Offline mode will still come later this year, but the Solo Mode Beta will allow players to bypass matchmaking when it launches.

After launching nearly a year without solo play, Starbreeze’s Payday 3 will finally receive a Solo Mode Beta on June 27th. Launching alongside the Boys in Blue update, this is the predecessor to an offline mode coming later this year. Check out the Developer Update video below.

Solo Mode essentially forgoes the matchmaking step, with parts of the game now running on the player’s platform instead of through the developer’s servers. As such, you’ll still need to be online to access the mode and update your progress accordingly.

As head of community and global brand director, Almir Listo noted (transcription via IGN), the Solo Mode Beta is not “our full vision for this feature. For now, we’re setting it as a beta to see how it runs. We expect the performance to be affected since the parts normally frontloaded by our servers will now have to be run on your own hardware.” For now, the development, the developer wants to “test that the features that went into this work properly.”

The upcoming update also features a new playable character in Clover, two new weapons, three Masks, 12 Flag Sticks and a Charm to play around with. It also adds support for Nvidia DLSS 3.0 and loadout renaming. Stay tuned for more details when the Boys in Blue update arrives tomorrow.