Smash and Grab in Heist Shooter ‘PAYDAY: Aces High,’ Launching Today on Meta Quest

For almost 15 years, the PAYDAY series has captured a very specific experience for first-person shooter players: breaking into a bank, cleaning out the vault, and shooting your way out. The series places you in situations that mirror the best scenes in movies like HEAT and Point Break, putting you in the role of a master thief, joining a team of heist legends, controlled by other players, as you fight to make it out with the loot and your lives. PAYDAY: Aces High (Rated Mature 17+), launching today on Meta Quest 3 and 3S, brings that formula to VR and makes the heist fantasy even more immersive, as you use gadgets to circumvent alarms and break into vaults, grapple with your weapons under pressure, and lug bags of loot to the getaway car. The game follows the story of four thieves, known as the Aces, who are thrown in jail after they’re framed by a wealthy business titan named Warren Jupiter. After years in the Big House, they manage to break out, and set about using their unique skills to bring down Jupiter’s business empire by taking it from him, one duffle bag loaded with money at a…