The action-packed brand of high-stakes robbery delivered by Overkill Software's Payday: The Heist might just be pulling off its next job in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

Payday: The Heist will be available for download in North America on Oct. 18 on the PlayStation 3 for $19.99, according to Sony Online Entertainment.

Payday: The Heist is a first-person cooperative heist game inspired by some of the best in crime cinema.

In my hour spent wearing a macabre clown mask robbing banks, looting armored vans and freeing prisoners, I rarely managed to succeed.

If you've been neglecting the Playstation Network's downloadable offerings, then perhaps you'd like to drop by and take a gander at the Playstation Store's wares in the coming weeks as the first annual PSN P event kicks off. Beginning August 9, the Play lineup will highlight four new action games hitting the Network…

For all those tired of the same old squad based FPS scenarios, Payday: The Heist offers new settings to take on.

Not content to run a downloadable games service where players have to wait weeks for repairs in order to play titles already out on Xbox Live Arcade, Sony Computer Entertainment America commits $20 million over three years towards the development of more excellent PlayStation Network exclusive games.

SOE's Payday: The Heist, an upcoming shooter for the PS3 and PC, looks kind of fun. I like how it's short, but in the way it structures its missions encourages repeat play and experimentation.

Gamers work well in teams. We've slaughtered zombies, repelled rebels, routed RED (or BLU)—all with the help of our friends. Now we get to rob banks.

These are the first screenshots of Payday: The Heist.