{"rewrite":{"id":"r_98c30a52095c9ceb868e035e","clusterId":"c_7f2509cb120183d47005781c","slug":"payday-the-heist-marks-15-years-with-a-small-pc-update","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"PAYDAY: The Heist Marks 15 Years With a Small PC Update","summary":"Starbreeze released Update 23 for the PC version of PAYDAY: The Heist to mark 15 years since the game's October 20 release. Sidetrack Games, which handles development support for PAYDAY 2, put together the patch: bug fixes, borderless window mode, Steam play status support, mod_overrides, and a restored Overdrill 7200-second timer that rewards survivors with 12 gold bars. The game is on Steam at 67 percent off until October 28.","whyItMatters":"The anniversary patch keeps the original game on life support while the work goes to the studio that already maintains PAYDAY 2, which says where Starbreeze puts its upkeep.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Overdrill piece is the part with weight. Players who reach the corridor in front of the vault, then return to the server room and destroy the hidden statue, can start the original 7200-second timer. Survive it and 12 gold bars appear in the Overvault.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of the rest is housekeeping. The patch adds mod_overrides, borderless window mode and Steam play status, and fixes a mask display bug tied to Steam group membership, an Alt+Tab cursor grab, mouse wheel scrolling on a second monitor, and a broken forum link on the main menu. Mod developers get two new DB class entries and a Steam avatar texture loader.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"PAYDAY: The Heist's 15th anniversary patch came from Sidetrack Games, the studio that handles PAYDAY 2 support, not Starbreeze itself. Support for the older game now flows through the newer game's maintenance pipeline.","twitterPost":"Sidetrack Games, which handles PAYDAY 2 support, built PAYDAY: The Heist's 15th anniversary patch, not Starbreeze itself.","threadsPost":"PAYDAY: The Heist's 15th anniversary update was put together by Sidetrack Games, the studio that handles development support for PAYDAY 2. Starbreeze released it, but the maintenance work for the older game now runs through the newer game's support pipeline.","newsletterBlurb":"Starbreeze shipped Update 23 for the PC version of PAYDAY: The Heist to mark 15 years since its October 20 release, with development support from Sidetrack Games. The patch adds borderless window mode, mod_overrides and Steam play status, and restores the Overdrill 7200-second timer, which now produces 12 gold bars for players who last it out. The game sells on Steam at 67 percent off until October 28.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/21/173868.html\",\"title\":\"The Original Heist FPS 'PAYDAY: The Heist' Gets an Update Celebrating Its 15th Anniversary!\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4711,"outputTokens":664,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792534933,"createdAt":"2026-10-20T22:17:02.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T22:21:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T22:21:08.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7f2509cb120183d47005781c","canonicalTitle":"強盗FPSの元祖『PAYDAY: The Heist』が発売15周年を記念したアップデートを実施！","representativeArticleId":"a_7f74f053b494506b141e63b7","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"PAYDAY: The Heist\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-20T21:30:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-20T21:30:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T22:21:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/21/173868.html","title":"強盗FPSの元祖『PAYDAY: The Heist』が発売15周年を記念したアップデートを実施！"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["PAYDAY: The Heist"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}