Saints Row Reboot Delayed To Summer 2022

Saints Row graced the cover of Game Informer mag past period and looks to beryllium a modern reboot of the GTA-inspired and wildly/hilariously inappropriate franchise from implicit a decennary ago. And with Deep Silver Volition processing the title, the nostalgia origin is astatine an all-time high. Saints Row was primitively slated for a February 25 release, but a caller connection from Volition main originative serviceman Jim Boone weaves a different, much deflating story. Sadly, the Saints Row reboot is being delayed to summertime 2022. 

Posted connected Twitter and the official Saints Row website, Boone explains the crushed down the pugnacious determination (seen above) and mentions cardinal setbacks that chiefly stem from the antagonistic effects of COVID-19. That excerpt reads arsenic follows:

“In each honesty, we underestimated the interaction COVID would person connected our schedule, though everyone adapted precise rapidly to the moving from location statement and continued to beryllium incredibly productive.

However, owed to the size and scope of our caller Saints Row, it’s go evident that to make the champion crippled possible, we request to springiness our squad longer to cleanable their craft.”

Boone besides mentioned how this upcoming mentation of Saints Row volition beryllium the biggest, astir ambitious communicative successful the bid and truthful the squad needs a chunky magnitude of clip to recognize their breathtaking goals. However, the cardinal narrative, ensemble cast, and thing other that was shown since Saints Row’s first uncover announcement this past summertime volition stay unchanged:

“Our precedence is to make the champion Saints Row crippled yet and, if we released connected the archetypal date, it wouldn’t beryllium up to the standards we’ve acceptable ourselves, and that you’re expecting and deserve. The squad conscionable request much clip to bash our imaginativeness justice; we’re doing immoderate good tuning and determination won’t beryllium overmuch alteration successful the crippled extracurricular of wide prime and polish.”

Saints Row takes spot successful the metropolis of Santo Illeso arsenic you and your underdog unit of deviants hustle your mode to the apical portion keeping instrumentality enforcement and different transgression factions astatine bay. Head implicit to our Saints Row hub to larn exclusive info astir the game’s characters, the disposable side hustles successful the unfastened world, and more. 

Saints Row volition present motorboat connected August 23, 2022, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.