It starts this week, so get on that.

As promised, Starbreeze Studios announced itsPayday 3 closed betain time for August.

Thankfully, the developer looks like its still accepting sign-ups.

Where to find the Payday 3 Request Access button

Here’s how to get into the Payday 3 closed beta.

Unfortunately, PlayStation fans don’t have their own closed beta.

For Steam, go to thePayday 3 Steam pageand scroll down past the options to pre-purchase the game.

Click through the prompt until it confirms that you successfully requested access to the playtest.

If you get accepted into the playtest, the developer will send an email notification with further instructions.

Starbreeze writes onSteamthat it goes through requests and accepts people into the closed beta multiple times throughout the day.

For Xbox, jump in to your Xbox account on console and bring up the Xbox Insider Hub app.

As per theXbox blog, the Payday 3 closed beta sign-ups should be under the Previews section.

Select Join and wait for registration to complete.

It’s unclear if the same times apply to the Steam playtest.

Payday 3 will launch on September 21, 2023 for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.

It’s also available starting on day one for Xbox Game Pass.

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