: 282.6 MBGeneralFixed players on the Epic Game Store being unable to… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1840944183778386 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1840944183778386#1786674717 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:31:57 GMT Patch Hello heisters! Got a small update here that fixes some bugs people found in the initial Diesel 3.0 release. PAYDAY 2: Update 247.1 ChangelogDownload Size: 12.8 MBGeneralFixed save files not loading for Epic games players (Your save file is not gone or corrupted! Sorry for the… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1840944183776711 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1840944183776711#1786626229 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:03:49 GMT News Hello heisters! The time has come to push the upgraded engine update. For the following month we will temporarily leave the legacy game in the beta branches for players that have immediate issues can swap to a playable build. Linux players - Please read! With this release we are… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1839676055888368 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1839676055888368#1785508836 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:40:36 GMT News Hello HeistersThis is just a quick announcement to say the open-beta for the V3 engine will be extended to further weed out the oddities we've been getting reports on. We are now aiming to release out of beta on the 13th of August 2026. If you've been having issues recently… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165562680 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165562680#1782828358 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:05:58 GMT Release Hello Heisters! The time has come to trial the upgrades coming to PAYDAY 2. The Diesel engine has been restructured, and even though most of the changes are under the hood, it brings along with it a number of technical improvements players have long been asking for. This is a… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165554114 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165554114#1782483505 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:18:25 GMT News Hello Heisters! It is time to announce the next update coming for the game, and its quite a big one... This is a huge milestone for PAYDAY 2 and it has been a massive undertaking for our team. Some of the improvements are but not limited to: The long awaited port to 64 bitsAn… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1833334318571699 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1833334318571699#1779455306 Fri, 22 May 2026 13:08:26 GMT Patch Hello heisters! Got a a small update fixing a couple of issues from the last update. PAYDAY 2: Update 246.1 ChangelogDownload Size: 18.3 MBGeneralUpdated localization filesFixed crash when throwing Incendiary grenadesFirestarterAirport (Day 1)Using shaped charges will now…