Payday developer and publisher Starbreeze has officially sanctioned Notoriety, a popular heist shooter in Roblox, that previously existed as a Payday-inspired fan game.
Notoriety will now be relaunched within Roblox as Notoriety: A Payday Experience and feature “authentic Payday assets, characters and heists”.
It’s unclear what the terms of this deal involve for both Starbreeze and Notoriety’s development teams, though Notoriety is a hugely popular – and lucrative – Roblox experience, with more than 227m visits and 1.3m favourites from players on the platform.
“Notoriety was born out of a love for heist games, with Payday serving as a key source of inspiration,” Notoriety developer Evan Pickett said in a Starbreeze press release today. “This official licensing partnership allows us to stay true to our vision while incorporating elements that fans of both Notoriety and Payday will recognise and enjoy.”
For its part, Starbreeze said it “deeply admire[s] the skill, passion, and creativity that Evan has poured into crafting Notoriety” and that licensing Payday out opened up the Payday universe to “a fresh perspective”. Hey, 227m visits means a lot of eyes on the Payday franchise.