http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/saint's row http://kotaku.com/tag/saint's row Following the failure of its uDraw tablet for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and December's shutdown of it's children's game division, THQ has officially announced today that it's focusing on its core franchises. So Spongebob is out, UFC, Darksiders, Company of Heroes, inSANE, Saints Row and Warhammer 40,000 are in. More »
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Head cheap-ass at Cheap Ass Gamer and my breakfast friend CheapyD shelled out to appear in Saints Row 3. It wasn't just because Cheapy loves Saints Row (he does), it was also for a good cause. More »
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Next week, Saints Row: The Third players will get the weirdest DLC for the game yet (and that's counting the gun that launches shark-attacks) with Genki Bowl VII. More »
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Drawing on familiar media representations and cultural histories for the sake of building a female gangster actually seems pretty difficult. More »
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Since its introduction two weeks ago in Saints Row: The Third, the game's four-foot long dildo bat—nom de guerre: "The Penetrator"—has killed more than two million citizens of Steelport, publisher THQ said in announcing a stat-tracking capability that charts all the mayhem taking place in the open-world crime game. More »
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I've noticed over the years that I enjoy playing games in pairs, coupling them like a fine wine and a dry, aged cheese. (Or a hoppy beer and a slice of spicy pizza, if you prefer.) I've got professional obligations now that I didn't have in the past, but all the same, I find that I tend to experience my gaming two games at a time. More »
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Kanye West's "Power" plays a central, recurring role in Volition's new open-world crime game Saints Row: The Third. The tune has been featured in the game's exhaustive promotional materials, plays regularly on its in-game radio stations, and makes bookending appearances in the single-player campaign. Considering the song's lyrics and the man who wrote them, Volition couldn't have chosen a more appropriate theme song. More »
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This week, I've been sharing a few short videos to give a sense of what Saints Row: The Third is all about. We've seen a chaotic way to start your day, how to customize your radio stations, and how fun the character creator is, especially with The Zombie Option. For the last video of the week, I wanted to show something a little different. More »
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This week, I've been sharing some videos of Volition's new (tremendously fun) open-world crime game Saints Row: The Third. On Monday, we saw how I start each day in Steelport, and yesterday I showed a cool refinement of its custom radio stations. More »
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Yesterday, I showed you a video of how I begin my day in Saints Row: The Third. I said it was emblematic of the game—one sequence that sums up the total experience. Saints Row: The Third is full of such moments. Many of them involve skydiving, or tigers. More »
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In pro wrestling, a chair shot is when you hit someone with a metal folding chair, usually in the head area. You'll see one of those in the Saints Row the Third clip, along with all manner of open-world madness. Since it's out today, you can get your gangstafied crazy on right now. More »
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Aah, morning. Such a lovely time of day, when the world feels new and possibilities are endless. I usually start the day by having some coffee and reading the news. That's how I start my day in real life, anyway. In Saints Row: The Third, I tend to start things with a little bit more… immediacy. More »
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If you'd like a free insane costume for the Heavy in Team Fortress 2, you have about two days to pick it up. It also helps if you want Saints Row: The Third on PC, as that's what you have to preorder to grab it. More »
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At some point in Saints Row The Third the player's character tunes into "Mix 107.77" and Sublime's "What I Got" comes on. And then they sing along, male or female, in all eight of the voices you can give your character. More »
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Well, it's a bat, basically. The "Penetrator," the notorious four-foot long dickbat in Saints Row: The Third, runs afoul of Japanese laws prohibiting the display of genitalia, so Volition just turned the thing into a garden-variety aluminum baseball bat. Why not a four-foot long tentacle bat? More »
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Here comes Saints Row the Third, walking down the street without a care in the world, waving its giant purple schlong about for the whole wide world to see. Why is it in such a good mood? Perhaps the assembled game reviewers have the answer. More »
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THQ denies reports that they have mislaid 25 four-foot purple dildos destined for the Netherlands and France as part of a promotion for their open world, tongue-in-cheek video game Saints Row: The Third. More »
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Next week, Volition will release the third game in the Saints Row series, appropriately titled Saints Row: The Third. What started as a Grand Theft Auto knockoff that merely tided players over while they awaited a true HD GTA morphed into something entirely different: the psychotic, chaos-addicted Mr. Hyde to GTA's increasingly grounded Dr. Jeckyll. More »
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A post on THQ's Insider blog, since removed, seems to have confirmed a season-ticket-style downloadable content option for next week's Saint's Row: The Third. Four expansions were mentioned, by name. More »
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At some point, describing a new trailer for Saints Row the Third is just going to devolve into a list of the various ridiculous things that it shows. Hmm, actually, I actually believe that point in time is upon us. In this trailer we have: More »
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Other games might vie for "best'' game of the year, but Saints Row The Third looks like it'll be going for the "most over-the-top award. THQ's announced a handful of new details about the upcoming threequel. Initiation Station, the game's character creation interface, is open to the public after a short beta. You can use the Station on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 to create characters that will then populate into the full retail version of The Third. More »
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I'm hard-pressed to think of a game that has a more ridiculous character-creation setup than Volition's upcoming Saints Row: The Third. From street thugs to superheroes, it's possible to create just about anything. For those who can't wait for the game's release in a couple weeks, players with an access code can access the character creator early and upload them to the game's website to share with others. More »
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When I saw Saints Row: The Third earlier this year, developer Volition showcased a spectacular bank heist from the game, a carnage-filled showdown with Steelport's SWAT team. It was a bizarre, comedically ultraviolent shootout that played like a major, mid-game highlight. More »
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Up until now I figured I had picked a profession in which under no circumstances would I ever have to look at a blown-up picture of Lindsay Lohan's gunk-covered, smoke-stained teeth. I thought you were better than this, Saints Row the Third. More »
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Don't just play Saints Row: The Third this November, wear Saints Row: The Third all over your person with the Crooks & Castles capsule collection. It's the perfect real-world complement to your in-game pimping, hustling and mayhem making. More »
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If Tomonobu Itagaki, the hard drinking cigarette smoking game designer behind Devil's Third, were a video game, he'd be Saints Row: The Third. No wonder he wanted to lend his voice to the game. More »
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McWhertor told me the other day that when it comes in, I'll be in charge of the review for Saints Row: The Third. Mkay. I suppose I should familiarize myself with this game by watching this trailer. Let's see, we've got gangs, driving sequences, gunplay, cyber-demons with giant swords and Tank Pong from Combat. Nice of Mike to give me the straightforward assignments. More »
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So that was when I took the wheel, More »
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Saints Row has never been about subtlety and the third installment is no exception. In fact, the amount of wacky action is being pushed past xXx levels. In the newest gameplay video the saints are taken captive aboard a jet. After a few threats, shoots ensue, both in the plane and falling from the sky. You want stupid ridiculous action? Why not fall through a plane just to shoot a few bad guys? Why not indeed. More »
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This new trailer for Saints Row The Third is equal parts stupid and ridiculous. But then, this is Saints Row we're talking About. It wouldn't want it any other way. More »
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Stop me if you've heard this one before, but the next Saints Row video game will tap the oral talents of one well-known porn star, one better-known professional wrestler and one Daniel Dae Kim. More »
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Maybe it's bad timing or just bad luck. But there's a growing list of cancelled 3DS games. That's not good. More »
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You want crazed murder and hilarious mayhem in your Saints Row? Developer Volition is going to give it to you, right out of the box, in Saints Row: The Third. More »
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