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In anew interviewwith MinnMax beginner Ben Hanson , old-fashioned - Vigil Games founders Joe Madureira and Ryan Stefanelli discussed a “ pivotal moment ” in their development life history . They could either make aSly Coopergame for the PlayStation Portable with Sony or developDarksiderswith THQ . you’re able to probably guess which pick they made .
Sly Cooper : Shadows in Time(not to be confused withSly Cooper : stealer inTime ) would ’ve potentially been a game for the PSP . The pair talked to Sony about a game where Sly would travel through time receive his ancestors and proceed up against a sentence anomaly that expect like an evil variant of himself .
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“ He ’s always talking about his ascendant , would n’t it be cool if you traveled through metre and really touch them and play alongside them , ” Madureira explained . There would be themed time period levels , with conception art showing one that ’s inspired by the Wild West , but there were also phantasy , gothic - set and prehistorical melodic theme .
The reason the game never went anywhere was because of Vigil Games ’ ultimate heat project : Darksiders . A big portion of the consultation discusses an E3 where the duo went from booth to booth assay to pitch the secret plan on an old monitor apparatus they cart around the show story . They were able to get a meeting with THQ , which was eager to discover an informatics that was standardised to God of War . It would makeDarksiders , but only if Vigil became an incorporated THQ studio .
Sony expressed pursuit for theDarksidersprototype as well , but it did n’t think Vigil could plow a dependable next - gen biz . The company suggest a small title for the PSP , which could ’ve beenShadows in Time . However , Darksiderswas the game they actually wanted to make , and without a firm contract with Sony , they lost their independent status and give out with THQ . Vigil Games made the first two Darksiders games , but waseventually shut downafter THQ filed for failure in 2012 . Madureira and Stefanelli would subsequently reform as Airship Syndicate and would return to the Darksiders series withDarksiders : Genesisin 2019 .
The Darksiders serial might be getting a new lease on life of its own . THQ Nordic let out a teaser during its yearly digital showcase for anew Darksiders project , although whether it ’s a remake , remaster , or new secret plan is nameless .
However , do n’t look new Sly Cooper projects any clip soon . The developers atSucker Punch Productions pronounce in 2022that it ’s focalize on other projects .
