A current update to the slypcooper.com web site area by Ghost of Tsushima developer Sucker Punch Productions has fuelled rumors of a revival of the basic platformer series.
As noticed on Reddit, the official Sly Cooper website domain was updated on March 4, which some keen followers have taken to recommend a brand new announcement for the series is imminent (thanks, GamesRadar). The area stays registered to series creator Sucker Punch, additional prompting some gamers to consider the studio is behind a possible revival of the series.
Neither Sucker Punch nor series writer Sony has formally revealed any plans to reboot or remaster the Sly Cooper series, however that is the primary suggestion that some form of update could also be within the works behind the scenes.
Notably, the slycooper.com web site remains to be publicly inaccessible, that means that no matter update was carried out on the web site can’t be seen.
Though official channels haven’t commented on the potential for a Sly Cooper revival, if the series had been to ever obtain a reboot, 2022 can be a possible yr for it to occur. This September will mark the twentieth anniversary of the pastiche film-noir platformer, offering a becoming second for its return.
Debuting in 2002 with Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, the stealth platformer series went on to spawn two sequels on the PS2 and a fourth installment for the PS3 in 2013, developed by Sanzaru Video games.
The unique trilogy has already obtained one remaster - The Sly Assortment, launched in 2010, ported the three video games to the PS3 with up to date HD graphics - so who is aware of what one other revival may entail.
Evaluation: is a Sly Cooper revival doubtless?
As keen as followers could be to see Sucker Punch return to Sly Cooper, a single web site area update doesn’t imply an entire lot. Within the absence of different, credible sources claiming a Sly Cooper reboot or remaster is within the works, it’s greatest to stay cautiously optimistic about this newest update. Sony could also be planning one thing across the series' twentieth anniversary, however that may very well be as small as making the HD Sly Assortment obtainable on the PS4 and PS5 retailer (it’s at the moment solely obtainable on the PS3 on-line retailer) moderately than a full recreation launch. Regardless of the slycooper.com web site area nonetheless being registered to Sucker Punch, it’s unlikely the developer can have a lot to do with a rerelease. Sucker Punch left the mascot platformer style way back, creating the InFamous series for PS3 and PS4, and most lately releasing the open-world epic Ghost of Tsushima. The precedent of different builders engaged on Sly Cooper was set years in the past when Sanzaru Video games took up the series. Sly Cooper could strike many as an odd mascot to revive, however the raccoon thief was one among PlayStation’s most recognizable mascots within the early 2000s. Though he by no means fairly reached the heights of notoriety that Crash Bandicoot or Ratchet & Clank loved, Sly held a seat on the desk of Sony’s major IPs.With most of Sony’s unique characters now present in video games oriented to older gamers - Nathan Drake of Uncharted, Kratos in God of Warfare, Aloy in Horizon Forbidden West - and with more family-friendly characters from Activision (like Crash and Spyro) that had been closely related to Sony quickly to belong to rival Microsoft, a Sly Cooper comeback may make industrial sense.
