THQ and Volition have announced the Saints Row Initiation Station, sorry can I say that again? The Saints Row Initiation Station, so basically this is the create-a-sim that EA released for The Sims 3 a while back, The Saints Row Initiation Station (I said it again!) allows fans of the series to create, share and download playable characters for the upcoming Saints Row: The Third.

The Initiation Station will be available for free on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Windows in advance of the game which will be released in time for the holidays this year.

The character customisation has always been high in the Saints Row series, and this 'station' looks to make it even better, so whether you want to make a space man, ninja, cowboy or pirate the sky is literally the limit! Hopefully slightly more normal clothes will be available also.

Those who pre-order Volition's upcoming Red Faction: Armageddon from GAME will get an exclusive early access code to the Saints Row Initiation Station, prior to the release of the game.