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“It’s a possibility we could use Geomod in Saints Row and, yes, we considered it [for SR3]. For Saint’s Row The Third, we decided not to do it, partially due to time reasons but also because you could make a good argument that if you had full-on destruction then it’s not a Saints Row game. A lot of those structures are mission-critical because they take place in the interior, so if you could allow users to decimate the entire world, what would you have left? It’s game-breaking.” – Volition’s Greg Donovan to Xbox World magazine, via CVG.

The Saints’ next adventure looks to push the concepts of dress sense and decency to their inevitable limits. Brenna Hillier gets overwhelmed in Tokyo.

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THQ confirmed during TGS 2011 game designer Tomonobu Itagaki will be a playable character in Saints Row: The Third. While folks will be able to use the character creation feature in the game to look however they wish, Itagaki will be a pre-existing character complete with leather jacket and sunglasses. Itagaki is currently working on Devil’s Third, which is to be published by THQ. Thanks, Gamespot.

THQ CEO Brian Farrell believes that eventually, consoles will no longer require discs and will instead support cloud gaming, the result of which would mean a reduction in cost for publishers with the savings trickling down to consumers.

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THQ boss Brian Farrell believes there is a “pent up” demand for an open-world game such as Saints Row: The Third, especially with a new Grand Theft Auto title missing from the marketplace at the moment.

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THQ has responded to various outlets over the rumor posted yesterday that Saints Row: Drive By had been canceled by the firm.

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Last time we checked in on THQ, it was ditching its license-mill reputation, eyeing a top five spot and taking calculated gambles on new IP. This week, it’s down $136m and announcing “casual” titles. What happened? Nothing: this is THQ’s long game.

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You’ve seen the screenshots from the game, now check out the concept art for Saints Row: The Third along with character renders below.

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THQ has released the previously exclusive shot of Saints Row: The Third to everyone who isn’t Game Informer, and we’ve got them posted below for you, courtesy of RPS.

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Game Informer continues its week long look at Saints Row: The Third’s characters – this time with information on the Morning Star gang.

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THQ CEO Brian Farrell has told Gama that the movie tie-in for Saints Row will be formally announced next month.

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If you’re a Saints Row fan, you may want to keep an eye on its Twitter tomorrow.

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Ever sat around waiting for someone to build a house of cards so you can leap out, do your best impression of Godzilla, and send it crashing to the ground – cards quickly sponging up your friend’s salty rush of tears as their defeated pitter-patter gives your life meaning? Well, this is kind of like that, except THQ’s taking a little longer on that whole building part.

Wait, you haven’t done that? Oh. Well, um, neither have we.

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THQ-owned Volition appears to have put Red Faction: Guerrilla to bed: it’s now flaunting a “Secret Project X” on its site’s “games” page.

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Nelson’s confirmed that Saints Row and Rockstar Games Table Tennis are now available on GoD.

Saints Row is available now for 3000 MS points, while Rockstar Table Tennis is added to the Japanese marketplace for 2000 MS points.

If you want Saints Row queued on your 360, click here. If you’re Japanese and want Table Tennis, click here.

Thanks, Roybott.

Swedish metal band Opeth is to have its music included in a PSP version of Saints Row, according to this post on the group’s site.

“The game is expected to hit the streets around March 2010,” said the Nordic rockers.

The game’s unannounced. We’ve mailed THQ.

THQ boss Brian Farrell just said that Saints Row and Dawn of War sequels are to be launched for “many years to come”.

The exec said more than 5 million units of Saints Row have now been sold, as have more than 4 million units of in the Dawn of War series.

Farrell was speaking in THQ’s Q4 and year-end earnings call, which is ongoing.

THQ announced losses of over $430 million for the year ending March today.

50 Cent has apparently just said he wants to make a Saints Row movie.

“With my relationship with THQ, they’ll actually see me develop Saint’s Row into an actual screeplay and into a film project,” he told US journalists.

“I’m optioning the rights for that right now, so they’ll see that before they see me do it from my own perspective for my game.”

Sounds great. More on Kotaku.