In a new interview with MinnMax founder Ben Hanson, ex-Vigil Video games founders Joe Madureira and Ryan Stefanelli mentioned a “pivotal second” of their growth profession. They might both make a Sly Cooper sport for the PlayStation Moveable with Sony or develop Darksiders with THQ. You possibly can most likely guess which alternative they made.
Sly Cooper: Shadows in Time (to not be confused with Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time) would’ve doubtlessly been a sport for the PSP. The pair talked to Sony a couple of sport the place Sly would journey via time assembly his ancestors and going up in opposition to a time anomaly that appears like an evil model of himself.
“He’s at all times speaking about his ancestors, wouldn’t it’s cool in case you traveled via time and really met them and performed alongside them,” Madureira defined. There can be themed time interval ranges, with idea artwork exhibiting one which’s impressed by the Wild West, however there have been additionally fantasy, medieval-set and prehistoric concepts.
The explanation the sport by no means went anyplace was due to Vigil Video games’ final ardour venture: Darksiders. A giant portion of the interview discusses an E3 the place the duo went from sales space to sales space making an attempt to pitch the sport on an previous monitor setup they carted across the present flooring. They have been capable of get a gathering with THQ, which was keen to seek out an IP that was just like God of Battle. It will make Darksiders, however provided that Vigil grew to become an built-in THQ studio.
Sony expressed curiosity for the Darksiders prototype as properly, nevertheless it didn’t suppose Vigil might deal with a real next-gen sport. The corporate prompt a smaller title for the PSP, which might’ve been Shadows in Time. Nevertheless, Darksiders was the sport they really wished to make, and and not using a agency contract with Sony, they misplaced their impartial standing and went with THQ. Vigil Video games made the primary two Darksiders video games, however was eventually shut down after THQ filed for chapter in 2012. Madureira and Stefanelli would later reform as Airship Syndicate and would return to the Darksiders collection with Darksiders: Genesis in 2019.
The Darksiders collection may be getting a brand new lease on lifetime of its personal. THQ Nordic revealed a teaser throughout its annual digital showcase for a new Darksiders project, though whether or not it’s a remake, remaster, or new sport is unknown.
Nevertheless, don’t anticipate new Sly Cooper tasks any time quickly. The builders at Sucker Punch Productions said in 2022 that it’s specializing in different tasks.
