While its rival, Grand Theft Auto, has made its rounds on and off the PlayStation Portable, Saints Row is yet to venture on the system. However, it seems that THQ and Volition look to change that.

According to the Swedish metal band, Opeth, one of their songs, “The Lotus Eater”, was given the go ahead to be featured in the upcoming PSP version of Saints Row.

“We may not like playing videogames all that much but we do like it when our music is featured on them! Makes us a bit proud even when it’s a game as big as Saints Row for the PSP… So if you love playing videogames: the game is expected to hit the streets around March 2010.”

THQ hasn’t given the official word on this yet. But, it looks like Opeth was a little keen on announcing their presents within the game. Anyway, lets hope they announce the game soon.

Many of us were left upset by the ending of Saints Row 2 because it left a room of questions waiting to be answered. Now, in a recent interview with Play, Volition’s associate producer Dan Sutton confirmed that there will be a Saints Row 3, but there was no word on if the game is already in production. It was said that the developers over at Volition were waiting for the fans reactions on the game to reveal Saints Row 3, but by the news we can already tell that they have received a vast amount of fan responses on the game. Along with the news Sutton also confirmed the game will have a “new direction”, other then the ones in the first to games.

“Well, we knew a lot of people were upset with the last one because they were playing it and it was like “oh gosh, I’ve got to wait for the next one”, but in SR2 we tie-up a lot of loose ends. I think we tie it up deliberately. We’ve already started work on Saints Row 3, and we have a new direction we want to go in with that which we of course can’t talk about. We wrap up a lot in this one. There’s no frustration.” -Dan Sutton

[Interview Dan Sutton on Saints Row 2 via Play]

Saints Row 2 is yet to hit the streets and yet two of the games developers are talking about a third installment into the series. Designer Scott Phillips and Lead Producer Greg Donovan had a nice chat with Strategy Informer about Saints Row 2 and in there little chat Strategy Informer decided to ask about the possibility of there being a Saint’s Row 3, and Scott Philips told them that they will wait until players put their comments out for SR2 and collect that stuff and start working on it then, hopefully.

“We’ve got tons and tons of ideas coming out of SR 2. I mean, coming out of any game you know things you want to make better and in addition to that, we’ll wait until players put their comments out and collect that stuff and start working on it then, I guess. Hopefully.”

Breaking: Saints Row 3 Confirmed

Today, on an official update for on the THQ UK website it revealed the collector’s edition of their upcoming video game, Saints Row 2. The Saints Row 2 Collector’s Edition will be available in selected stores and online when the game launches in October. The packaging is molded in the shape of a gun (not actually a real gun!). Inside the pack you’ll find your copy of Saints Row 2 along with all of this:

• 1GB Gold Bullet USB 2.0 Memory Stick
• Limited Edition Artbook
• Stilwater Map Poster
• 3rd Street Saints Poster
• Exclusive content, including buddy icons and wallpapers

Reports this morning tell us that THQ’s Saints Row 2 has now been delayed unlit Oct. 14 becuase of product quality and marketing considerations. The game had a previous date of August 26 but as you see there has been problems with the games marketing considerations. There has been no other information giving about the games delay at this time.

[THQ delays 'Saints Row 2' by nearly two months via Reuters]