THQ announces the first Saints Row: The Third season pass

by Arthur Gies on Nov 10th 2011 11:02PM

Ah, gaming. There's always something new to be excited about! Last year, it was the online pass, which has become standard practice for almost any game with a meaningful multiplayer component released in 2011. But publishers are always looking to innovate, and this year has seen the rise of the Season Pass. The newest game to boldly ask for your money in advance? Saints Row: The Third!

Offering a full fifteen percent off of the DLC if you were to buy all four releases separately, the Saints Row: The Third season pass will get you three mission packs – "Genkibowl VII," "Gangstas In Space," and "The Trouble With Clones" – and the Nyte Blayde DLC pack, which comes with a sweet "vampire-hunting sports car." No word on if the car does the hunting by itself, but with Saints Row there's no way to be sure. The DLC covered by the season pass will release between January of 2011 and "Spring 2011." You can find the full details and press release after the break.

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Introducing the Saints Row® Season Pass, your discount ticket to Saints Row®: The ThirdTM DLC

Strapped for cash? Strap it on with the Saints Row Season Pass in order to save money on three future Saints Row: The Third DLC Mission Packs and the Nyte Blayde DLC pack. The Season Pass is a special program to ensure you get the three upcoming mission packs and the Nyte Blayde pack for a single, one-time recommended cost of $19.99, for a total anticipated savings of more than 15 percent if you purchased each DLC pack separately.

Your three mission packs include:

· Genkibowl VII (Scheduled to be available January 2012)
The Wide World of Genki takes over Steelport for a sporting tradition totally and utterly unlike any other.

· Gangstas in Space (Scheduled to be available Winter 2012)
The Saints go intergalactic in this science-fiction misadventure.

· The Trouble With Clones (Scheduled to be available Spring 2012)
Copy-cat killing at its finest.

The bonus Nyte Blayde DLC Pack includes:

· The Nyte Blayde Mobile
Travel Steelport in style with Nyte Blayde's blood-red, vampire-hunting sports car.

· Altar Boy Outfit
Innocence may be lost, but at least you still have the outfit.

· Bloody Canoness Outfit
Join the Order, slay your mortal enemies, show some leg.

· Bloody Canoness Bike
Vampires can fly, but so will you in this two-wheeled turbo-charged motorcycle of salvation.

Please follow the below link for a screenshot if the Nyte Blayde DLC Pack:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38308135/SR3_NyteBlayde_Pack.jpg

Tags: dlc, microsoft, online-pass, pc, playstation, ps3, saints-row-the-third, season-pass, thq, volition, xbox

Reader Comments (47)

Gangstas in Space?

The name alone has me sold

@ItchyBarracuda Lol I was this close to posting the same thing.

between January of 2011 and "Spring 2011." ??? oh well must of somehow missed it :(

@ItchyBarracuda
My sentiments exactly.

I still think LA Noire had the best season pass. Even though a discount is good, paying for something twice seems odd.

@ChaosBladez

dlc really worked for that game because of the episodes. I wish they could have done more

@ChaosBladez They're not asking you to pay for it twice. Read it more closely.

@ChaosBladez

All the season passes work the same as L.A. Noires. The ones with other games have just been advertised that you pay less by buying the season pass rather then the individual DLCs.

goty edition here I come!

@eat it here, here

@eat it

I'm with you

I was on the edge of the cliff wondering should I op to get it now or wait a tad bit.

The rope of DLC dragged me away from the cliff and made me look toward the future of they goty version

@Stevetrop Man of Mystery It's getting to the point where I'm not buying games when they come out and just waiting for the GOTY editions instead.

@eat it
Have fun playing it next year. Maybe if you got a promotion at work, you could afford the extra $30. I know times are tough.

I haven't been keeping up on this whole "season pass" shenanigans.

So, you pay to get discounts?

@Diet Kane

No, you get a discount for paying up front. For example, buying all the DLC individually might cost $30, but the season pass might cost $25, so you're saving money if you were going to buy all the DLC anyway.

@Diet Kane You pay for all the DLC up front, instead of when they come out.

@Diet Kane
You are, in virtually all implementations thus far, buying all of the DLC upfront and receiving a discount for your generous pledge.

"Warning! Someone beat you to the punch, and what you've typed is going to be redundant, perhaps even embarrassing. Do you wish to continue?"

@Diet Kane Don't feel bad, neither has Joystiq, they covered this in July and forgot. :)

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/11/saints-row-the-thirds-hyper-ordinary-pre-order-pack-is-madne/

A full detailed listing of what is in the Season Pass was just released and that's actually new information, but we've known about the existence of the Season Pass itself for a while.

Hell, the linked Joystiq article is how I was able to place an order in time to be one of the first 3000 preorders that got the season pass for free. Thanks, Joystiq!

(You should probably change this article's title though, it's pretty inaccurate... and also kind of nonsensical..? They're not announcing that there are going to be multiple season passes or anything.)

@onan
I can see it potentially being confusing, but the joke is a play on "The Third" - no serious implication that there will be more passes

Pre-order the game from THQ website to get the Pass for free.

I've been playing the game and it's ridiculous fun! I'm not about to start any wars with GTA, but damn Saints Row should definitely be right up there next to it in fun factor, if not better.

The story, characters, and cutscenes are great -- Zimos is freakin' funny. I had to get the limited edition for the voice vocoder headset because of him. I know it doesn't work on XBL straight out the box, but I have a Turtle Beach x11 that has 3.55mm plugs so I am able to get it to work for LIVE.

There is a decent selection in the soundtrack, and the voice work really sets this game above and beyond. I'm playing as a female and Laura Bailey really knocks it out the park.

@Dickhole Pasta
I've only played Saints Row on the 360, but I have always thoguht the controls were great. I love being able to turn on a dime, and everything just feels like it works right, to me at least. Then again, it can all be a matter of opinion.

Just like how some people think Saints Row is way too immature and over the top, For me, that's the selling point. It's always fun to play a game that doesn't take its self seriously every once in a while.

All of these sound like the names of things they've shown off in the trailers (gimps and pimps especially). Still excited for the game itself but a tiny bit worried they're pulling an LA noire and sectioning off pieces of the actual game to sell to me later. That doesn't mean i won't be dumb and buy them, because they sound fun....

I guess this is a thing now.

15% is not nearly enough savings for me to want to download a season pass or subscription. It should be 20% at least.

If I'm only saving 15% I would rather buy whatever pieces I want and chances are I would automatically save 15% or more by not buying the content that doesn't interest me.

@Lerkero
Something more like 25%-40% would definitely catch my interest. The L.A. Noire DLC Pass was good for what you paid for.

Yes, milk the concept until it's dead, please! I can't imagine this will be very successful as these things go. This isn't Gears of War or Battlefield here...

@Hoops

You're right... THIS IS SAINTS MOTHER F*$&ING ROW!

Oh right thanks. I read it incorrectly.
But that doesn't change games like Uncharted 3 and Gears 3 season passes. Perceptually, it's weird to pay twice.

They must think we're stupid. Why should we buy something in advance, even with the slight discount, if we don't know how good it's going to be? Even the best games can have awful DLC.

@Spacegrass

To be fair at least they told us up front what we're paying for. With Gears* and Uncharted we don't know what exactly we're getting with the season pass, meaning we could just end up paying for a bunch of multiplayer skins. That obviously isn't the case at this point, but it's impossible to tell how much of what we're getting with those two games.

*Not to sure about Gears someone correct me if I'm wrong.

@APCMice

Gears they said from the get go you would get access to at least 4 actual DLCs.

I'm listening, THQ.

%15 discount seems a bit... low, doesn't it? Gears and U3 are both over %30

January of 2011 can't come soon enough.

Ill probably buy Saints Row 3, but DLC? doubt it. The only thing i might buy is Campaign stuff, and even then i dont think SR story is that strong that it would make me want to buy that.

$20, are they nuts?

"The DLC covered by the season pass will release between January of 2011 and "Spring 2011.""

So the DLC is already out? How convenient!

@freaparn
So this comes with a free delorean?

Or if you bought it from THQ you get the season pass for free.

I've got the game preordered and everything, but I can't say that I have that much faith in their missions that I'd want to pay out for DLC of them. Hopefully they'll prove me wrong by the time I'm actually playing the game, but I'm not about to jump in blind

To thin I was almost stupid enough to buy this game new. Thankfully this news came and now I have no intention of buying anything other than the 'complete' edition next year.

I refuse to support cynical DLC. If you had any self-respect, you wouldn't either.

@Dick Socrates

"I refuse to support cynical DLC. If you had any self-respect, you wouldn't either."

Your right. I will only buy optimistic DLC from now on...

DLC is OPTIONAL so who are you to tell people if they should feel good about spending their own money?

@Dick Socrates
Not sure if you've paid any attention to the trailers or the reviews, but the game packs more than enough on-disk content. It's not like the DLC is on-disk or release-day DLC.

Also, since the game has a Season Pass, it's incredibly unlikely they'll ever release a "Complete Edition." So have fun missing out on Saints Row The Third.

I wonder how UK PC gamers will buy this considering Saints Row 3 isn't on the UK steam store :/

i guess i can wait for the GOTY version if they ever release that one... hate the current "trends" that this industry its pulling out....

I cant keep on supporting this greedy bastards that innovate on DRM and anti consumer practice, but they dont innovate in gameplay and improving the experience for the gamers....

Saints Row is not a game that, to me, is ever going to get a Complete/Ultimate/SuperDuper Edition just because of its nature. LA Noire, Red Dead, Skyrim make sense because there is content important enough to the game to get that kind of treatment. Or maybe I'm just justifying canceling my THQ order in favor of Amazon and their $10 credit.

remember when a season pass cost $10. i really like the idea of a season pass but when its $20-$40 there asking a lot. depending on what the content actually is, i might be better off eventually waiting for it to go on sale.

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THQ announces the first Saints Row: The Third season pass

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