THQ has revealed at this year’s Tokyo Game Show that Tomonobu Itagaki, game designer behind the Dead or Alive series, will be a playable character in the upcoming wacky underworld action game, Saints Row: The Third.
Players will be able to customize their in-game character with various options, while Itagaki will appear as a preset character, complete with leather jacket and sunglasses.
Itagaki is currently working on a new game called Devil’s Third, which will be published by THQ, and will be available sometime in sometime in 2013.
Saints Row: The Third will be out on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on November 15, 2011.