Saints Row: The Third Gets Expansion — Enter The Dominatrix

First revealed as an April Fools joke, Volition never quite knew when they were taking a joke too far and you certainly won’t find us complaining. THQ has just announced a standalone expansion — yes, an expansion — for Saints Row: The Third which they’re calling Enter The Dominatrix.

Saints Row: The Third – Enter the Dominatrix picks up immediately following the events of Saints Row: The Third. For centuries, alien warlord Zinyak has eyed Earth and its precious natural resources and females with a watchful eye. As he prepares an armada for invasion, he has only one worry: the Third Street Saints.

Once a simple street gang from Stilwater, the Saints have evolved into a global empire, replete with bombastic TV advertising and tasteful consumer products, the kind of TV advertising and consumer products that would give any alien warlord pause. Clearly, the Saints are the biggest badasses on Earth.

Now, in order to prepare his forces for domination, Zinyak captures the leader of the Saints and imprisons him in an elaborate virtual reality simulation. This simulation program looks and feels like Steelport, but it is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. Here, you are a slave. Welcome… to the Dominatrix.

“Faster than a speeding cyber jetbike, more powerful than a roided-out Luchadore, able to leap flying aircraft carriers in a single bound… That’s the power you’ll find inside the Dominatrix. Use it for good. Use it for evil. Use it for whatever you want. As always in Saints Row, it’s up to you,” said Danny Bilson, executive VP of core game production at THQ.

“With a franchise with more than 11 million units shipped globally, it’s incredibly gratifying to have the flexibility to give Saints Row fans the features they want most.”

Even if THQ is currently headed to ruin, it’s good to see that Saints Row: The Third is getting proper support. I mean, when’s the last time you saw the announcement of a proper standalone expansion?

Also, this: “Freaking super powers.”