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Yesterday, Almir Listo, Starbreeze Entertainment's Global Brand Director, announced that he would be leaving the studio this week.
Almir Listo joined OVERKILL Software, which is now owned by Starbreeze Entertainment, in January 2012. At the time, his role in the studio was Producer & Investor Relations as listed in his LinkedIn page. He became the Global Brand Director/Head of Community in February 2015.
Almir Listo was a loved person in the PAYDAY community. The players considered him the 2nd face of the PAYDAY games (the 1st being a character named Dallas). He would interact the community with his "Heist with Almir" streams every week. He would also stream on his personal channel every day. The fans could clearly see that he enjoyed hanging out with the community. He would always have a smile on stream. When PAYDAY 3 came out, the launch was devastating. The servers were down for 2 weeks, and no one could play the game. When the servers opened, people realized that the game was a bad game and refunded it. Yet, Almir Listo would keep hopes up with his streams and give information about new updates.
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Almir Listo holding the Gamescom 2023 Best PC Game and 2023 Most Entertaining awards that PAYDAY 3 won.
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Almir Listo eating a hotdog on stream.
Yesterday, on June 10th, 2025, Almir Listo announced that he would be leaving Starbreeze Entertainment on June 13th, 2025. When the community first heard this, they thought that it had to be a joke, but no, this was real. Here are some reactions the community had on Reddit:
MrF_MmA said, "Thanks to Almir for all the work done over the years. 🫡
I have been in the PAYDAY franchise since 2013. Thanks for the warm memories. Good luck to him in his new endeavors.".
JeffCaven said, "I don't think I've met a community manager as iconic for the game they're representing as Almir is. Wish him luck in his future endeavors.".
3_KERE_SOK_3_KERE said, "I will miss Almir. He was a chill guy that just wanted the best for the game and the community. It is so sad to see him leave. He was like the 2nd face of the PAYDAY franchise (1st is Dallas). When I saw this post on my feed, I wished that it had a meme flair. But no, it had a community update flair. It has never been so over.".
jetstreamer123 said, "Almir is practically Mr. Payday. It's going to be weird seeing what the franchise is like without him".
These are only a few of the 244 replies the Reddit post has.
The community has started wearing the Almir Mask in both PAYDAY 2 and 3 in Almir Listo's memory.
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The Almir Mask in PAYDAY 3
It is sad that Almir Listo is leaving Starbreeze Entertainment after working there for 13 and a half years. He was a special part of the PAYDAY community that the fans will miss. On June 12th, 2025, at 15:00 CEST, Starbreeze Entertainment is doing a stream where they'll be walking down memory lane. They will be reading the memories the community has shared with them on
[email protected] via email. You can watch the stream on their Youtube channel (@PAYDAYGame) or on their Twitch (@paydaythegame).
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Promotional material for the stream.
mexican_dud3 on Reddit said that he submitted this video that he made:
Even though he is leaving Starbreeze Entertainment, it might not be the last we see of him. A lot of fans have theorized that he might join a studio called 10 Chambers who are also working on a heisting game called Den of Wolves. 10 Chambers were also founded by 2 former OVERKILL Software developers, Simon Viklund, who has composed the amazing soundtrack for PAYDAY: The Heist and PAYDAY 2, and Ulf Andersson who was the co-founder of OVERKILL Software and the voice actor of Wolf in PAYDAY: The Heist and in PAYDAY 2. It is known that Almir Listo is in good terms with Simon and Ulf so it is not unlikely that he might join 10 Chambers.
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10 Chambers company logo.
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Den of Wolves logo.
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Simon Viklund
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Ulf Andersson
Almir Listo will never be forgotten in the PAYDAY community. He will always live in our memories.
"Keep those helmets flying!"
-Almir Listo
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This article was originally published on June 11th, 2025.
