Enter the Dominatrix Now Part of Saints Row 4

The planned standalone expansion for Saints Row: The Third, Enter the Dominatrix, has been merged with Saints Row 4.

Publisher THQ revealed to Euro gamer that Enter the Dominatrix has essentially been cancelled, with all of its content instead merged into the next entry in the hit franchise.

THQ president Jason Rubin revealed, "When I looked at the Enter The Dominatrix expansion in production at Volition, I was blown away by the ideas and desire to expand the fiction of the franchise.

"I asked the team what it could achieve given more time, more resources, and a broader scope for the project. We all agreed we wanted to play that game.

"When it comes to Saints Row, it's clear our fans want bigger, better, and even more over the top, and that's why Enter The Dominatrix will now be incorporated into a vastly expanded, full-fledged sequel, scheduled for calendar 2013."

Rubin also apparently revealed that the profits for the rescheduled production won't appear until the financial year ending 2014, meaning a release is likely to take place after April 2013.

Enter the Dominatrix originally started life as an April Fool's joke, before the company decided to pursue the project.  With its admittedly risqué content, it's not a surprise that the game will be merged with Saints Row 4, which THQ's Danny Bilson has warned will be "wilder".

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