According to GameSpy and posts on the official Steam forums, Saints Row: The Third is getting a free weekend of play on Steam. An advertisement for such says there is a pre-load option, however, it is difficult figuring out how to do so.
Steam has not officially announced a free to play weekend for SR3.
If you log into your Steam account and look under your account details you will see "Saints Row: The Third Free Weekend - Sep 2012, Complimentary." It looks as if the news was accidently released as pre-loading remains a mystery.
If indeed Saints Row: The Third is free to play this weekend Steam will surely announce it very soon. The weekend is quickly approaching and NoobFeed will keep you posted on the latest updates.
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Hi everyone,
I advise everyone to participate in this asap. As our review will show you, it's definitely worth it.
Hell, if you really try, you'll be able to finish the complete story within the weekend, though the sandbowx and multiplayer modes are pretty fun too.