Consider this: there hasn't been a new Sly Cooper game since 2005. A year before PlayStation 3 hit the market, developer Sucker Punch released Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves on PS2, and then the studio moved on to the Infamous series, was purchased outright by Sony and seemed to have left its old mascot behind. But that didn't stop a green, eager developer from attempting what, to many, would be completely unthinkable.
Without permission or funding, Sanzaru Games began working on a PS3 version of Sly Cooper. When they finally showed it to Sony in prototype form, the corporation was so impressed that they gave it their stamp of approval and their blessing to continue what Sucker Punch had started. Now, here we are in 2013 with a fourth Sly Cooper game -- Thieves in Time -- and needless to say, Sly Cooper fans around the world should be thankful for Sanzaru's daring, albeit flawed, gambit, as it represents a true return to the series they love.
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