Saints Row is coming to Nintendo Switch! But it's not Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, the most recent game, nor is it series high-point Saints Row 4, from 2013. It is Saints Row: The Third, for some reason, a 2011 PS3 and Xbox 360 game.
Saints Row: The Third
Spotlight
VideoSaints Row: The Third Penthouse Pack dresses down
DLC out today.
VideoSaints Row: The Third DLC footage
Trouble With Clones expansion out this week.
VideoSaints Row: The Third Gangstas in Space DLC trailer
Taking the cosmickey.
VideoSaints Row: The Third Bloodsucker DLC trailer
Bite for your life in THQ's vampire expansion.
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Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package release date announced
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Saints Row: The Third is now backwards compatible on Xbox One
Along with Slender: The Arrival, Super Contra, Undertow and more.
Goofy open-world crime adventure Saints Row: The Third has been added to the Xbox One's backwards compatible library.
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Plus, 75% off other Deep Silver titles.
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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.
Games with Gold is getting Dust: An Elysian Tail tomorrow
Followed by Saints Row: The Third.
Microsoft's Games with Gold program is adding indie platformer Dust: An Elysian Tail and open-world action comedy Saints Row: The Third to its roster of free offerings for Xbox 360 users with Xbox Live Gold subscriptions.
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.
Saints Row: The Third's Dominatrix DLC now headed to SR4
Add-on turned expandalone back to being DLC.
Delayed Saints Row: The Third DLC pack Enter the Dominatrix will be released for Saints Row 4 this October.
FeatureDanny Bilson: inside the rise and fall of THQ
The outspoken former chief of Saints Row, Homefront and Darksiders finally breaks his silence.
The week before Danny Bilson left THQ in May 2012, he still had hope. He had a plan: Darksiders 2 from Vigil. Metro: Last Light from 4AGames. Company of Heroes 2 from Relic Entertainment. Enter the Dominatrix, the standalone expansion for Saints Row the Third, from Volition. South Park: The Stick of Truth, in production at Obsidian Entertainment. Homefront 2 at Crytek UK. And then there was the unannounced stuff: the next-gen game from Turtle Rock we now know is called Evolve. Patrice Désilets' 1666 at THQ Montreal. The portfolio is long and impressive.
THQ is no more. This is where its assets went
UPDATE: Platinum Games is interested in Darksiders.
Update #4: Does IP changing hands equal upheaval? Does upheaval equal game delay? Obsidian's South Park: Stick of Truth was due in March. Is it still? "It's too soon to say," Ubisoft told me this afternoon. "We'll have more details to share about plans for specific games soon."
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.
New games from Relic, Vigil, Turtle Rock and Assassin's Creed creator revealed
Atlas, Crawler, Evolve and 1666 outed.
The THQ bankruptcy and sale document (via Polygon) has revealed four unannounced games.
THQ president Jason Rubin has given $1000 of his own money to the Humble THQ Bundle.
Pay what you want for Metro 2033, Darksiders, Red Faction: Armageddon and Company of Heroes
THQ Humble Bundle also throws in Saints Row: The Third if you pay over the average.
We've become accustomed to pay-what-you-want models for indie games, but it's rare to see titles that were full priced retail offerings as recently as a year ago make the cut. That's changed with the THQ Humble Bundle that allows players to name their price for a collection that includes: Metro 2033, Darksiders, Red Faction: Armageddon, Company of Heroes and its two expansions, Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor.
Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package release date announced
DLC-packed edition due November.
Publisher THQ has announced a DLC-packed version of Saints Row: The Third. Subtitled The Full Package, the innuendo-fuelled adventure is due to arrive in the UK on 9th November.
Those who pick up the bumper version will get all of the game's three major DLC mission packs as standard: Genkibowl VII, Gangstas In Space, and The Trouble With Clones.
Also included is every item of "bonus DLC" ever made for the game - there's more than 30. Do you have the the Shark Attack pack, the Witches & Wieners pack, the Special Operations pack, or the Genki Girl Vehicle pack?
Steam Summer Sale Day 7: Saint's Row: The Third over a third off
L.A. Noire, the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series and Bastion.
The Steam Summer Sale continues with a new host of offers we can't refuse.
Saints Row: The Third expansion now part of Saints Row 4
Enter the Dominatrix becomes "part of something bigger."
Saints Row: The Third's standalone expansion Enter the Dominatrix has been merged into the next main Saints Row game, publisher THQ has confirmed.
This is due to launch in "calender 2013", THQ president Jason Rubin confirmed.
"When I looked at the Enter The Dominatrix expansion in production at Volition, I was blown away by the ideas and desire to expand the fiction of the franchise," Rubin said.
"It looks a lot worse outside than it does inside."
When I sat down to chat with Danny Bilson during THQ's pre-E3 showcase event in North London earlier this month, I had no idea that, just over a week later, he would no longer be with the publisher. Hindsight is a beautiful thing, but I'm convinced there was something about the way he introduced presentations on Company of Heroes 2, Metro: Last Light and Darksiders 2 to European press that morning that was, for want of a better term, off.
VideoSaints Row: The Third Penthouse Pack dresses down
DLC out today.
DLC out today.
Sonic, Deus Ex, Velocity launch on EU PlayStation Store
Plus Saint's Row: The Third and Final Fantasy 13-2 DLC.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2 headlines today's EU PlayStation Store update. Sega's latest Sonic adventure costs Ł9.99 and includes exclusive levels for those with Sonic 4 Episode 1.
Music-mixing title PixelJunk 4am launches for Ł6.49, although you'll need a PlayStation Eye camera and Move controller to play.
You can also now download a digital version of THQ's open-world dildo-fest Saints Row: The Third. It costs Ł29.99 and will hog 7.33 GB of your disc space.
Volition developer lists Saints Row 4 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360
Plus unannounced XBLA game and "mysterious next generation of consoles".
A LinkedIn profile for a Volition Inc. developer (spotted by Superannuation) has revealed Saints Row 4 is in development for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
THQ delays South Park: The Game, ditches Devil's Third
Reveals Saints Row, UFC sales, Company of Heroes 2 post-launch DLC.
THQ has delayed South Park: The Game to the fourth quarter of its 2013 financial year.
Saints Row: The Third gets standalone expansion
Enter the Dominatrix adds super powers, alien invaders.
OTT open world actioner Saints Row: The Third gets a standalone expansion this Autumn on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, publisher THQ has announced.
Titled Enter the Dominatrix, it picks up directly after the end of the original release. The leader of the Third Street Saints has been abducted by an extraterrestrial warlord called Zinyak - who has eyes on invading earth - and locked in an elaborate virtual reality simulation.
"This simulation program looks and feels like Steelport, but it is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. Here, you are a slave. Welcome... to the Dominatrix," explained the announcement blurb.
THQ makes more money than expected thanks to Saints Row 3
Talks positively of the future.
THQ lost money and cut 240 jobs back in February. Things didn't look good.
VideoSaints Row: The Third DLC footage
Trouble With Clones expansion out this week.
Trouble With Clones expansion out this week.
VideoSaints Row: The Third Gangstas in Space DLC trailer
Taking the cosmickey.
VideoSaints Row: The Third Bloodsucker DLC trailer
Bite for your life in THQ's vampire expansion.
Volition dev: next Xbox not playing pre-owned games would be "fantastic"
Online passes are "a band-aid on a large wound".
The next Xbox possibly disallowing pre-owned games from being played? That would bea "fantastic change for our business", according to Volition (Saints Row) design director Jameson Durall.
THQ to announce 170 layoffs today - report
What will the game collateral be?
A troubled THQ will imminently announce 170 layoffs, according to a new report.
Independent industry suit Kevin Dent claimed to have been sitting on the news "for a week or so". His Twitter conversation with THQ's vice president of technology Mark DeLoura suggests this is for real.
"This is probably going to break in the morning, I have sat on it for a week or so. The culling at THQ was 170+ souls including Mark DeLoura," broadcast Kevin Dent, directing the message at DeLoura.
Troubled THQ risks falling off Nasdaq listing
Publisher warned after continued shares slump.
Embattled publisher THQ has been warned it risks being delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange.
THQ recommits to core games amid long-term health fears
Unwittingly appears to out Company of Heroes 2.
Undermined publisher THQ has publicly recommitted to developing a host of core games - some of them years away.
The best selling UK video games of 2011
All together, and platform by platform.
Modern Warfare 3 was the best selling video game in the UK last year, UKIE and GfK Chart-Track have revealed.
FeatureGames of 2011: Saints Row: The Third
It Saint where you're from, it's where you're at.
About once a year, a game makes me want to write.
Skyrim is UK Christmas 2011 number one
Ends EA/Activision's 8-year dominance.
Gargantuan fantasy role-playing game Skyrim is the UK's Christmas 2011 number one.
VideoSaints Row: The Third DLC packs revealed in trailer
Bling Shotgun! Z Style Suit! M2 Grenade Launcher!
Purple dildo kills 2 million in Saints Row: The Third
THQ celebrates by launching stat-tracking site.
Saints Row: The Third's famed IED (Inspirational Erotic Device) has dispatched more than two million Steelport citizens since launch, publisher THQ has revealed.
Digital FoundrySaints Row: The Third 360/PC Comparison Video
Microsoft console versus the PC at max settings.
Microsoft console versus the PC at max settings.
Digital FoundrySaints Row: The Third PS3/PC Comparison Video
Volition's latest compared on console and PC.
Volition's latest compared on console and PC.
Digital FoundrySaints Row: The Third 360/PS3 Face-Off Video
Both console versions compared.
Digital FoundrySaints Row: The Third Gameplay Performance Video
Major differences between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.
Digital FoundrySaints Row: The Third 360/PS3 V-Sync Comparison Video
Gameplay comparison with both games running with v-sync active.
Gameplay comparison with both games running with v-sync active.
Digital FoundrySaints Row: The Third Cutscene Performance Video
Double-buffer vs. triple-buffer v-sync comparisons.
Double-buffer vs. triple-buffer v-sync comparisons.
Digital FoundryFace-Off: Saints Row: The Third
Which format is the saint, and which is the sinner?
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PlayStation 3
Modern Warfare 3 tops Japanese chart
Plus, top five debut for Saints Row: The Third.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has won over the generally shooter-shy Japanese public, debuting at the top of the country's weekly software chart.
UK Top 40: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 denies Assassin's Creed
Saint's Row 4th, Zelda 7th, Need for Speed 11th.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has held firm at the top of the UK charts in the year's busiest week of game releases, despite its second week sales dropping by 87 per cent.
Buy Saints Row: The Third on PS3, get SR2 free
US make-up offer confirmed for Europe.
Buy a copy of Saints Row: The Third on PlayStation 3 before 13th February and you can claim a complimentary download of Saints Row 2, THQ has announced.
Saints Row: The Third PS3 sweetener announced
North American customers get Saints Row 2 free.
Anyone purchasing the PlayStation 3 version of Saints Row: The Third in the US, Canada or Mexico can claim a free download of Saints Row 2, THQ has announced.
As detailed on the PlayStation Blog, just enter the Online Pass code included with the game before 13th February 2012 and you'll receive a complimentary download of its 2008 predecessor.
The post doesn't explicitly spell it out, but it seems likely the deal is an attempt to make up for the no-show of planned PS3-exclusive content in the finished game, as reported earlier this week.
Halo: Reach Anniversary Map Pack live
Saints Row Season Pass, NFS Time Saver pack.
The Halo: Reach Anniversary Map Pack is available to download from the Xbox Marketplace.
The lulz before the storm.
Grand Theft Auto 4 was the best thing that ever happened to Saints Row. When it originally launched, THQ's open-world rival was little more than a cheeky copycat, offering the same transgressive thrills in a cruder, cheaper form; the Zit to GTA's more successful Viz.
Then GTA4 came along, and with it a sharp detour from the sort of knockabout nihilism that had typified the series. In the midst of Niko Bellic's downbeat immigrant saga, going on a rocket launcher rampage seemed a little weird, and Saints Row 2 was quick to position itself as the gleefully silly sandbox game that still let you smash your toys until something broke. If GTA was aiming for high drama and critical acclaim, Saints Row was happy to fly the flag for those playing "for the lulz".
And so comes Saints Row: The Third, a game that has been marketed almost exclusively on the basis of all the wacky stuff it will let you do, silly costumes, sex toy weaponry, ragdoll mayhem and all.
Saints Row: The Third PS3 exclusive mode missing
Broken E3 promises continue.
The promised exclusive mode for the PlayStation 3 version of Saints Row: The Third is mysteriously absent from the game.
Retail copies sent to press reveal the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the Volition-developed open world adventure contain exactly the same content, Joystiq reports.
The exclusive mode was announced at E3 2011 in June, and was said to use Saints Row's "signature weapon", presumably the dildo bat censored for the Japanese version.
Saint's Row: The Third dildo gimped in Japan
THQ's phallic weapon effort all in vein.
Penis-shaped Saint's Row: The Third weapon The Penetrator has fallen foul of Japanese censors.
Saints Row: The Third season pass confirmed
Upcoming DLC expansions detailed.
A DLC season pass for Saints Row: The Third has been confirmed.
According to a post on the THQ Insider blog, which has since mysteriously been taken down, the voucher gives you access to four expansions, representing a saving of 15 per cent on buying each pack separately.
The four add-ons are as follows:
VideoSaints Row: The Third motorbike trailer
Professor Genki in zombie-killing bike stunt jump.
VideoSaints Row: The Third does a barrel roll trailer
Wing walk in the potty-mouthed open-world.
Saints Row 4 already in planning stages
Bilson claims "it is wilder" than SR3.
Saints Row 4 is already in the early stages of development, despite Saints Row: The Third not even being on shelves yet, judging by comments made by THQ exec Danny Bilson.
VideoLatest Saints Row: The Third video
THQ shows off its 'Pimps and Gimps'.
THQ shows off its 'Pimps and Gimps'.
THQ not worried by Grand Theft Auto 5
Saints Row is a "very different experience".
THQ isn't worried that today's Grand Theft Auto 5 reveal will diminish excitement for its own open world crime effort, Saints Row: The Third.
VideoBonkers live-action Saints Row: The Third trailer
Starring cat scientist Professor Genki.
Saints Row: The Third PC extras detailed
Volition wants to make amends for SR2 port.
The PC version of Saints Row: The Third brings with it a handful of exclusive extras, developer Volition has revealed.
EA announces major third party Origin support
Warner Bros., Capcom and THQ sign up.
Games from Warner Bros. Interactive, THQ and Capcom will soon be available on Origin, EA's digital PC platform.
Warner's Batman: Arkham City and THQ's Saints Row: The Third will kick things off in November, with more titles from the three third parties to follow in coming months.
"Since launch, we've had overwhelming support from both publishers and developers across the gaming industry, recognising Origin as an opportunity to deliver more of their great content straight to consumers across the globe," said EA's Origin VP David DeMartini.
Saints Row Initiation Station beta begins
Character customisation app goes live.
Saints Row: The Third's new customisation and community hub, dubbed the Initiation Station, enters invite-only beta today, publisher THQ has announced.
Those who purchased Saints Row: Double Pack or pre-ordered Red Faction: Armageddon earlier this year should have got beta invite. Providing you logged it at the game's official site you should be getting a download code any moment now.
Everyone else can download the app via PlayStation Network, Steam or Xbox Live from 1st November ahead of Saints Row: The Third itself arriving in stores on 18th November.
VideoFresh Saints Row: The Third trailer
It's a Battlefield out there.
VideoSaints Row: The Third Genki gameplay
In by a whisker.
THQ opens online store shopTHQ
Homefront, Red Faction 40 per cent off.
THQ has lifted the shutters on its online store shopTHQ, which sells the publisher's titles primarily via PC download.
Itagaki playable in Saints Row: The Third
Former Team Ninja man lends his likeness.
Japanese dev icon Tomonobu Itagaki is a playable character in Saints Row: The Third, publisher THQ has confirmed.
VideoSaints Row: The Third new gang vid
Deckers gang! Cyberspace! Cyberdemon!
Deckers gang! Cyberspace! Cyberdemon!
THQ: future consoles will dump discs
Saints Row to have over 40 weeks of DLC.
Saints Row 3 maker THQ predicts future consoles will drop discs altogether for cloud gaming.
Game denies forcing games off UK Steam
Space Marine, Saints Row missing.
Game has strongly denied a rumour doing the rounds that it has forced some publishers to have their games removed from Steam in the UK.
Saints Row: Money Shot spotted
Ratings board outs bullet-time spin-off.
A downloadable Saints Row: The Third spin-off has been uncovered, named Saints Row: Money Shot.
Saints Row 3 special edition detailed
Bullet-shaped ice cube tray, anyone?
Saints Row: The Third gets a suitably off-the-wall special edition for its November launch.
VideoMore Saints Row: The Third footage
Meet luchador The Walking Death.
Meet luchador The Walking Death.
VideoSaints Row: The Third in-air gameplay
Parachuting gun battles shown.
Saints Row 3 pre-orders double SR2
Plus, season pass, microtransactions outed.
Saints Row: The Third pre-orders are pacing well ahead of its predecessor, publisher THQ has announced.
VideoSaints Row: The Third syndicate trailer
Mob's law.
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Hulk Hogan doing Saints Row voice
And a porn star and someone from Lost.
Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is doing a voice for upcoming open world mental 'em up Saints Row: The Third.
VideoSaints Row: The Third trailer detailed
Dev highlights video easter eggs.
VideoSaints Row: The Third bonus trailer
Pre-order to get Professor Genki.
THQ goes huge at Eurogamer Expo 2011
Saints Row! Space Marine! UFC!
A whopping great big list of THQ games will be at the Eurogamer Expo in London this September.
Video7 minutes of Saint's Row footage
Tanks! Stealth bombers! Dildo bat!
Tanks! Stealth bombers! Dildo bat!
European Saints Row 3 release date
Do George and Patrick live there?
Saints Row: The Third will be released on 18th November in Europe, THQ has confirmed.
The date escaped the lips of senior producer Greg Donovan, who was talking on camera to Gamespot at E3.
In North America, the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game will be released on 15th November.
Saints Row 3 PS3 exclusive content
Unique game mode promised.
PlayStation 3 owners who pick up Saints Row: The Third later this year will be treated to an exclusive game mode.
Exact details weren't offered during the announcement in Sony's E3 show, though it will involve a "unique weapon".
THQ's OTT crime caper is due on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this November.
Never Mind The Bollocks.
Imagine a modern day videogame in the mind of someone who has never played one. Imagine no longer, as Saints Row The Third is arguably that game; an overwhelming orgy of preposterous violence that would send a Daily Mail reader into paroxysms of indignant rage if they could ever grasp a sliver of what was happening.
VideoSaints Row: The Third cinematic trailer
Slow-mo fighting! Stealth bomber! Twins!
THQ reveals Saints Row Initiation Station
Character creation hub due ahead of SR3.
Saints Row: The Third is getting a standalone character creation hub called the Initiaition Station, due out before the open world actioner launches later this year, publisher THQ has announced.
THQ halts PSN/XBLA Saints Row: Drive By
Saints Row 3 companion spin-offs garaged.
THQ has halted work on Saints Row: Drive By, a downloadable spin-off for PSN and XBLA.
Saints Row: The Third screens blowout
Explosions! Artwork! Naked men!
Explosions! Artwork! Naked men!
The nuts?
Volition: PC still worth investing in
"Let's make a game worth stealing."
Saints Row: The Third and Red Faction: Armageddon developer Volition is convinced making PC versions of its multiplatform games is still worth the time and money required – despite the threat of piracy.
Saints Row 3 multiplayer scaled back
First gameplay and plot details.
THQ has ditched competitive multiplayer for forthcoming open-world crime epic Saints Row: The Third, so says Game Informer.
Volition teases Saints Row 3 "surprises"
Some Red Faction devs to join Saints team.
Saints Row: The Third will deliver "fantastic surprises", Volition has promised.
THQ reveals Saints Row: The Third
"There's no delivering pizza."
After weeks of leaks and scraps of facts, THQ has formerly announced Saints Row: The Third.
Saints Row 3 images, new title leak
Strap it on The Third.
Saints Row 3 is reportedly called Saints Row: The Third.
Volition "setting a new bar", says THQ.
Saints Row 3 will launch this Autumn, publisher THQ has confirmed.
Saints Row film set for Dec reveal
THQ: "This builds our brand at no cost to us."
The Saints Row film will be formally announced next month.
Saints Row, UFC games for Facebook?
THQ talks social gaming plans.
Big THQ franchises like Saints Row and UFC could be coming to Facebook and other social gaming networks, according to CEO Brian Farrell.
Red Faction: Armageddon delayed
Plus targets for Space Marine, Saints Row 3.
THQ's delayed Red Faction: Armageddon to May 2011 to bolster its financial 2012 line-up.
Will unlock content in 3DS game.
THQ core games boss Danny Bilson has revealed that Saints Row 3D started as an Xbox Live Arcade project before Nintendo pushed for a 3DS adaptation.
Saints Row film to launch with next game
"Major filmmaker" attached.
THQ's executive vice president of core games Danny Bilson has said that the publisher intends to do a Saints Row film.
Not content with that, he hopes that it will launch on the same day as the third Saints Row game, which doesn't have a date yet but should be out before March 2012.
Speaking in a conference call this week recorded by GameSpot, Bilson said a "major filmmaker" will be involved.