“Mike was one of the best of us,” McCabe wrote, “and the world is no doubt darker without him in it. Ryan McCabe, current lead gameplay designer at Archetype Entertainment, subsequently provided a moving tribute to Watson. Watson’s death was initially mentioned in a tweet by a Volition employee, which was deleted after a string of hostile replies from fans of the series using it as a springboard to complain about the recently announced reboot of the series. His passion for the series earned him a community manager position at Saints Row studio Volition, and saw him take the lead on an official patch for Saints Row 2, using the source code-thought lost until it was rediscovered in 2019-to restore it even more completely than his mod was able to. He was also responsible for the Sandbox+ mod for Saints Row: The Third, multiple elements of megamod compilation Things To Do In Steelport, several mods for Saints Row 4, and more. Watson earned his reputation as the master modder of Saints Row with a project that fixed many of the PC port’s issues called Gentlemen of the Row, long considered essential by players. Both Volition and Deep Silver have been incredibly supportive and have always given me the opportunity to leave the project with a solemn vow to make sure it gets finished without me.”
He continued working on the Saints Row 2 patch project, however, writing that “it is 100% my choice to spend my last days contributing to it.
Watson had stage four cancer, and the illness led to him stepping down from his position as Volition’s community manager in May. Mike Watson, aka IdolNinja, Saints Row super-modder and the senior community developer leading the Saints Row 2 patch project at Volition, died this morning, as confirmed by former Volition employee Ryan McCabe on Resetera.
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