{"id":31813,"date":"2023-07-15T19:38:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T18:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/payday-3-requires-an-always-on-online-connection\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T19:38:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T18:38:50","slug":"payday-3-requires-an-always-on-online-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/payday-3-requires-an-always-on-online-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Payday 3 requires an always-on online connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.reedpopcdn.com\/Payday-3-Preview-Screenshots-(6).png?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=80&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\"> <\/p>\n<p>Payday 3 requires an always-online game connection, even if you&#8217;re playing alone.\n<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to a recent Payday 2 livestream with Almir Listo, Starbreeze&#8217;s global brand director, who confirmed the news whilst fielding questions from fans about the upcoming shooter. You can watch the answer yourself at the 9m 17s point in the video below:\n<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Payday 3 will have &#8220;an offline mode, like playing solo&#8221;, Almir replied: &#8220;No. You will be able to play it by yourself, but I do believe you will have to have a connection in order to play because it&#8217;s made in the Unreal Engine, it&#8217;s using cross-progression, [and] cross-play. I do believe we need you to be online.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/payday-3-requires-an-always-on-online-connection\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Payday 3 requires an always-online game connection, even if you&#8217;re playing alone. 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