Sucker Punch shuts down rumors about Infamous and Sly Cooper reboots

Sucker Punch denies rumors that it was working on reboots of the Infamous or Sly Cooper franchises. It is known for making movies. Ghost of Tsushima, said in a blog post that it currently has “no plans” to revisit either franchise.

The company cited a need to devote its teams to larger and more complex projects that require the “full attention” of the studio. “With our focus on our current project, we have no plans to revisit inFAMOUS or Sly Cooper right now, and no other studio is currently working on projects related to those franchises either,” the post said.

This clarification follows rumors that both franchises could make a comeback. In May and March, an outlet reported rumors of a new Infamous game following tweets from an “industry insider” AccountNGT that claimed an announcement of a new title would be coming this year. Andrew Goldfarb (communications manager, Sucker Punch). tweeted that he hoped that the clarification would put “some misleading rumors to bed.”

Although the studio hasn’t announced anything new, the post noted that Sucker Punch will be doing some additional work to keep some of its older games alive:

We know many people still play these games even today, so we’ll be performing maintenance on InFAMOUS 2 UGC Servers will be moving to a new place that will continue their operation. They will be removed from the servers eventually but we plan to keep them up for any players still using them.

We’re also working to put Cole’s Legacy DLC for The Second inFAMOUS Son (which was previously only available as part of the Collector’s Edition) on PlayStation Store in all territories for anyone who missed it.