A third Saints Row game is we've been waiting to be announced for quite a while. It was clearly coming eventually; THQ is fully behind the franchise, as evidenced by the production of a movie adaptation. The new game was officially revealed today as Saints Row: The Third.

The Third again puts you in a position of control over the Saints gang, which is dominating the city of Stilwater. The game will take you beyond Stilwater to a new city, but it's currently unknown if you'll be able to visit both locations or just the new one.

"Saints Row: The Third puts you on top of the world, right at the beginning of the game, with all the perks that go along with being the head of an elite criminal organization," said THQ VP Danny Bilson in a press release. "There's no delivering pizza, no shuttling family members about in a long series of taxi missions. Instead, you take all the power of the Third Street Saints and you take the world by storm."

Not many details about the game were offered -- it'll be featured as the cover story of Game Informer's April issue. It's suggested that the game will be just as over-the-top (if not more so) than its predecessors, which is good to hear. That charm is what really set Saints Row apart from Grand Theft Auto.   

This may be my most anticipated game of the year. Well, second to Mass Effect 3. Q4 of this year is nuts right now. I expect a lot of delays, though.
 
This picture here makes me want this game SO HARD. I can't wait to cruise around in all purple vehicles once again.

 

Looking forward to this very much so.

I'd be much more excited about this game, and the series in general, if it's setting and characters didn't feel like a MadTV parody of GTA's world style.

" I'd be much more excited about this game, and the series in general, if it's setting and characters didn't feel like a MadTV parody of GTA's world style. "

Give me awesome online co-op again please!

Well, I just found a reason to buy Game Informer next month. 
 
Fucking love The Row.

Saints Row is glorious. give me online co-op again and we're sold 

That cover looks like maddness

Hopefully the PC port is not shit this time

" Hopefully the PC port is not shit this time "

yeah whatever, thats cool or something i guess
 
as long as i can still make a naked fat black tranny jump out of a plane onto an old lady, shake my dick around, flee the scene on a pocketbike, come back and cover the neighborhood in shit, i don't care what they do with it.

I admire Saints Row but I've never cared that much for them. 
Still they are always interesting. 
Oh and Saints Row the Third is a great name.

it is hard to tell but it seems like everyone is of the same race on that cover.

Do want. I loved Saints Row 2. It's good to see a stupid crazy/fun sandbox game.

" Saints Row is glorious. give me online co-op again and we're sold  "

Long as the co op is still there, I'm so down.
Without co op too actually, the game is one of the few real videogames to me.
Pure fun, stereotypes galore, silly story with awesome actions happening and customization!
 
Oh and Johnny Gat <3

All I can say? Aww hell no. 
 
Saint's Row stopped being cool after the first one. Two was just way too ridiculous. Of course that's only my opinion, not that I should have to clarify that.

is it just me or it is less hip-hop oriented now. 
 
judging by how classy the characters dress.

" is it just me or it is less hip-hop oriented now.  judging by how classy the characters dress. "

I didn't really like the first two Saints Row games, and I doubt it'll be any different with this one. 
 
Still, Saints Row The Third is a pretty good name.

If we are going to be in charge of a huge criminal organization than I want to feel like I am in charge of one. None of the whole go out and fight with your soldiers thing. If that was the case there would be a new gang leader every 2-3 days. It would be cool if we could take control of one of the gang members we send out to do the fighting.

I need to re-install Saints Row 2. 
 
For 3 bucks, that game delivered a whole lot of fun.

Saints Row 2 was crazy and fun.  
The game offer crazy stuff that wasn't in GTA IV.

I enjoyed Saints Row 2 much more than GTA4, but it still gets old after about an hour of playing it.

" I'd be much more excited about this game, and the series in general, if it's setting and characters didn't feel like a MadTV parody of GTA's world style. "

" @Andorski said:

" I'd be much more excited about this game, and the series in general, if it's setting and characters didn't feel like a MadTV parody of GTA's world style. "

That's the point. It's like GTA but actually good. "

Hell yeah, this just became my most anticpated game of the year. I got Saints Row 2 for super cheap and loved it, shame the PC didn't get any of the DLC that seems to set up this game.

I'm in.
I'm soo in.
I'm so in I might play some Saint's Row 2 tonight.

2 was awesome. This should be too. Hopefully.