


#ANY PAYDAY 2 HUDS BETTER THAN HOXHUD SOFTWARE#
Derek Ray was cast as Hoxton in the PAYDAY Web Series before portraying the character in-game as well.ĭue to the overwhelming demands from the PAYDAY Community to bring the old heister back, Overkill Software have published the backstory of Hoxton's arrest that leads up to the release of the Hoxton Breakout heist and re-introduction of the former Hoxton. Originally, the new character Houston (previously Hoxton) was created as a complete replacement for Hoxton, as Pete Gold wasn't asked to reprise his role for unknown reasons. However, the crew was shocked upon learning the Rat's identity. Hoxton finally extracted his revenge upon the Rat during the events of Hoxton's Revenge. While he couldn't identify the Rat, he however managed to discover his hiding spot a fancy house under heavy protection of the FBI. Hoxton, desperate to find this rat, accepts Bonnie into the gang and assures the crew on her intentions. Bonnie was recently released from prison and claims that she has bits of information on the rat which she will give in exchange for her membership to the Payday gang. Prior to discovering the traitor's identity, he was contacted by Bonnie whom he has met before. Breaking into an FBI headquarters, he and his old crew resolves to find out who this treacherous individual is and plans his revenge.Ĭonfrontation with the Treacherous Rat Looking back on the capture, Hoxton revealed that he was not set up by Roscoe, but someone else, someone with an intimate and thorough knowledge of his background. Protected by his friends, Hoxton escapes the police-infested streets of Washington D.C. Released on October 27th, 2014, the Hoxton Breakout heist sees the return of the Englishman as the crew intercepts a prison guard escort and frees their former accomplice. The Great Escape " Did you miss me, you wankers?" -Hoxton reuniting with his former crew. In doing so they come one step closer to freeing Hoxton. On September 30 2014, OVERKILL, in collaboration with Dennaton Games, released the Hotline Miami DLC, in which the gang applies pressure to Washington D.C.'s corrupt district attorney for The Dentist by assassinating one of his connections to the underworld, a Russian mobster known as The Commissar. This person is assumed to be Old Hoxton, as in the Old Hoxton Breakout Trailer, he puts on a mask that matches the one in Almir's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. In Almir Listo ALS Ice Bucket Challenge here, one can see a 5th person wearing a slightly modified Hoxton mask. According to The Dentist's dialogue in the trailer, Hoxton was probably left behind in a job gone sour which led to his arrest.
#ANY PAYDAY 2 HUDS BETTER THAN HOXHUD UPDATE#
In the Dentist trailer of Update #29.2, a plan to break him out of prison was revealed, along with his possible name of Jim Hoxworth.

The Election Day heist page states that the heist was supposed to be done as part of the plan to break him out by getting The Elephant to transfer Hoxton into a lower security prison. Coming to the realization that the only way to get out of prison is to be broken out, Hoxton decided the best course of action was to contact Bain for assistance. His lawyer explained that it is impossible to bail him out of prison, due to the amount of overwhelming evidence against him obtained from the previous heists in the previous game, along with his continued attacks on Matt Roscoe in prison. Hoxton regularly beats up Matt, which Hoxton sees as "karma" for double-crossing them.īy PAYDAY 2, Hoxton has heard about the new heister who has taken up his mantle, and expressed his displeasure about being "replaced". In 2011, between the setting of the first and second game, the original Hoxton was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Intervention due to DNA found at First World Bank and incarcerated at the same high security prison and the same cell block as their previous driver, Matt (see Heat Street for info). Hoxton as portrayed by actor Josh Lenn in the Breakout trailer.
