Saints Row: The Third Remastered is Epic exclusive, original developer Volition is not involved

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Saints Row: The Third is getting a new edition as a 'remaster', which will be released exclusively on PC to the Epic Games Store on May 22, 2020. No word on if or when this edition will release on Steam, although we assume it will either be a 6 or 12 month exclusive title as has been the pattern with other Epic exclusive games.

According to the store description, the Saints Row: The Third Remastered will include:

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Remastered with enhanced graphics, Steelport the original city of sin, has never looked so good as it drowns in sex, drugs and guns.  

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All DLC included – All three expansion mission packs and 30 pieces of DLC from the original version.

According to the original developer's Twitter account, the remastering of the game has been handled by an outsourced company Sperasoft:

We don't know a huge amount about Sperasoft, except that they are responsible for work completed on Monopoly (2012) and Risk (2012).

I'm sure many of you already own the original Saints Row: The Third, as it was a very popular game that often goes on deep sales. Will you be picking up this new version of the game? Has the 'remastering' gone far enough to justify a new edition rather than a patch? And why not remaster Saints Row 2, which arguably is in much more dire a need of a remaster.

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And why not remaster Saints Row 2, which arguably is in much more dire a need of a remaster.

Truer words have never been spoken. The trend to remaster games newer than a decade old still baffles me.