Saints Row Reboot Criminal Ventures Revealed

With the full-fledged Saints Row reboot leaning closer and closer towards launch day, developer Volition have decided to go all out and share another thread of details on what's to come. Or, more specifically, what's to come packaged within the mounds of criminal activities that Saints Row usually employs.

Gone are the days of ferrying around prostitutes for Zimos, as are the monotonous hauls with tedious drones for non-playable characters. In, thankfully, are tonnes of new shenanigans, in which players will be able to make bank in plenty of other stylish (albeit unorthodox) ways. Like, driving a food truck, for example. Or dumping a pile of illegal items in a shady alley in the back end of town somewhere. Basically anything that involves the risk of being cuffed and hurled into a police cruiser. You know — Saints Row style.

New ventures await, boss. What will you become? How will you forge the Saints?

“Make bank with your very own Shady Oaks Medical Clinic; go cause yourself some damage, play in traffic and watch the cash roll in from all those totally real injuries you get,” the new trailer description reads. “Take over the already booming food truck drug business and corner the market yourself by building a Chalupacabra and serving Mexican food with your own special kick. Or Bright Futures Disposal facility, all you have to do is find somewhere to illegally dump some potentially pretty dangerous stuff and you're getting paid – just don't think too hard about the environmental impact.”

Of course, many fans of the original series will likely have a few doubts over the sudden switch in activities. After all, shipping “ladies of the night” around town was perhaps one of the main ventures in every entry to date. But then, the consolation to this, luckily, is that we'll still be able to throw ourselves in front of oncoming traffic for lofty insurance payouts. So it's not all that bad. It's just, for lack of a better word — different.

Saints Row launches on February 25, 2022 on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via the Epic Games Store. You can pre-order the game now from most major online retailers.

Still interested? You could always take a peek at the official Saints Row Twitter handle for more updates.