Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time gets a release date

One of Sony's exclusive platformer, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, has finally got a release date. It will be released on February 5, 2013 in the US on the PS3 and the PS Vita. For Europe, you will have to wait until March for the game. More details below.

The release date was announced on Playstation's official blog, which also mentioned that the game will also be available on the PSN Store on February 5.

With the game being cross-play compatible for both PS3 and Vita, people who purchased the PS3 version of the game gets to download the PS Vita version of the game free via the PSN Store.

Pre-order the game and you earn additional character skins. This is for US of course. In the Philippines, we will only find out if we do get pre-order treatment for Sly Cooper: Thieves of Time most likely either a few weeks or a few months before release.

If you're eager to test out the latest installment in the Sly Cooper series, you earn early access to the Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time demo if you get yourself a copy of the Ratchet and Clank collection.

Oh, and just in case you missed it, here's the latest trailer for the game coming from this year's Gamescom.

[ Source: Playstation Blog US, Playstation Blog EU]