Payday 2 Chains Mask Randomly Appears in British Soap 'Coronation Street'

Permit's take a step away from reporting about next-generation announcements and whatnot, and instead let'south take a trip over to the Uk soap scene. Over here, we accept dramas that have been running for decades,Eastendersis probably a popular one that may exist at to the lowest degree heard about in the USA. However, there'south another one called Coronation Street, merely final nights episode seems to accept featured a mask from Payday 2.

Originally, I saw this on Twitter when I woke up, thinking it was just a joke. Turns out, it actually happened. So some backstory: I don't know what's going on in Coronation Street, simply some blokes establish himself resorting to armed robbery and storms a poker game while donning the Chains mask from Payday ii.

It'due south quite possible that the props section doesn't know about the video game serial that finds up to iv players robbing banks and buildings to rake in the money. But so, perhaps they practice know about it and thought it'd be a very niche reference for some viewers who may know nigh it. The very mask is available on the Britain Amazon store (Not an chapter) and features the same vinyl textile, the same creepy long smile, the large cherry-red nose, and those dashing vertical blue eyebrows. It costs £49.99! Sheez.

You can watch the prune to a higher place, although I'm not certain if there may be region restrictions over the U.s.a., so I'm also sharing a screenshot below so you can run across it featured in the prune that mode should the video not piece of work.

payday 2 mask coronation street

The timing of this is incredibly interesting seeing as this month we've seen the commencement screenshot from the upcoming Payday 3that is due to be launching sometime between 2022 and 2023. I'thou not saying that Starbreeze has reached out to a popular British soap and decided to use a mask to promote the game, just it simply feels like great timing. I will say, it feels nice to run across a mask I recognize just announced in a evidence randomly like this as opposed to actors throwing a plain balaclava over their head or something.

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