Volition has announced Saints Row, a full reboot of the open world series, coming on February 25, 2022. It will come to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC (seemingly as an Epic Games Store exclusive).
As teased last week and officially announced during Gamescom's Opening Night Live showcase, the series is getting a reboot. We saw a CG trailer introducing the new game's gang, and what looks like a slightly more down-to-Earth take on the series than the wackier recent entries.
The new Saint's Row will take place in a new city, Santo Ileso, with an aesthetic that takes inspiration from the American southwest. The trailer suggests that the gang of characters – The Boss, Nina, Kevin, and Eli – are starting up a "criminal empire", so it seems as though you'll be building a new gang in the course of the game. The city has been described as the biggest Volition has created yet, and will include multiple, unique gangs, each of which needs to be taken down.
It's been a long wait for a new Saints Row game, with 2013's Saints Row 4 the last time we saw a new entry in the series. However, after Embracer Group bought Volition owner Koch Media, we learned that Volition had begun developing a new entry. Back in 2019, we also heard that F. Gary Gray, director of The Fate of the Furious, was set to direct a film adaptation of the Saints Row games – but we've not heard much on that since.
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As teased last week and officially announced during Gamescom's Opening Night Live showcase, the series is getting a reboot. We saw a CG trailer introducing the new game's gang, and what looks like a slightly more down-to-Earth take on the series than the wackier recent entries.
The new Saint's Row will take place in a new city, Santo Ileso, with an aesthetic that takes inspiration from the American southwest. The trailer suggests that the gang of characters – The Boss, Nina, Kevin, and Eli – are starting up a "criminal empire", so it seems as though you'll be building a new gang in the course of the game. The city has been described as the biggest Volition has created yet, and will include multiple, unique gangs, each of which needs to be taken down.
It's been a long wait for a new Saints Row game, with 2013's Saints Row 4 the last time we saw a new entry in the series. However, after Embracer Group bought Volition owner Koch Media, we learned that Volition had begun developing a new entry. Back in 2019, we also heard that F. Gary Gray, director of The Fate of the Furious, was set to direct a film adaptation of the Saints Row games – but we've not heard much on that since.
Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to [email protected].
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