to release a Payday 3 in the near future for further growth. The Italian publisher Digital Bros (which also owns Payday 2 publisher 505 Games), announced its intent in January 2020 to acquire the Starbreeze assets at the time held by Smilegate for about . While Digital Bros was the majority shareholder in Starbreeze, the acquisition of Smilegate's share of Starbreeze would give Digital Bros more control of Starbreeze's development strategy. In March 2020, Mats Juhl was appointed as Starbreeze's chief financial officer, replacing Claes Wenthzel. Starbreeze announced in October 2020 that Mikael Nermark had resigned as CEO of Starbreeze AB with immediate effect due to personal reasons. Starbreeze's Board of Directors appointed Tobias Sjögren as acting CEO and initiated a search process. In March 2021, Tobias Sjögren was appointed permanent CEO of Starbreeze. Starbreeze signed a publishing deal with Koch Media in March 2021 that fully financed the remaining development, publishing, and post-launch support of Payday 3, with the game targeted for a 2023 release. Games Games developed Games published Notes References External links Swedish companies established in 1998 Companies based in Stockholm Companies listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Härnösand Video game companies established in 1998 Video game companies of Sweden Video game development companies Video game publishers