Payday 2Payday 2 Gets a Major Engine Overhaul at 13 While Its Sequel Struggles, and That Is the PointSidetrack Games is shipping a full engine rebuild for a 13-year-old co-op shooter as its newer sequel underperforms, and the resource allocation logic here is worth studying.Payday 2Starbreeze StudiosSidetrack GamesGame Engine UpgradeRemy·Jun 27, 2026·5 min readRead the story