Developer: Volition Inc.
Publisher: Koch Media
Series: Saints Row
Platform: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC
Release date: NA August 20, 2013
Genre: Action
Mode: Single-player, multiplayer
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A teaser trailer for the already-confirmed Saints Row IV today reveals the open-world action game will launch in North America August 20 for current-generation consoles and PC. A launch for the rest of the world is slated for August 23.
In development at Volition Inc., Saints Row IV will be published by new franchise owner Deep Silver, which acquired the developer and the series for $22.3 million during the THQ bankruptcy auction in January.
Saints Row IV continues the story of the Third Street Saints, but with a twist. This time, the head of the Saints has been elected president of the United States and must fend off a "catastrophic alien invasion." The aliens have transported the Saints into a "bizarro-Steelport simulation" and players must make use of various superpowers to fight to free humanity from the invaders.
"Escape the simulation that’s trapped the Saints crew, or die trying," reads a line from the game description.
When THQ canceled Saints Row: The Third's "Enter the Dominatrix" expansion last year, the company said this content would be folded into the new game.
A Deep Silver representative told Joystiq that Saints Row IV is not simply Enter the Dominatrix masquerading as an all-new game.
"That expansion was cancelled and elements of it were rolled into Saints Row 4," a spokesperson told the site. "There will be a director's cut of Enter the Dominatrix released as DLC when SR4 comes out."
For more on the franchise, check out GameSpot's review of Saints Row: The Third, which has sold over 5.5 million units to date.
In Saints Row IV, the head honcho of the Saints has been elected to the Presidency of the United States. But the Saints are just getting started. Now the larger-than-life insanity of the Saints series gets a new twist with a catastrophic alien invasion, and the aliens have transported the Saints to a bizarro-Steelport simulation. Wield gargantuan superpowers and fight to free humanity from alien granddaddy Zinyak's mental grasp. Escape the simulation that's trapped the Saints crew, or die trying.
Saints Row IV lets players delve into an arsenal of alien weaponry and technology that will turn each Saint into an ultimate entity of destruction. Utilize out-of-this-world superpowers to fight all the way to the top. With intensified action and enhanced customization, players can use their newfound superpowers and leap over buildings, outrun the fastest sports cars, or send enemies flying with telekinesis in the greatest, most insane installment of Saints Row yet.
Features:
* Delve into an arsenal of alien weaponry and technology.
* Utilize out-of-this-world superpowers to fight all the way to the top.
* Intensified action and enhanced customization.
* Leap over buildings.
* Outrun the fastest sports cars.
* Send enemies flying with telekinesis.
The most fun in saints row comes from playing as a completely ridiculous main character. In SR2 I made myself into a badass pirate, in SR3 I played as some kind of matrix-esque main hero, which was cool, but in retrospect not that hilarious.
I think I'll play as a morbidly obese black woman in SR4. And then dress up in old mens clothes. Or a pink tutu and nothing else. And then safe the world smashing alien skulls in.
This is really where most of the fun is and most people miss it by just using the default character and straying from it just the tiniest bit.
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Taking it further and further for every game 
