Cobra Kai will keep on keeping on as Netflix announced it has renewed The Karate Kid continuation series for a fifth season.

Season 4 of Cobra Kai isn’t even out yet, but Netflix wants fans to stay in its dojo with the early season renewal announcement. Season 4 is set to premiere in December.

Cobra Kai stars Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso decades after LaRusso beat Lawrence in The Karate Kid. Older and washed up, Lawrence and LaRusso’s rivalry reignites after Lawrence begins teaching karate and re-opens the Cobra Kai dojo.

The series originally premiered on YouTube Red, YouTube’s shelved original programming service. While YouTube Red was eventually shuttered, Cobra Kai was regarded as one of the best shows on the platform and Netflix took over the series starting with season 3.

IGN praised Cobra Kai’s last season as a delightful sequel that balances drama with utter ridiculousness. Or check out our analysis of how YouTube can move forward with original programming after Cobra Kai.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Cobra Kai will keep on keeping on as Netflix announced it has renewed The Karate Kid continuation series for a fifth season.

Season 4 of Cobra Kai isn’t even out yet, but Netflix wants fans to stay in its dojo with the early season renewal announcement. Season 4 is set to premiere in December.

Cobra Kai stars Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso decades after LaRusso beat Lawrence in The Karate Kid. Older and washed up, Lawrence and LaRusso’s rivalry reignites after Lawrence begins teaching karate and re-opens the Cobra Kai dojo.

The series originally premiered on YouTube Red, YouTube’s shelved original programming service. While YouTube Red was eventually shuttered, Cobra Kai was regarded as one of the best shows on the platform and Netflix took over the series starting with season 3.

IGN praised Cobra Kai’s last season as a delightful sequel that balances drama with utter ridiculousness. Or check out our analysis of how YouTube can move forward with original programming after Cobra Kai.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

The next Transformers HasLab project from Hasbro is Victory Saber, an absolutely massive new figure that will come to production only if enough backers support it before its campaign end date on October 10 of this year.

Check out the prototype images of Victory Saber in the gallery below:

According to Hasbro, Victory Saber includes the following:

• 1-inch Brain of Courage Brainmaster figure
• 5-inch Autobot Saber figure
• 8.5-inch V-Star jet
• 7.5-inch Victory Leo figure
• Sword of Justice accessory

If you're unfamiliar with Victory Saber, he's the supreme Autobot leader in the anime Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory, which differs from the Transformers lore you might be more familiar with. According to Hasbro, should this figure reach its backing goal, it will mark the "first time in 30 years" Japanese canon has been introduced "into the Transformers line."

The HasLab line has been used to great effect in the past to bring us the Mandalorian's Razor Crest and perhaps the coolest HasLab creation of all, the massive HasLab Unicron figure.

If you're keen to see Victory Saber in production, you can back the project now at Hasbro Pulse for $179.99.

Note: this story was updated to change the campaign end date to its correct October 10 date.

Seth Macy is Executive Editor, IGN Commerce, and just wants to be your friend.

The next Transformers HasLab project from Hasbro is Victory Saber, an absolutely massive new figure that will come to production only if enough backers support it before its campaign end date on October 11 of this year.

Check out the prototype images of Victory Saber in the gallery below:

According to Hasbro, Victory Saber includes the following:

• 1-inch Brain of Courage Brainmaster figure
• 5-inch Autobot Saber figure
• 5-inch V-Star jet
• 5-inch Victory Leo figure
• Sword of Justice accessory

If you're unfamiliar with Victory Saber, he's the supreme Autobot leader in the anime Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory, which differs from the Transformers lore you might be more familiar with. According to Hasbro, should this figure reach its backing goal, it will mark the "first time in 30 years" Japanese canon has been introduced "into the Transformers line."

The HasLab line has been used to great effect in the past to bring us the Mandalorian's Razor Crest and perhaps the coolest HasLab creation of all, the massive HasLab Unicron figure.

If you're keen to see Victory Saber in production, you can back the project now at Hasbro Pulse for $179.99.

Seth Macy is Executive Editor, IGN Commerce, and just wants to be your friend.

Marvel Studios is reportedly developing a Halloween special for Disney Plus, which may take inspiration from Werewolf by Night.

According to The Wrap, Marvel Studios has started searching for an actor to lead the cast of the Halloween special, which is said to be "centered on a werewolf character." The studio is believed to be looking for a "Latino male in his 30s," and it's noted that "individuals with knowledge" of the project suggested the character may be based on Werewolf by Night.

Werewolf by Night is the name adopted by two separate characters appearing across the pages of Marvel comics. The first, Jack Russell, debuted in a 1972 issue of Marvel Spotlight. The series ran for a total of 43 issues and one of those featured the first appearance of Moon Knight, who is now set to headline his own Disney+ show with Oscar Issac in the titular role.

The second incarnation of the character, Jake Gomez, a Native American with a cursed family, showed up last year in the third volume of Werewolf by Night. Gomez's recent appearance in Marvel comics may mean he's the one that fans may initially associate with the Werewolf by Night character, though it's unknown which version will star in the Halloween special.

The special is eyeing a production start in early 2022, so there's a lot of MCU to come before that. Marvel's What If...? recently marked the MCU's very first foray into animation. The nine-episode series will draw to close on October 6, with Hawkeye lined up as the next MCU show to hit Disney+ in November. Ms. Marvel is pencilled in for 2022 along with Moon Knight.

There's plenty coming on the big screen, too. Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is lined up to be the next Phase 4 movie, releasing in September, with Eternals in November, and Spider-Man: No Way Home in December. After that, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will premiere, serving as the first Marvel movie of 2022.

For more on Marvel's slate of projects and releases, read our breakdown of the biggest and most noteworthy developments happening in the MCU, on Disney+, and in comics.

Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Marvel Studios is reportedly developing a Halloween special for Disney Plus, which may take inspiration from Werewolf by Night.

According to The Wrap, Marvel Studios has started searching for an actor to lead the cast of the Halloween special, which is said to be "centered on a werewolf character." The studio is believed to be looking for a "Latino male in his 30s," and it's noted that "individuals with knowledge" of the project suggested the character may be based on Werewolf by Night.

Werewolf by Night is the name adopted by two separate characters appearing across the pages of Marvel comics. The first, Jack Russell, debuted in a 1972 issue of Marvel Spotlight. The series ran for a total of 43 issues and one of those featured the first appearance of Moon Knight, who is now set to headline his own Disney+ show with Oscar Issac in the titular role.

The second incarnation of the character, Jake Gomez, a Native American with a cursed family, showed up last year in the third volume of Werewolf by Night. Gomez's recent appearance in Marvel comics may mean he's the one that fans may initially associate with the Werewolf by Night character, though it's unknown which version will star in the Halloween special.

The special is eyeing a production start in early 2022, so there's a lot of MCU to come before that. Marvel's What If...? recently marked the MCU's very first foray into animation. The nine-episode series will draw to close on October 6, with Hawkeye lined up as the next MCU show to hit Disney+ in November. Ms. Marvel is pencilled in for 2022 along with Moon Knight.

There's plenty coming on the big screen, too. Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is lined up to be the next Phase 4 movie, releasing in September, with Eternals in November, and Spider-Man: No Way Home in December. After that, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will premiere, serving as the first Marvel movie of 2022.

For more on Marvel's slate of projects and releases, read our breakdown of the biggest and most noteworthy developments happening in the MCU, on Disney+, and in comics.

Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Netflix's September 2021 is all about returning TV shows, including Sex Education's third season, Dear White People's fourth volume, and Lucifer's sixth and final season. This September you'll also see a few new films drop including Netflix's latest badass heroine film, Kate. There's also Worth, a biopic starring Michael Keaton about a lawyer lawyer justice for the September 11 victims.

Check out the trailer for Kate:

The first of September also brings with it some classic films to Netflix's library like all four Jaws films, School of Rock, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Mars Attacks!, the first three House Partys, and both of Eddie Murphy's The Nutty Professor movies.

Despite the Saved by the Bell reboot streaming on NBC's Peacock, the original Saved by the Bell will be available to all Netflix subscribers on September 15.

September 2021 also marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the documentary Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror looks to tell this story from "al-Qaida's roots in the 1980s to America's forceful response, both at home and abroad."

Check out the slideshow gallery below for highlights of Netflix's September offerings following by the full list (U.S. Netflix only):

September 1

• How to Be a Cowboy -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• A Cinderella Story
• Agatha Christie's Crooked House
• Barbie Big City Big Dreams
• Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
• The Blue Lagoon (1980)
• Chappie
• Clear and Present Danger
• Cliffhanger
• Cold Mountain
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
• Dear John
• Do the Right Thing
• Freedom Writers
• Green Lantern
• House Party
• House Party 2
• House Party 3
• The Interview
• Kid-E-Cats: Season 2
• Labyrinth
• Letters to Juliet
• Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)
• Mars Attacks!
• Marshall
• Mystery Men
• The Nutty Professor
• The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
• Once Upon a Time in America
• Open Season 2
• Rhyme & Reason
• School of Rock
• Tears of the Sun
• Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

September 2

• Afterlife of the Party -- NETFLIX FILM
• Final Account
• Q-Force -- NETFLIX SERIES

September 3

• Dive Club -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Money Heist Part 5: Volume 1 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Sharkdog -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Worth -- NETFLIX FILM

September 6

• Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 7

• Kid Cosmic: Season 2 -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Octonauts: Above & Beyond -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• On the Verge -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Untold: Breaking Point -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 8

• The Circle: Season 3 -- NETFLIX SERIES (NEW EPISODES WEEKLY)
• Into the Night: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• JJ+E -- NETFLIX FILM

September 9

• Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• The Women and the Murderer -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 10

• Firedrake the Silver Dragon -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Kate -- NETFLIX FILM
• Lucifer: The Final Season -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Metal Shop Masters -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Prey -- NETFLIX FILM
• Yowamushi Pedal
• Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road

September 13

• Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 14

• A StoryBots Space Adventure -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father: Season 5 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• The World's Most Amazing Vacation Rentals: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• You vs. Wild: Out Cold -- NETFLIX FAMILY

September 15

• Nailed It!: Season 6 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Nightbooks -- NETFLIX FILM
• Saved by the Bell: Seasons 1-9
• Schumacher -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• Too Hot To Handle Latino -- NETFLIX SERIES (NEW EPISODES WEEKLY)

September 16

• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Jaws
• Jaws 2
• Jaws 3
• Jaws: The Revenge
• My Heroes Were Cowboys -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 17

• Ankahi Kahaniya -- NETFLIX FILM
• Chicago Party Aunt -- NETFLIX SERIES
• The Father Who Moves Mountains -- NETFLIX FILM
• Sex Education: Season 3 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Squid Game -- NETFLIX SERIES
• The Stronghold -- NETFLIX FILM

September 19

• Dark Skies

September 20

• Grown Ups

September 21

• Go! Go! Cory Carson: Chrissy Takes the Wheel -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Love on the Spectrum: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES

September 22

• Confessions of an Invisible Girl -- NETFLIX FILM
• Dear White People: Volume 4 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Intrusion -- NETFLIX FILM
• Jaguar -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 23

• Je Suis Karl -- NETFLIX FILM

September 24

• Blood & Water: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Ganglands (Braqueurs) -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Jailbirds New Orleans -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Midnight Mass -- NETFLIX SERIES
• My Little Pony: A New Generation -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• The Starling -- NETFLIX FILM
• Vendetta: Truth, Lies and The Mafia -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 28

• Ada Twist, Scientist -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! -- NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL

September 29

• The Chestnut Man -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Friendzone -- NETFLIX FILM
• MeatEater: Season 10 Part 1 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• No One Gets Out Alive -- NETFLIX FILM
• Polly Pocket Season 3 Part 1
• Sounds Like Love -- NETFLIX FILM

September 30

• Love 101: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Luna Park -- NETFLIX SERIES
• The Phantom

Coming Soon

• Baki Hanma -- NETFLIX ANIME
• Bangkok Breaking -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Crime Stories: India Detectives -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• Kota Factory: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Netflix's September 2021 is all about returning TV shows, including Sex Education's third season, Dear White People's fourth volume, and Lucifer's sixth and final season. This September you'll also see a few new films drop including Netflix's latest badass heroine film, Kate. There's also Worth, a biopic starring Michael Keaton about a lawyer lawyer justice for the September 11 victims.

Check out the trailer for Kate:

The first of September also brings with it some classic films to Netflix's library like all four Jaws films, School of Rock, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Mars Attacks!, the first three House Partys, and both of Eddie Murphy's The Nutty Professor movies.

Despite the Saved by the Bell reboot streaming on NBC's Peacock, the original Saved by the Bell will be available to all Netflix subscribers on September 15.

September 2021 also marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the documentary Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror looks to tell this story from "al-Qaida's roots in the 1980s to America's forceful response, both at home and abroad."

Check out the slideshow gallery below for highlights of Netflix's September offerings following by the full list (U.S. Netflix only):

September 1

• How to Be a Cowboy -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• A Cinderella Story
• Agatha Christie's Crooked House
• Barbie Big City Big Dreams
• Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
• The Blue Lagoon (1980)
• Chappie
• Clear and Present Danger
• Cliffhanger
• Cold Mountain
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
• Dear John
• Do the Right Thing
• Freedom Writers
• Green Lantern
• House Party
• House Party 2
• House Party 3
• The Interview
• Kid-E-Cats: Season 2
• Labyrinth
• Letters to Juliet
• Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)
• Mars Attacks!
• Marshall
• Mystery Men
• The Nutty Professor
• The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
• Once Upon a Time in America
• Open Season 2
• Rhyme & Reason
• School of Rock
• Tears of the Sun
• Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

September 2

• Afterlife of the Party -- NETFLIX FILM
• Final Account
• Q-Force -- NETFLIX SERIES

September 3

• Dive Club -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Money Heist Part 5: Volume 1 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Sharkdog -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Worth -- NETFLIX FILM

September 6

• Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 7

• Kid Cosmic: Season 2 -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Octonauts: Above & Beyond -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• On the Verge -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Untold: Breaking Point -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 8

• The Circle: Season 3 -- NETFLIX SERIES (NEW EPISODES WEEKLY)
• Into the Night: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• JJ+E -- NETFLIX FILM

September 9

• Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• The Women and the Murderer -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 10

• Firedrake the Silver Dragon -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Kate -- NETFLIX FILM
• Lucifer: The Final Season -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Metal Shop Masters -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Prey -- NETFLIX FILM
• Yowamushi Pedal
• Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road

September 13

• Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 14

• A StoryBots Space Adventure -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father: Season 5 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• The World's Most Amazing Vacation Rentals: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• You vs. Wild: Out Cold -- NETFLIX FAMILY

September 15

• Nailed It!: Season 6 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Nightbooks -- NETFLIX FILM
• Saved by the Bell: Seasons 1-9
• Schumacher -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• Too Hot To Handle Latino -- NETFLIX SERIES (NEW EPISODES WEEKLY)

September 16

• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Jaws
• Jaws 2
• Jaws 3
• Jaws: The Revenge
• My Heroes Were Cowboys -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 17

• Ankahi Kahaniya -- NETFLIX FILM
• Chicago Party Aunt -- NETFLIX SERIES
• The Father Who Moves Mountains -- NETFLIX FILM
• Sex Education: Season 3 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Squid Game -- NETFLIX SERIES
• The Stronghold -- NETFLIX FILM

September 19

• Dark Skies

September 20

• Grown Ups

September 21

• Go! Go! Cory Carson: Chrissy Takes the Wheel -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Love on the Spectrum: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES

September 22

• Confessions of an Invisible Girl -- NETFLIX FILM
• Dear White People: Volume 4 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Intrusion -- NETFLIX FILM
• Jaguar -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 23

• Je Suis Karl -- NETFLIX FILM

September 24

• Blood & Water: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Ganglands (Braqueurs) -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Jailbirds New Orleans -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Midnight Mass -- NETFLIX SERIES
• My Little Pony: A New Generation -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• The Starling -- NETFLIX FILM
• Vendetta: Truth, Lies and The Mafia -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

September 28

• Ada Twist, Scientist -- NETFLIX FAMILY
• Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! -- NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL

September 29

• The Chestnut Man -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Friendzone -- NETFLIX FILM
• MeatEater: Season 10 Part 1 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• No One Gets Out Alive -- NETFLIX FILM
• Polly Pocket Season 3 Part 1
• Sounds Like Love -- NETFLIX FILM

September 30

• Love 101: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Luna Park -- NETFLIX SERIES
• The Phantom

Coming Soon

• Baki Hanma -- NETFLIX ANIME
• Bangkok Breaking -- NETFLIX SERIES
• Crime Stories: India Detectives -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• Kota Factory: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Volition and Deep Silver have revealed new gameplay from Saints Row, and its shows that there’s still a little wild madness in the game, despite the more grounded nature of the reboot.

The new “Welcome to Santo Ileso” trailer, which you can watch below, is a seven-minute long introduction to the Saints Row reboot, with developer insights as well as a healthy showing of gameplay. While the overall vibe of the game appears to be closer to Watch Dogs 2, there’s definitely some of Saints Row’s more weird personality here. Enemies can be seen firing laser guns, and explosive helicopter battles and picking beef with huge, militarized international corporations is more akin to the Saints Row games of the past than the more serious-ish GTA games.

The city’s motto is also “Keep it strange”, which suggests that there will be weirdness, even if it’s not on the absurd levels of Saints Row 4 and its superpowers and alien invasions.

The trailer also offers a closer look at the main characters, as well as their adversaries. The Saints is a group of four friends headed up by The Boss, a customisable character controlled by the player. While The Boss has been shown to be a woman by default, the trailer does show a brief glimpse of character customisation options, and shows that a male protagonist can also be chosen, as well as a variety of body types.

The Boss is joined by Eli, an investor looking to make The Saints an enterprise rather than just a group of criminals. Nina is the group’s mechanic and getaway driver, and Kevin is a persistently shirtless wannabe chef. Volition emphasises that the group has “heart”, suggesting a sort of Fast & Furious family vibe for the reboot.

The Saints will butt heads with at least three different enemy factions, each of which has its own territory in Santo Ileso. Marshall is a huge international corporation that employs strategic assassins and high tech equipment - including laser weapons - and intends to secure areas and lock you down. Panteros, meanwhile, is a much more rough-and-ready gang that have bruiser-style troops and attack with melee and heavy weapons. The final group shown in the trailer are the Idols, a bunch of anarchists wearing deadmau5 style helmets that defeat their foes using overwhelming numbers and swarm tactics.

For more from Saints Row, check out our first preview, the first trailer, and the developer's reaction to the initial fan backlash.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Volition and Deep Silver have revealed new gameplay from Saints Row, and its shows that there’s still a little wild madness in the game, despite the more grounded nature of the reboot.

The new “Welcome to Santo Ileso” trailer, which you can watch below, is a seven-minute long introduction to the Saints Row reboot, with developer insights as well as a healthy showing of gameplay. While the overall vibe of the game appears to be closer to Watch Dogs 2, there’s definitely some of Saints Row’s more weird personality here. Enemies can be seen firing laser guns, and explosive helicopter battles and picking beef with huge, militarized international corporations is more akin to the Saints Row games of the past than the more serious-ish GTA games.

The city’s motto is also “Keep it strange”, which suggests that there will be weirdness, even if it’s not on the absurd levels of Saints Row 4 and its superpowers and alien invasions.

The trailer also offers a closer look at the main characters, as well as their adversaries. The Saints is a group of four friends headed up by The Boss, a customisable character controlled by the player. While The Boss has been shown to be a woman by default, the trailer does show a brief glimpse of character customisation options, and shows that a male protagonist can also be chosen, as well as a variety of body types.

The Boss is joined by Eli, an investor looking to make The Saints an enterprise rather than just a group of criminals. Nina is the group’s mechanic and getaway driver, and Kevin is a persistently shirtless wannabe chef. Volition emphasises that the group has “heart”, suggesting a sort of Fast & Furious family vibe for the reboot.

The Saints will butt heads with at least three different enemy factions, each of which has its own territory in Santo Ileso. Marshall is a huge international corporation that employs strategic assassins and high tech equipment - including laser weapons - and intends to secure areas and lock you down. Panteros, meanwhile, is a much more rough-and-ready gang that have bruiser-style troops and attack with melee and heavy weapons. The final group shown in the trailer are the Idols, a bunch of anarchists wearing deadmau5 style helmets that defeat their foes using overwhelming numbers and swarm tactics.

For more from Saints Row, check out our first preview, the first trailer, and the developer's reaction to the initial fan backlash.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.