Saints Row: the Third (also know as Saints Row 3) is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. It was released on November 15th, 2011 in Australia and North America, and was released on November 18th, 2011 in Europe for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, XBox 360 and Onlive. As in Saints Row 2, the player controls the leader of the Third Street Saints. The game world is the fictional city of Steelport and the story focuses on the gang war between the Saints and the Syndicate, a rival criminal group.