There is no doubt that Saints Row was fairly the frustration for gamers and guardian firm Embracer Group, whose CEO Lars Wingefors admitted that he had hoped for a greater reception and that the return on funding would not be as nice as anticipated.
As an oblique affirmation of all that, final November developer Volition was formally shuffled from Deep Silver to Gearbox, one other working group inside Embracer Group, within the hope that they’d make for higher overseers for the Illinois-based studio.
In the meantime, Volition continues to be working to enhance the sport. In late November, they added AMD’s FidelityFX Tremendous Decision 2.1 to the PC model. Yesterday, the studio unveiled the 2023 roadmap, which incorporates the three DLCs a part of the Growth Cross and different free updates.
On April eleventh, Saints Row gamers will get a free cosmetics pack impressed by the upcoming recreation Lifeless Island 2 (additionally launched by Deep Silver). Cosmetics will embody wearables from Lifeless Island 2 characters like Jacob and Amy, a brand new weapon, a brand new emote, a pink flamingo hat, and a statue of Carver the Shark that may be added to the Saints HQ.
The primary huge replace will land in Might, although, when the sport can be expanded with a brand new district known as Sunshine Springs, the long-anticipated fight overhaul, and high quality of life additions like Photograph Mode. The primary paid Saints Row DLC, The Heist and the Hazardous, can be launched on the identical time that includes new story missions, occasions, cosmetics, and extra.
Two months later, within the predictable warmth of July, a brand new free replace with extra QoL can be accompanied by the second paid DLC, Doc Ketchum’s Homicide Circus, which is about to introduce a model new solo recreation mode to the sport.
Final however not least, this August (roughly one 12 months after the sport’s launch) Saints Row gamers can anticipate one other district, extra options and enhancements, and the third, presently unnamed marketing campaign DLC that includes further story missions, enemies, cosmetics, and extra.
That is actually a whole lot of stuff on the best way within the subsequent 4 months or so. Will Volition have the ability to redeem the Saints Row reboot by the point of its first anniversary? We can’t have to attend too lengthy to seek out out.