

However, not long after, an alien invasion lead by Zinyak is launched on the world. The Third Street Saints have now risen to the level of the United States presidency with the protagonist being the President of the United States. Saints Row IV takes place after the events of Saints Row: The Third. And that was one of the key things that helped us keep the insanity up.” Story I wish we did, It was one of those things that I told the team – a lot of people asked how are we gonna fit this in the game and I was like, ‘Don’t worry, if it’s fun we’re gonna find a way to make it fit.’ But it didn’t work out. But with this game we have a really great premise that allows us to do what we want to do.

In an interview with Scott Philips of whether they had other crazy ideas like dragons to include in the game He stated that, “We don’t have them in the final game, no. Despite being in control of the studio, Deep Silver – part of Koch Media – revealed that Volition had full creative control and was allowing it time to polish the game for release. It was later revealed on January 23 rd that Koch Media had made the winning bid for the series, bidding $22.3 million. Saints Row IV runs on the same engine as the previous game and has a similar user interface, with most of the new additions being in the environments, vehicles, weapons, super powers and other aspects of the game.Įarlier this year, THQ filed for bankruptcy and held an auction for its major franchises and studios, one of those being Saints Row and developer Volition, Inc. According to then THQ president Jason Rubin, this was done to allow the development team “more time, more resources and a broader scope for the project”. It was later revealed that the upcoming expansion pack for the third game Enter the Dominatrix was being cancelled and merged with what would be the next game in the series. Saints Row 4 was first hinted at on November 9 th 2011 when THQ’s Danny Bilson stated, before the release of Saints Row: The Third that, “I already know what Saints Row 4 is about, and it is wilder than ”.
