Saints Row is the first new game in the popular franchise since the release of Saints Row IV in 2013. Fans have been waiting for years for a proper follow-up to the successful fourth game. After nearly a decade, Saints Row developer Volition announced Saints Row at Gamescom in 2021. The new game will act as a reboot for the series as Volition tries to tone down some of the more wacky aspects that the games had become known for. Unlike Saints Row IV’s all-out mayhem, Volition hopes to strike a tone closer to Saints Row 2. Naturally, with any reboot, fans have questions. Questions like, will there be multiplayer in Saints Row?
Will there be multiplayer in Saints Row?
Saints Row will have cooperative multiplayer at launch. Players will be able to drop in and out of their friends’ sessions to help them out with the missions in the game. Gamers will also be able to play Saints Row cooperatively across console generations. Meaning PS5 players can join their PS4 friends along with Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One players also being able to play together. There’s no word on cross-platform (PlayStation and Xbox playing together, for example) support at this time.
There’s also no competitive multiplayer announced for the game, and with just a few weeks until the release in August, it’s unlikely that PVP multiplayer will be in the game.
