The team at Volition has released the first developer diary for
Saints Row IV and while it's short it does contain a few new bits of game footage. The theme of this particular entry is that Saints Row IV is a love letter to the fans of the series to thank them for continuing to support the game and for allowing Volition to keep developing new iterations as the franchise because as creative director Steve Jaros says at the end "it takes a lot of work to make something so beautifully stupid"
I did get a chance to play the first 90 minutes of the game this weekend and I will admit that I'm not anxiously awaiting the game's release on 8/20 as the game had me rolling with laughter most of that time.