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Publisher Koch Media says the next Saints Row game will officially be announced in 2020.

We heard back in August that a new Saints Row game is “deep in development” from publisher THQ Nordic. Now, after GI.biz recently spoke to Koch Media CEO Klemens Kundratitz, we know to expect more details on the game next year.

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“Saints Row is very close to our hearts, and we'll talk about it next year,” Kundratitz said. “For the time being, we just wanted to get the word out that it's coming and it's going to be great.”

Koch Media was acquired by THQ Nordic two years ago. Its games publishing label is Deep Silver, which works with studios to produce games like Shenmue III, Dead Island 2, and the Saints Row series.

The last mainline Saints Row game was Saints Row IV back in 2013. But we did also get spin-off title Agents of Mayhem back in 2017.

Unfortunately, Agents of Mayhem developer Volition was hit with layoffs shortly after the game’s release due to Deep Silver reportedly not being happy with how it sold. Kundratitz addressed this disappointment when speaking to GI.biz and talked about whether it would affect the next Saints Row game at all.

"Saints Row is Saints Row. The two games are similar, for sure, but they're also completely different,” he said. “With Volition, we have the creators of all the Saints Row games as an internal studio and they're not going to be distracted by anything else from creating our next game under this important franchise.”

In our Agents of Mayhem review we said it “does a good job paying homage to the cartoon and live-action TV heroes of the 80s and 90s” but added that “it doesn't fully live up to its heroic potential.”

Chris Priestman is a freelance writer who covers news for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.