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Saints Row: The Third is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by THQ. It is the sequel to 2008's Saints Row 2 and the third installment in the Saints Row series. It was released on November 15, 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, and May 10, 2019 for the Nintendo Switch. A remastered version of Saints Row: The Third, titled Saints Row: The Third Remastered, was released by Deep Silver on May 22, 2020 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, March 5, 2021 for Stadia, May 25, 2021 for PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, and July 29, 2021 for Luna.Nunneley, Stephany (January 25, 2012). "THQ: Saints Row: The Third ships 3.8m, kids dropped". VG247. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013 . Retrieved May 17, 2014. a b c d e Plante, Chris (March 8, 2012). "Saints Row: The Third was originally about an undercover agent". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015 . Retrieved May 17, 2014.

Booker, Logan (November 6, 2011). "Redfern Host To Skin-Tight Saint's Row Marketing Stunt". Kotaku. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014 . Retrieved May 17, 2014. a b CVG Australia Staff (August 21, 2011). "Australian special editions for Saints Row: The Third revealed". Computer and Video Games. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014 . Retrieved May 17, 2014.Digital Foundry doesn’t dig too deep into the game itself, even though the content itself can be just as frustrating as the controls and performance. In hindsight, Saints Row The Third marks a transition from the crass and provocative early entries of the series to the more open-minded and inclusive later entry and expansions. But played today, it struggles to carry so much baggage from its era. Guttridge, Luke (September 25, 2008). "Dan Sutton on Saints Row 2". Play.tm. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014 . Retrieved May 17, 2014.

Sarkar, Samit (June 17, 2013). "Saints Row: The Third, Gods Eater Burst free on PlayStation Plus starting this week". Polygon. Archived from the original on September 24, 2013 . Retrieved May 17, 2014. Some other weapon ideas were cut from the game for being more "distasteful" than "over the top", one such rejected item was the "fart in a jar" that incapacitated foes by making them vomit. [24] This item was later included in the game. [6] As a huge fan of the second game it may be true that my expectations were a bit too high. I thought that they would deliver the kind of sequel that takes the good elements of its predecessor and make them even better. Crecente, Brian (April 18, 2012). "Saints Row: The Third is saving THQ". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 . Retrieved May 17, 2014. When looking at Saints Row 3 Cheats, you’ll definitely want to take a look at the weapons cheat codes. They will add new guns to your arsenal, some with one-hit kill capabilities.Patterson, Eric L. (November 1, 2013). "EGM Review: Saints Row IV: Enter the Dominatrix". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014 . Retrieved May 18, 2014. Reilly, Jim (April 1, 2012). "April Fool's Round Up". Game Informer. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015 . Retrieved May 18, 2014. The development team also pre-visualized rough drafts to sketch ideas for others to advance. For example, the introductory airplane level was pre-visualized two years prior to its creation as a demonstration for the development team and publisher. [22] Levels were built in a world editor by Volition's Core Technology Group (CTG), which was continually built in the four years preceding release. [32] Like the other two titles, Saints Row: The Third uses Havok's physics middleware with customizations. which let the team build vehicle drifting physics and the VTOL aircraft. [33] The studio considered the Red Faction series' Geo-Mod 2 engine but chose against it due to the implementation's difficulty and not wanting that degree of destruction. [34] Phillips gave a game development postmortem at the 2012 Game Developers Conference, where he advised studios to let development team members run with their ideas. [18] [35] Volition began to add modding support to the title and series in mid 2013. [36] Audio [ edit ] Robinson, Andy (June 22, 2011). "Saints Row dev 'dreading' reaction to secret weapon - but it doesn't involve farts". Computer and Video Games. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014 . Retrieved May 17, 2014. Cooperative gameplay is "drop-in and drop-out" such that players can come and go [7] with their individual game progress saved for later single-player play. [8] Both the online and offline modes require a paid online pass. [15]