IGN had the exclusive on the announcement, and comments on how the new game is in keeping with Volition’s usual modern design. Three ‘heroes’ (a term we use loosely, since the agents aren’t always the good guys), use their unique skills to take on the bad guys in an open-world landscape with lots of open-world action.
Release date and platforms
Agents of Mayhem will launch on PC, Xbox One and PS4 on 15 August 2017.
Pre-orders
Gameplay
The game is a spin-off from the Saints Row series, which takes place after the ‘recreate earth’ ending of Saints Row: Gat out of Hell. The plot revolves around an organisation known as Mayhem (they are the good guys), founded by Persephone Brimstone and funded by the Ultor Corporation. Bearing the Saints’ purple fleur-de-lis logo, Mayhem’s goal is to stop terrorist organisation Legion from destroying the world’s nations. It’s a single-player third-person shooter set in a futuristic version of Seoul, South Korea, billed as “the city of tomorrow”. You control three agents at a time with a total of 12 to choose from – each with their own unique abilities and style. In the demo two of the four agents are women and the final game will have roughly a 50/50 split.
Trailers
You can watch the game’s official launch trailer above, or the later ‘Bad vs. Evil’ clip right here:
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