Saints Row 3: Coming Soon - from MTV.com
"Saints Row 3" showed up in THQ's E3 plans earlier this year, along with "Red Faction" and "Darksiders" sequels. What their CEO Brian Farrell didn't mention when he teased those games was "mind-blowing" technology. Another voice out of THQ believes that Voliton has achieved just such heights with their new franchise installment, though, and he's not the least bit shy about his expectations.
"PR and the marketing for that is going to start rolling out this year," THQ's core games VP Danny Bilson told CVG "The next Saints Row is mind-blowing. New tech; mind-blowing. I can't talk about that too much but it's mind-blowing."
Yes, Bilson is possibly the least objective source you will be able to find for such a critique of "Saint's Row 3," but his enthusiasm does shine some light on what we can expect to hear more about when E3 starts up this summer. I've personally been wondering for some time what Volition has been cooking up, and "Saint's Row 3" will be the answer to those queries.
The Saints Row series' idiosyncratic scripting and sense of humor have been the big selling points for me thus far, but news about updated tech and presentation in "SE3" will be something to watch for and could potentially elevate the property as a whole.
From Wikipedia Saints Row Page
Saints Row 3
On September 11, 2008, before the release date of Saints Row 2, associate producer Dan Sutton stated in an interview with Next Gen News that "In Saints Row 2 we tie-up a lot of loose ends. I think we tie it up deliberately. We’ve already started work on Saints Row 3, and we have a new direction we want to go in with that which we of course can’t talk about. We wrap up a lot in this one. There’s no frustration".[1][60] This interview was then quoted by GameCenterOnline,[61] GameSpot,[62] Next GN[63] and Kotaku.[64] In March 2009, more than 80 employees at Volition were laid off; GameSpot and Kotaku announced in the article that this had come at a time that Volition were working on Saints Row 3.[65][66] On March 13, 2009, a Volition forum moderator released a statement announcing that "Saints Row 3 is not a confirmed game at this time, it was only referred to in an interview as being in pre-production. Unless the game makes it out of that phase, then it does not wholly exist, which is why we are keeping our focus on SR1 and SR2 now".[67] On April 2, 2009, GameSpot confirmed that THQ was planning Saints Row 3 along with the possibility of new Red Faction and Darksiders games.[68] On June 12, 2009, the Volition forum moderator opened up a General Discussion topic for Saints Row 3 while sticking by his previous statement that the game was in "pre-development".[2] When asked about Saints Row 3 in a Q&A feature with Kotaku, Volition's Sean Kennedy said that "While we have other unannounced projects in development, I cannot comment on rumours as to what those projects might be".[69] The conclusion of Saints Row 2 DLC pack Corporate Warfare sees Dex Jackson escaping to another city on the run from the protagonist, hinting that Saints Row 3 will revolve around the protagonist's hunt for Dex in a new city.[70][71]. In the December 2009 issue of Game Informer, THQ's Danny Bilson stated that the game would debut at E3 2010 and dubbed it as "mind-blowing".[72]