Ghost of Tsushima dev updates Sly Cooper website, sparking reboot rumours

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A recent update to the slypcooper.com website domain by Ghost of Tsushima developer Sucker Punch Productions has fuelled rumors of a revival of the classic platformer series.

As spotted on Reddit, the official Sly Cooper website domain was updated on March 4, which some eager fans have taken to suggest a new announcement for the series is imminent (thanks, GamesRadar). 

The domain remains registered to series creator Sucker Punch, further prompting some players to believe the studio is behind a potential revival of the series.

Neither Sucker Punch nor series publisher Sony has officially revealed any plans to reboot or remaster the Sly Cooper series, but this is the first suggestion that some kind of update may be in the works behind the scenes.

Notably, the slycooper.com website is still publicly inaccessible, meaning that whatever update was performed on the website can’t be seen.

Although official channels haven’t commented on the possibility of a Sly Cooper revival, if the series were to ever receive a reboot, 2022 would be a likely year for it to happen. This September will mark the 20th anniversary of the pastiche film-noir platformer, providing a fitting moment 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 Games.

The original trilogy has already received one remaster — The Sly Collection, released in 2010, ported the three games to the PS3 with updated HD graphics — so who knows what another revival could entail.

As eager as fans might be to see Sucker Punch return to Sly Cooper, a single website domain update doesn’t mean a whole lot. In the absence of