Earlier this summer, fans of the Saints Row IP glowed with excitement learning that developer Volition is officially rebooting the Saints Row franchise. “Rebooting” the initial teaser image reads ahead of its announcement at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Upon the reveal, it was soon after that the game will be arriving this coming February which is not too far away.
However, the reception for the game at the time was almost instant in mostly negative response to the direction of this new telling for the series. Namely the approach to the main cast of characters many fans of the original games do not appreciate from Volition’s creative decision. But, the developer in a following statement confirms it will follow through with that aspect of the game despite heavy criticism.
This week, Volition comes out to announce that the initial February launch scheduled does not give enough time for the team to meet its vision for the game and will now ship the project in August 2022.
Our priority is to create the best Saints Row game yet and, if we released on the original date, it wouldn’t be up to the standards we’ve set ourselves, and that you’re expecting and deserve. The team just need more time to do our vision justice; we’re doing some fine tuning and there won’t be much change in the game outside of overall quality and polish.
In all honesty, we underestimated the impact COVID would have on our schedule, although everyone adapted very quickly to the working from home arrangement and continued to be incredibly productive. However, due to the size and scope of our new Saints Row, it’s become apparent that to create the best game possible, we need to give our team longer to perfect their craft.
Jim Boone, Volition Chief Creative Officier
“As mentioned when we announced Saints Row in August, this will be the biggest and best Saints Row game ever and, in order to achieve our goal, we’ve settled upon a generous, yet essential amount of time to realise our ambitions,” Boone adds.
Noted, the update on the new mid 2022 release date also reiterates on the previou statement for Saints Row and the cast & story for the game is being unaltered during the extra development time. “Rest assured, there will not be any changes to the story or the characters or anything that we’ve lovingly imagined over the last few years and already shared with you.”
Are you fine with the extra wait time for Saints Row?
Saints Row is said to release on August 23, 2022 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC.
Source: Volition
