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Saints Row 1 designer reckons the series is 'dead,' adding that Embracer 'ghosted' him after a comeback pitch: 'I wish things were different'

The Third Street Saints won't go marching in anytime soon.

PC Gamer · Feb 21

Saints Row creator admits he took Grand Theft Auto's design "wholesale," but feels there were "enough differentiating factors" overall; "Am I playing a GTA game? No! But I kinda feel like I am"

Chris Stockman also says the game wouldn't have been as successful if GTA 4 had already launched on Xbox 360

GamesRadar · Nov 29, 2025

Unless GTA 6 "comes out and it's terrible" no open-world dev can hope to top Rockstar, original Saints Row design lead says – but "there's nothing wrong with trying to be a #2"

If Rockstar's latest is terrible, it'll be "E.T. all over again, but worse because the budgets"

GamesRadar · Nov 7, 2025