An insider revealed the latest installment of the new Sly Cooper and Infamous is currently in development for PlayStation 5 and could be announced as early as September.
Sly Cooper is one of the iconic mascot characters that has had a trio of versions released on PlayStation 2 along with the titles Ratchet and Clank and or Jak and Daxter. The first three installments of Sly Cooper were all developed by Sucker Punch, the same developer who later created the game Infamous and most recently Ghost of Tsushima. The Sly Cooper trilogy had a pretty good ending, but fans were still excited to see the series return in 2013 with a fourth game developed by another studio, Sanzaru Games.
Many players, and possibly Sanzaru Games themselves, have assumed that Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time would be the prelude to a new Trilogy, but that is not the case. The game ended with many unresolved issues in the plot content. However, it was recently rumored that a long-awaited fifth Sly Cooper title is in development.
A source has now corroborated numerous rumors about a possible Sly Cooper game in development. Speaking on the Xbox Era Podcast, Shpeshal_Nick hinted that a new Sly Cooper game could be announced during the PlayStation launch event in September 2022. This information was apparently revealed to him by a source. inside. The developer for this new Sly Cooper game is yet to be confirmed but may have been leaked as PixelOpus, the studio behind Concrete Genie.
While none of these rumors are specific, they all corroborate the same story, which is a new Sly Cooper title to be announced at some point in late 2022 and PlayStation is planning a big game rollout in September. This also aligns with the 20th anniversary of the Sly Cooper series, making it the perfect time to announce a sequel.
There are also rumors that a new title in the Infamous series could be revealed at the launch in September. According to AccountNgt on Twitter, the same source who leaked information Sly Cooper for Shpeshal_Nick also told them about a new game. Infamous’s new announcement, maybe this will be a remake of the content. Shpeshal_Nick shared a similar Infamous rumour for 2021, so it’s possible this is the game that was talked about at the time and had the announcement quietly pushed back, until recently a bit. Rumors surrounding this game.
Both Sly Cooper and Infamous were originally made by Sucker Punch, but it’s unlikely that the developer Ghost of Tsushima is involved in any future projects in either game. However, Sucker Punch is said to be working on a new open-world title, and it’s still unclear if this is a sequel or a brand new IP. Sly Cooper Thieves in Time is available now on PS3 and PS Vita.