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Sony has confirmed that despite the delay, a Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

"Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will be releasing in February 2013 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. With a robust and diverse catalog of first and third party content launching this holiday season– including Wonderbook: Book of Spells, PlayStation All Stars: Battle Royale, Little Big Planet Karting, Assassins Creed III, Assassin’s Creed III Liberation, Madden 13 and Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified – we have decided to release Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time in February 2013 to ensure gamers continue to have a variety of content to enjoy after the holidays and into the New Year."

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Sony has announced that Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will now be released in early 2013. Despite previously being slated for 2012 , Sony broke the news that Thieves in Time will now be coming next year in the game’s newest gameplay trailer, seen below.A reason for the delay hasn’t been revealed, and it’s currently unknown if this will affect the release of the Thieves in Time demo , which was scheduled to be included with the Ratchet & Clank Collection later this month. We’ve reached out to Sony to clarify and will update with any comment we receive.Earlier today, Sony also revealed that buying Sly Cooper (and other games) on PS3 nets you the Vita version for free via its new Cross Buy promotion.For more on Sly Cooper: Thieves in time on Vita -- and exactly how it will interact with the PlayStation 3 version -- check out our impressions from shortly before E3.

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