On September 20, the Sly Cooper series is coming to PlayStation Plus Premium, the priciest tier of Sony’s subscription service. This will make the Sly Cooper games playable on PlayStation 5 for the first time ever, giving those with Sony’s newest hardware the opportunity to relive the games. In total, Sly Cooper fans have four games to look forward to with the big September 20 PlayStation Plus Premium update.
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On that day, PS Plus Premium subscribers will get their hands on The Sly Cooper Collection and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. The Sly Cooper Collection is as a compilation of the original Sly Cooper trilogy that was developed by Sucker Punch Productions, giving fans access to Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, and Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is the fourth game in the series, though it was not developed by Sucker Punch.
With Sucker Punch busy working on the Infamous games, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time was made by Sanzaru Games and released in 2013. Compared to the other games in the series, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time reviews weren’t quite as positive, but it was still mostly well-received by fans and critics. The game also leaves some loose threads story-wise, ending on a cliffhanger that has yet to be resolved to this day.
Rumors have persisted that a new Sly Cooper game is in development, but Sucker Punch has gone out of its way to deny those claims. The buzz surrounding these rumors proves that there is still some interest in the Sly Cooper IP, and so hopefully the Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time cliffhanger is eventually resolved in a new game. In any case, more gamers will be able to check the series out now that it’s coming to PS Plus Premium, and those who have already played the games have a chance to revisit it, for nostalgia’s sake if nothing else.
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