{"id":1505701,"date":"2026-02-21T23:57:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kYaAG2dAVivoXwm3YirJDX"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:57:52","slug":"saints-row-1-designer-reckons-the-series-is-dead-adding-that-embracer-ghosted-him-after-a-comeback-pitch-i-wish-things-were-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/saints-row-1-designer-reckons-the-series-is-dead-adding-that-embracer-ghosted-him-after-a-comeback-pitch-i-wish-things-were-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints Row 1 designer reckons the series is &#8216;dead,&#8217; adding that Embracer &#8216;ghosted&#8217; him after a comeback pitch: &#8216;I wish things were different&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Saints Row is dead. Long live Saints Row? No, it&#8217;s <em>actually<\/em> dead, at least according to the design director on the first game, Chris Stockman. As <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/i-think-the-franchise-is-dead-says-saints-row-design-director\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a> reported, Stockman said as much in a Discord for his new company, Bit Planet Games. A <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/papaRPG\/status\/2024941290492694703?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">thread on X<\/a> from user papaRPG popularized a screenshot of Stockman responding to a comment lamenting the series&#8217; recent radio silence in January: &#8220;I think the franchise is dead,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I get the sense that Embracer has zero ability to do anything with it,&#8221; Stockman continues in the screenshot. &#8220;I wish things were different. I tried my best to offer a path forward but they&#8217;ve ghosted me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It seems like Stockman is referencing the pitch we reported on back<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/saints-row-1s-director-is-pitching-a-prequel-that-gets-back-to-the-roots-of-what-made-sr-1-entertaining-but-i-mostly-want-to-know-what-became-of-the-saints-row-2-pc-patch-whose-developer-died\/\"> in November<\/a>, wherein he wanted to take the series back to its &#8220;roots.&#8221; Probably a popular decision since <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/saints-row-review\/\">the so-so reboot<\/a> landed with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/saints-rows-disappointing-launch-wont-change-plans-for-the-future-of-the-series\/\">an unceremonious thud<\/a> back in 2022. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/saints-row-studio-volition-has-been-closed-immediately-as-part-of-embracers-restructuring-plan\/\">The death of Volition<\/a> followed a year later, when parent company Embracer <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/after-years-of-expansion-and-the-recent-collapse-of-a-dollar2-billion-mystery-deal-embracer-group-announces-major-layoffs-and-studio-closures\/\">restructured its business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More recently on the Bit Planet Discord, Stockman reiterated that the ball is in Embracer&#8217;s court. He wrote Feb. 17, &#8220;As long as they are in business they own it \u2026 they could license it to me or contract us to manage it, but I&#8217;ve done all I can do to try and make that happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A return for the venerable Grand Theft Auto-like would be an uphill battle in the best of circumstances. The series was, in both its incarnations as a somewhat grounded crime game and as a silly, sci-fi romp with dubstep guns and giant dildos, a single thread in the tapestry of anarchic crime sandboxes that dominated the mid-to-late aughts. The surrounding zeitgeist is part of why it worked so well, especially as it morphed into zany self-parody over time.<\/p>\n<p>The novelty of open-world playgrounds has worn off and that style of game isn&#8217;t as omnipresent anymore, megalithic Rockstar blockbusters like Red Dead and GTA notwithstanding\u2014if Saints Row really is dead, that&#8217;s a fate it shares with Prototype, Crackdown, Sleeping Dogs, Sunset Overdrive, and so on. It&#8217;s hard to imagine what form a reboot could take to actually feel fresh. If you just want to play the old ones though, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/saints-row-2s-juiced-patch-makes-the-pc-port-so-much-better-its-criminal\/\">they&#8217;re still there and a lot of fun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"d1283924-460c-4bf9-a007-fd9e1ee48186\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/saints-row-1-designer-reckons-the-series-is-dead-adding-that-embracer-ghosted-him-after-a-comeback-pitch-i-wish-things-were-different.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"d1283924-460c-4bf9-a007-fd9e1ee48186\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/saints-row-1-designer-reckons-the-series-is-dead-adding-that-embracer-ghosted-him-after-a-comeback-pitch-i-wish-things-were-different\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saints Row is dead. Long live Saints Row? No, it&#8217;s actually dead, at least according to the design director on the first game, Chris Stockman. As Eurogamer reported, Stockman said as much in a Discord for his new company, Bit Planet Games. A thread on X from user papaRPG popularized a screenshot of Stockman responding to a comment lamenting the series&#8217; recent radio silence in January: &#8220;I think the franchise is dead,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I get the sense that Embracer has zero ability to do anything with it,&#8221; Stockman continues in the screenshot. &#8220;I wish things were different. I tried my best to offer a path forward but they&#8217;ve ghosted me.&#8221; It seems like Stockman is referencing the pitch we reported on back in November,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/saints-row-1-designer-reckons-the-series-is-dead-adding-that-embracer-ghosted-him-after-a-comeback-pitch-i-wish-things-were-different\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1505702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[23,748],"class_list":["post-1505701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-action","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saints Row 1 designer reckons the series is &#039;dead,&#039; adding that Embracer &#039;ghosted&#039; him after a comeback pitch: &#039;I wish things were different&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Saints Row is dead. 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