Saints Row: The Third character creator available early with Red Faction pre-order
by JC Fletcher 
on May 6th 2011 2:30PM
Spore's "
Creature Creator" let you build your own freak in advance of the release of the actual game. THQ is taking a page from Maxis' book, allowing you to design your own, well,
freak for
Saints Row: The Third. The "Initiation Station" app for PS3, PC and Xbox 360 will allow you to design a character, share it via the official community site, and even download other users' characters to import into the game.
There's a catch. Early access to the build-a-scumbag app is tied to pre-orders of
Red Faction: Armageddon. "Early purchasers" of Volition and THQ's other upcoming game get a one-week head start in the Initiation Station. The app will be available for all some time before the "holiday" release of
Saints Row: The Third.
