RAID: World War II kicks off its closed beta exclusive to PAYDAY 2® players on Steam, leading up to the release on September 26 on PC and on Playstation®4 and Xbox One in October 10 and 13 respectively. A limited open beta to be available this weekend for all Steam users. Starbreeze Publishing, OVERKILL Software and Lion Game Lion today unveiled that the closed beta test and pre-orders for RAID: World War II will kick start on August 31 in an exclusive event for PAYDAY 2 players on the digital distribution platform Steam. PAYDAY 2 players will additionally be able to participate in the closed beta until September 17. An open beta will additionally be hosted on Steam Saturday and Sunday, September 2nd-3rd. To celebrate the events, a dev diary from Lion Game Lion is now available on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm98FnsSKvY). Available tomorrow, aspiring raiders will have the option to pre-order the game for PC on Steam with two options: · RAID: World War II Standard Edition at $39.99, including: · Pre-order exclusive: An Army Crate containing special goodies   · RAID: World War II Special Edition at $64.99 which includes the Standard Edition plus: ·   · Pre-order exclusive: An Army Crate containing special goodies · A special version of the in-game car Apple Red Kübelwagen · RAID: World War II Base game · A RAID: World War II comic book available in-game and as a PDF · A decorative bomb for the camp · Original soundtrack and the melee weapon “Marching Mace” · A special melee weapon “The Admiral’s Dagger” · Four exclusive special edition jackets for the characters · RAID: World War II Digital Art Book · Four exclusive RAID: World War II wallpapers. · The Golden Lion Game Lion Logo · PAYDAY 2: Ultimate Edition, $45 worth of heisting madness (If you have PAYDAY 2, it will be upgraded to PAYDAY 2 Ultimate Edition). Pre-order discount and PAYDAY 2 loyalty discount By pre-ordering, players will get a 10% discount on both editions. On top of that, existing PAYDAY 2 players will receive an additional 5% off on the base game, and 15% off on the Special Edition. PAYDAY 2 players will thereby gain total loyalty discount of 15% on the RAID: World War II Standard Edition and an amazing 25% off on the RAID: World War II Special Edition.  More information will be available August 31st on the Steam communities for the respective games. Follow RAID: World War II on Twitter (https://twitter.com/RAIDWW2) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/RAIDWW2/) for more updates! ### Download the latest press assets for RAID: World War II here: http://www.starbreeze.com/presskit  Find the Dev Diary on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm98FnsSKvY For more information, please contact: Almir Listo, Global Brand Director, Starbreeze AB Tel: +46(0)8-209 208, email: press@starbreeze.com