Saints Row IV Free upgrading to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

nice!

yes :)

Yeah, but the GOTC edition hasn't been that much more expensive than the base game anyways. Also Saints Row IV: Re-Elected will be one of the next freebies on Epic.

Nothing new. Saints Row IV: Re-Elected until now basically was the console version of Saints Row IV: Game of The Century Edition.

Saints Row IV: Re-Cycled

Epic Games Store account requirement, no other changes :P

Yes, it's the same for GOG and the game will be free on Epic next week

i think it will be still just an upgrade that you can select or deselect at your choice so yes

No. It's a replacement. All other versions will be "unusable".

All other versions and separate DLC will be removed from sale as of December 8th and will no longer be useable.

TL;DR version: No.

Michael Watson, Community Manager - Deep Silver Volition: Sorry, but it will never be available for purchase in your region. [>>]

Longer version:

I'll never understand why gamers from countries that engage in censorship, invariably seem to frame things so that the onus- or at least the responsibility- is on the developer/publisher, rather than the relevant governing board of whichever country is in question. There's not really much those releasing the games can do about censorship demands, since they're (rather intuitively) not the individuals pushing for such in the first place.

It's extremely rare that the publisher is behind censoring (though there are one or two major publishers known for doing it as a default just to avoid the hassle of butting heads against regional censorship; though in a sense that'd still be on the given country for encouraging such a response), and- afaik- it's almost unheard of for a developer to do it themselves (after all, what would developers need publishers for, if they could simply ruin the vision they had for their game development on their own? 🙄).

That said, all that's censored in the australian version should be a short drug-related mission being removed, as well as an anal probe weapon being removed, so it's not like you're fundamentally missing anything of note to begin with.

That said, an uncensored version WAS temporarily available to Australian PS4 owners, at one point, due to a glitch.. so perhaps you missed out, there.

So no, it's not at all likely you'll be able to get an uncensored version in Australia- of this or any other censored game- unless you succesfully petition for a change in Australia's morality laws (in line with how Germany recently reformed its own such laws). Well, though the censoring of SR4 in Australia did lead to some entertaining alternative ideas of resolution from gamers, so perhaps you can instead try to convince Volition to release the "Censored Australian Edition" in its full, proper glory: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1jq8lm/saints_row_iv_censoredforaustralia_edition_cant/

All other versions and separate DLC will be removed from sale as of December 8th and will no longer be useable.

I do not understand your concern. They are just including DLCs for free and adding crossplay. This is not a remaster and there are no graphical changes. Also, your saves will be converted, so there really is no point in keeping the old .exe. If you were able to run the old .exe file, this will be exactly the same besides the networking system.

A Legacy Version of Saints Row IV will be also be available via a separate Beta Branch on GOG and Steam.
To access the old version of Saints Row IV, right click on the game in your library, go to properties > beta and use the dropdown menu to select the version you want.
for more help with this: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/276C-85A0-C531-AFA3
However the differences between old and new versions will be minimal, and save games will be compatible.

i just got update for game 9.6gb (i think its whole game cuz i had installed before)
https://imgur.com/a/9EaNNpz
PS: EPIC IS INVOLVED