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A Saints Row prequel going "back to its roots" might actually happen, as its original director works on a pitch "to get the band back together"
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Original Saints Row director Chris Stockman tells us he wants to take the GTA rival back to the start, as he works on a prequel pitch.
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The original director of Saints Row has sparked faint hopes for a return as he teases that he’s been asked to put together a pitch for a potential prequel. Chris Stockman, who served as the design director for the first Saints Row game at Volition before moving on to found independent studio Bit Planet Games, tells PCGamesN that he’s “attempting to get the band back together,” although things are still very much up in the air. As one of the first big rivals to Grand Theft Auto, there’d be nothing more fitting than for it to return alongside GTA 6.
Read the full story on PCGamesN: A Saints Row prequel going "back to its roots" might actually happen, as its original director works on a pitch "to get the band back together"
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The original director of Saints Row has sparked faint hopes for a return as he teases that he’s been asked to put together a pitch for a potential prequel. Chris Stockman, who served as the design director for the first Saints Row game at Volition before moving on to found independent studio Bit Planet Games, tells PCGamesN that he’s “attempting to get the band back together,” although things are still very much up in the air. As one of the first big rivals to Grand Theft Auto, there’d be nothing more fitting than for it to return alongside GTA 6. Read the full story on PCGamesN: A Saints Row prequel going "back to its roots" might actually happen, as its original director works on a pitch "to get the band back together"
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1 November 2025, 12:17 pm
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Ken Allsop
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title: A Saints Row prequel going "back to its roots" might actually happen, as its original director works on a pitch "to get the band back together"
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Original Saints Row director Chris Stockman tells us he wants to take the GTA rival back to the start, as he works on a prequel pitch.
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The original director of Saints Row has sparked faint hopes for a return as he teases that he’s been asked to put together a pitch for a potential prequel. Chris Stockman, who served as the design director for the first Saints Row game at Volition before moving on to found independent studio Bit Planet Games, tells PCGamesN that he’s “attempting to get the band back together,” although things are still very much up in the air. As one of the first big rivals to Grand Theft Auto, there’d be nothing more fitting than for it to return alongside GTA 6.
Read the full story on PCGamesN: A Saints Row prequel going "back to its roots" might actually happen, as its original director works on a pitch "to get the band back together"
content_text: The original director of Saints Row has sparked faint hopes for a return as he teases that he’s been asked to put together a pitch for a potential prequel. Chris Stockman, who served as the design director for the first Saints Row game at Volition before moving on to found independent studio Bit Planet Games, tells PCGamesN that he’s “attempting to get the band back together,” although things are still very much up in the air. As one of the first big rivals to Grand Theft Auto, there’d be nothing more fitting than for it to return alongside GTA 6. Read the full story on PCGamesN: A Saints Row prequel going "back to its roots" might actually happen, as its original director works on a pitch "to get the band back together"
pub_date: 1 November 2025, 12:17 pm
guid: https://www.pcgamesn.com/saints-row/prequel-pitch-original-director
creator: Ken Allsop
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