Microsoft has announced the latest additions to its list of backward-compatible Xbox 360 games on Xbox One: BioWare's divisive RPG sequel Dragon Age 2, and Volition's delightfully outlandish open world adventure Saints Row 2.
Saints Row 2 News
Cancelled Saints Row PSP game unearthed
Canned Saints Row: Undercover to be live-streamed next week.
A cancelled Saints Row PSP game has been revealed.
Dubbed Saints Row: Undercover, the canned project was shuttered in 2009 when developer Volition and then-publisher THQ decided it wasn't up to scratch with the series' standards.
Amusingly, most folks at Volition these days didn't even know it existed. As explained in the video below, Volition associate video editor Josh Stinson simply happened upon the game laying in a wayward PSP dev kit tucked away in a storage room.
Saints Row: The Cooler was a motion-controlled brawler spin-off
Kinect and Move game canned by THQ in 2010.
Unseen64.net has unearthed images of Saints Row: The Cooler, a motion-controlled brawler spin-off that never saw the light of day.
The Humble Bundle goes daily for a fortnight
Re-introduces the Deep Silver Bundle at an even cheaper price.
The Humble Bundle's pay-what-you-want offerings have gone from every other week to daily over the next two weeks.
Saints Row dev "didn't appreciate" THQ's focus on porn actresses
Promoted porn star as "special producer".
Some staff at Saints Row studio Volition were uncomfortable with former publisher THQ's emphasis on porn actresses when promoting the series, a producer has revealed.
Pay what you want for Saints Row: The Third in the Humble Deep Silver Bundle
UPDATE: Metro 2033, Sacred Citadel, and Risen added.
UPDATE: The Deep Silver Humble Bundle just sweetened the pot further by adding Metro 2033, Sacred Citadel, and Risen as the offer enters its second and final week.
THQ auction rumours: Relic to Sega, Volition/Saints Row to Koch, South Park to Ubisoft
Update: sale hearing pushed to 8pm UK time.
Update: It sounds like proceedings may be delayed. The auction is still going and the hearing could start this evening at 8pm UK time rather than at 5pm. That information comes from an investor (@DDInvesting) who seems reliable.
Lara Croft: Guardian of Light, Saints Row 2 free on PlayStation Plus
Instant Game Collection gets fortnightly update.
Isometric platformer Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will be available as a free download for PlayStation Plus subscribers tomorrow.
More Saints Row, Darksiders in 2011
THQ producing more de Blob too.
THQ boss Brian Farrell has said there will be more Darksiders, Saints Row and de Blob next year.
GOD welcomes LEGO Indy, Saints Row 2
Plus: Winter Sports demo on Live.
Xbox Live's Games on Demand has grown and now includes Saints Row 2 and LEGO Indiana Jones.
Free Saints Row 2 fashion DLC today
T-shirts and tattoos in third and final release.
Volition has made the "third and final" DLC pack for Saints Row 2 available for free on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.
Darksiders, Saints Row, Guerrilla sequels
THQ reportedly blabs to investors.
THQ already has sequels to Darksiders: Wrath of War, Saints Row 2 and Red Faction: Guerrilla in development, according to information given to investors.
GameSpot reports that investor relations folks have outed Darksiders and Red Faction sequels for release during fiscal 2012 (1st April 2011 until 31st March 2012), while Saints Row 3 should appear in the preceding 12 months.
The slideshow apparently also said that the publisher's Warhammer 40,000 MMO would be out in fiscal 2012, while Kaos Studios is working on a shooter of some sort and de Blob studio Blue Tongue is doing a Marvel licence.
Saints Row getting three DLC packs
Starting with Ultor Exposed in April.
Volition has revealed that it is working on three downloadable content packs for Saints Row 2, the first of which, Ultor Exposed, is due out on 16th April for PS3 and Xbox 360.
50 Cent to make Saints Row movie
And maybe a Blood on the Sand tie-in.
Rap star 50 Cent has revealed plans to produce a movie based on Saints Row.
US to get Saints Row 2 PC in 2009
No word yet on European release date.
THQ has confirmed the release of Saints Row 2 PC has been delayed in the US.
UK chart: PES dispenses with FIFA
Saints Row 2 features. Top 40 inside.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 has burst into the UK All-Formats Chart at number one this week, shoulder-charging genre rival FIFA 09 down to number two.
Reckons it makes you depraved and that.
The New York Police Department has "popped a cap" in the "ass" of Saints Row 2, claiming it'll make people mad and wrong.
Saints Row 2 back to full price at Tesco
Someone must have noticed.
Update: Tesco has returned the PS3 version of Saints Row 2 to GBP 39.97.
Gun-shaped box for Saints Row 2
360-exclusive with golden bullet USB key.
THQ has announced the Saints Row 2 Collector's Edition bundle, and in keeping with the game's general sense of fun and social responsibility, the box is shaped like a gun and you get a USB stick in the shape of a bullet.
Tera Patrick working on Saints Row 2
Porn star to be "special producer".
Tera Patrick, who you're not likely to see in a Disney film, has joined the Saints Row 2 team as a "special producer".
Saints Row 2 "very differentiated"
On a different path to GTA, says THQ.
Saints Row 2 will be very distinct from Grand Theft Auto IV when it launches in October on PC, PS3 and 360, says THQ chief executive Brian Farrell.
THQ ignores analyst's pomposity accusation
GTA IV parody video under fire.
THQ has told Eurogamer it has no comment on analyst Mike Hickey's claim that its recent Saints Row 2 trailer parodying Grand Theft Auto IV is "unusually pompous".
Saint Row 2 to get PC offering
It can't refuse, brrap.
THQ has decided to add a PC version to gangland sequel Saints Row 2.
Saints Row 2 delayed to October
Needs more polish before hitting the streets.
THQ's sandbox game Saints Row 2 has been delayed by almost two months, and will now launch on October 17th in Europe, the publisher told Eurogamer this morning.
Saints Row 2 gets release date
It's out this summer worldwide.
THQ has announced that Saints Row 2 is coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 on August 26th.
In the US, anyway - it's not yet clear if the game will get a simultaneous release in Europe. (Update: A THQ spokesperson has now told us it's a "global" date. That reminds us of another game, you know. Any ideas, readers?)
The news came at THQ's Gamers Day event in San Francisco, currently being attended by our very own Tom. He's also reporting that there's no sign of Dawn of War 2 at the event, despite the game having been announced yesterday.
Saints Row team not fazed by GTA IV
Eurogamer not able to spell.
Saints Row 2 producer Greg Donovan reckons that his game will be competitive with Grand Theft Auto IV.
Saints Row 2 officially unveiled
Online co-op, darker story, yo.
THQ has officially de-cloaked gangster sequel Saints Row 2.
Frontlines set for January 08, Saints Row 2 confirmed
With Saints Row PS3 canned.
THQ has revealed that it's targeting January 2008 for the release of Frontlines: Fuel of War, while Saints Row for PS3 has been scrapped in order to push resources into production on a sequel for Xbox 360 and PS3.
Speaking in light of strong financials that saw the company's sales top USD 1 billion, CEO Brian Farrell said: "The most important thing for the Saints Row franchise is to have a simultaneous shipment into a larger installed base next year." The sequel, previously hinted at but until now unconfirmed, is expected to be detailed in the near future.
Frontlines, meanwhile, was unveiled at last year's E3, and we've seen it a couple of times since. It's a next-generation openworld shooter and the first game from Kaos Studios - largely staffed by former staffers at Trauma Studios, the team responsible for the Battlefield Desert Combat mod and elements of Battlefield 2.