Paydayfans think that the most recentPayday 3developer diary might be teasing the return of Houston as a playable character, as his mask can be seen on a t-shirt worn by one of the game’s developers.
Over the past few weeks, Starbreeze has been sharing more information about Payday 3,including footage of its new gameplay mechanics, information about the number of heists at launch, and more. One thing that it’s remained tight-lipped about, however, is which heisters are going to be playable in the game, as only Dallas, Chains, Hoxton and Wolf have been confirmed so far.
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No other characters have currently been officially confirmed by Starbreeze, but it looks like that’s going to change soon as the team has been teasing the return of one major heister from Payday 2 - Houston. Houston was originally meant to be a replacement for Hoxton, even taking on his name for a while, but after the original Hoxton was brought back after fan demand, Houston became his own character entirely.
Despite being such a big part of Payday 2’s lore, Houston still hasn’t been announced to return in Payday 3.However, as pointed out by Redditor Acceptable_Dingo1786,the most recent Payday 3 dev diary seems to be hinting that he’s going to be included in the main playable roster at launch.
During the developer diaries, each member of the Payday 3 team can be seen wearing a black shirt that features the mask of one of the game’s playable characters on it. So far, we’ve only seen masks for the main four characters that have been confirmed, Dallas, Chains, Hoxton, and Wolf, but the latest developer diary features lead gameplay programmer Martin Waern wearing a new shirt that features Houston’s mask emblazoned on it.
Since these shirts have clearly been made alongside Payday 3, it stands to reason that Waern wearing this shirt was a subtle hint that Houston will be featured as one of the playable characters when the game launches. That, or the Payday team is just teasing the community, as Houston is one of the most-requested characters to make a return so far, mainly because of how important he was in the second game.
It certainly looks like Houston will be returning though,as the Payday Twitter account even commented on the t-shirt being included in the dev diary. One Twitter user asked the account if the inclusion of Houston’s mask on the shirt was a hint towards him being in the game, and they jokingly replied, “Uuuhhhh”, which certainly seems like it’s pointing towards him returning for the third game.
