Payday 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that lets players don the masks of the original Payday crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington D.C. for an epic crime spree.

Starbreeze Studios and OVERKILL announced the start of the highly anticipated beta for Payday 2 VR in the HTC Vive on Steam. Available immediately, all owners of any edition of Payday 2 and its respective DLC’s will be able to participate in the beta.

Payday 2 VR will allow players to cross-play with their friends on a standard desktop PC. Desktop PC Heisters wanting to join their VR crew can simply participate by downloading the beta branch.

The beta will be on-going and is aimed to test several aspects of the VR version of the game throughout the testing period. Instructions on how to join the beta, including how to play Payday 2 in VR, can be found here. Developers will be at hand on the Steam forums to collect feedback for the duration of the beta.