Sucker Punch Productionshas consistently been one of the PlayStation’s top studios, putting out hits like theSly Cooperplatforming series, the open world action gamesInfamous, and most recently, open world samurai gameGhost of Tsushima.Sucker Punch’s next game is rumored to be aGhost of Tsushimasequel, but nothing official has been announced. While we don’t know what Sucker Punch’s next game is in an official capacity, we do know what it won’t be, thanks to a recent post by the studio.
Sucker Punch published a post today announcing maintenance forInfamous 2’s User Generated Content so that players will still be able to access them for a bit longer. Sucker Punch confirmed that, at some point, theInfamous 2UGC servers will have to be shut down, though it didn’t provide a window for when that may happen. On the bright side, it also confirmed that the Cole’s Legacy DLC forInfamous: Second Sonmay be coming to the PlayStation Store at some point down the line. Previously, the Cole’s Legacy DLC was only available to those with theInfamous: Second SonCollector’s Edition.
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As far as a newInfamousgame goes, Sucker Punch confirmed in the post that it does not have any plans to revisitInfamousat this time. It added that it also has no plans to make anewSly Coopergameyet either. Not only that, but Sucker Punch also shot down the persistent rumors that other studios have been given the reins to make newInfamousandSly Coopergames instead. This is likely very disappointing news for fans of those franchise, especially since the rumors had come from fairly reliable sources. “These characters are very special and near and dear to our hearts, so while we’d never say never to re-opening those doors down the road, for now there are no inFAMOUS or Sly Cooper games in development,” Sucker Punch said.
It was easy to believe the rumors about a newSly Coopergame being in development. After all, Sucker Punch Productions didn’t even develop the latest game in the series. Development of 2013’sSly Cooper: Thieves in Timewas instead handled by Sanzaru Games, which has since beenacquired by Facebook to make games for Meta virtual reality devices.
The rumor was that Sony had nevertheless found a different studio to make the nextSly Coopergame while Sucker Punch was busy making theGhost of Tsushimasequel. According to the rumor,Concrete Geniedeveloper PixelOpus was making the newSly Coopergame, with a possible reveal to take place at the rumored PlayStation State of Play event that’s expected to happen in September. It’s rare for game studios to directly address rumors like this, so Sucker Punch making this statement means that these rumors were almost certainly based on false information.
