Could Sucker Punch be Hinting at a New Sly Cooper Game? Also: Sly Cooper Movie news...

From Sucker Punch's Twitter 5/4/16

From Sucker Punch's Twitter 12/21/15

​First of all, this is entirely speculation, nothing here is confirmed. However, I have a feeling that Sucker Punch may be working on another Sly game. I was strolling around online recently, and noticed that things have been pretty quiet around Sucker Punch. It's been two years since they released Infamous: Second Son, and their website hasn't been updated since they launched the First Light DLC. I recently decided to enter the 21st century by creating a Twitter account, so I decided to check out Sucker Punch's profile to see what's up. The first Tweet that caught my eye was from a few days ago on May 4th. To celebrate Star Wars Day, they uploaded a picture of (presumably) an employee sporting a Chewbacca outfit. Pretty ordinary, except for the fact that she's holding a Cooper Cane. BUT WAIT! That's not just any Cooper Cane, that's the cane that was leaked by Sony way back in 2012 that many believed to indicate a collector's edition. Perhaps its nothing, or maybe they have the cane because Sanzaru turned over development, along with related materials (including unreleased collectors edition merchandise) to Sucker Punch. As I dug back through Sucker Punch's Twitter history, I found tons of tweets with references to Sly Cooper that just seemed odd to me. While Sucker Punch never tried burying the series and continued to hide Cooper easter eggs in their games, they always did try to keep their distance from the abandoned franchise to promote Infamous, and to stave off all the harassment they received from fans like us! Perhaps I am way off-base, but never fear, the conspiracy runs even deeper!

​I would have probably wrote this off as being a coincidence, but then I remembered a 2014 Facebook post by Sanzaru which essentially declared that they did not have any plans to develop Sly 5. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time wasn't as much of a smash-hit as everyone anticipated, but it has, by far, been Sanzaru's most successful title to date. To willingly not want to capitalize on a follow-up opportunity, especially since they left Thieves in Time open for a sequel, is simply absurd. If they aren't in fact working on a Sly game, it certainly isn't by choice. A far more likely scenario would be that Sucker Punch, wanting a break from Infamous, decided to develop the next installment. 2016 would be the perfect time for a new release as the Sly Cooper Movie is set to hit theaters at some point this year (that said, there has been no news about the movie since 2014, aside from a recent interview with the producer who mentioned that they are still working on it). Again, this is all speculation, but I have a feeling that something is cooking over at Sucker Punch Productions...