Starting in 2014 Starbreeze began broadening its business as a publisher . On September 25 , 2014 , Starbreeze Studios announced that they had acquired a Los Angeles-based studio called Geminose for $ 7 million . The studio is currently working on a toys-to-life game . It also announced that it had gained the license for Overkill to make '' Overkill 's The Walking Dead '' ( '' OTWD '' ) , a game set in '' The Walking Dead '' universe using gameplay concepts of '' Payday '' , with a planned release in 2016 . In May 2015 , Starbreeze announced that the company would start publishing video games from independent developers . The first independent title set to be published by Starbreeze is '' Raid : World War II '' , an upcoming four-player , World War II shooter , being developed by Lion Game Lion . During E3 2015 , Starbreeze Studios announced Project StarVR , a virtual reality ( VR ) headset , which is currently under development by InfinitEye , a firm acquired by Starbreeze . They also partnered with IMAX with the creation of IMAX VR " experience centres . " The company also acquired Payday Productions and the film rights to '' Payday '' in July 2015 . The company acquired the under-development Valhalla game engine , a VR-ready platform , in 2015 for around , which was planned to be used for all of its subsequent games
E3 2015
E3 2015
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