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Payday 2

2013 video game
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Payday 2

Summary

Payday 2 is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (676 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Payday 2's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Payday 2's composer is recorded as Simon Viklund[4].
  • Payday 2's composer is recorded as Le Castle Vania[5].
  • Payday 2 was published by 505 Games[6].
  • Payday 2 was published by Starbreeze Studios[7].
  • Payday 2's genre is first-person shooter[8].
  • Payday 2's genre is stealth game[9].
  • Payday 2's developer is recorded as Overkill Software[10].
  • Payday 2's part of the series is recorded as Payday[11].
  • Payday 2's Commons category is recorded as Payday 2[12].
  • Payday 2's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[13].
  • Payday 2's platform is recorded as Linux[14].
  • Payday 2's platform is recorded as PlayStation 4[15].
  • Payday 2's platform is recorded as Q13361286[16].
  • Payday 2's platform is recorded as Q19610114[17].
  • Payday 2's platform is recorded as Q48263[18].
  • Payday 2's platform is recorded as PlayStation 3[19].
  • Payday 2's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[20].
  • Payday 2's game mode is recorded as multiplayer video game[21].
  • Payday 2's game mode is recorded as co-op mode[22].
  • Payday 2's language of work or name is recorded as English[23].
  • Payday 2's language of work or name is recorded as German[24].
  • Payday 2's language of work or name is recorded as French[25].
  • Payday 2's language of work or name is recorded as Italian[26].
  • Payday 2's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Publishers include 505 Games[6] and Starbreeze Studios[7].

Publication

Payday 2 was released on August 13, 2013[28]. Languages include English[23], German[24], French[25], Italian[26], Spanish[27], and Dutch[29]. Genres include first-person shooter[8] and stealth game[9]. Its part of the series is recorded as Payday[11]. Recorded distribution format include optical disc[30], digital distribution[31], and digital download[32].

Subject and Themes

Payday 2's part of the series is recorded as Payday[11].

Reception

Reviews include 79/100[33], 69/100[34], 33%[35], 80/100[36], and 77/100[37].

Why It Matters

Payday 2 ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (676 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

computer keyboard Linux Microsoft Windows optical disc Overkill Software PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Starbreeze Studios Sweden video game controller

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . metacritic.com. metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . OpenCritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [35] ↑ . OpenCritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [36] ↑ . Kritikanstvo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [37] ↑ . Q131917281. Retrieved . criticdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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