Saints Row (2022) release date, screens, trailers and everything you need to know

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(Pocket-lint) — Saints Row is returning to its roots in the first all-new chapter from Volition in eight years. Ditching much of the craziness that crept into the franchise from Saints Row III and on, the developer is effectively rebooting the series and, as such, this is no Saints Row V.

Instead, it adopts the original name — just «Saints Row» — and the more down-to-earth nature of the 2006 original and its first sequel. Of course, there's humour and some over-the-top combat, but it features a completely new cast of characters and fresh location.

We've had a private briefing with Volition on the new Saints Row, so here's everything you need to know about the forthcoming open-world reboot.

The new Saints Row will be released on both last and current-gen consoles: PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4 and Xbox One. It will also be available on the Epic Games Store for PC.

After an initial delay the game will hit stores on 23 August 2022.

The new Saints Row may have a few Easter Eggs in it for fans (we've been told), but it tells an all-new story with an all-new line-up of characters.

Set in Santo Ileso — a fictional south western American city — it is the first to feature both urban and sparse, suburban districts. This makes for a much larger, more varied sandbox, with Vegas-style zones, the desert and plenty of other themed backdrops.

You play as a fully customisable character known simply as the «Boss», who must create a new criminal organisation (The Saints) with three-likeminded but very individual allies: Neenah, Kevin and Eli.

These each have their own traits and abilities, and generally know the inside stories of the different factions of Santo Ileso: Los Panteros, The Idols, and Marshall.

Each of those are also radically