The recent Sly Collection (an HD rerelease of the three Sly Cooper games) on the PS3 revealed that the erstwhile platform mascot would soon be returning to the PlayStation console. At Sony's E3 Press Conference today, Sly Cooper announced his triumphant return in the upcoming PS3 release Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time.

No dates for the upcoming game were revealed, nor was any in-game footage revealed (the reveal trailer was pre-rendered.. But if you like Sly Cooper and miss his high-quality platformer adventures and his gang of thieves, you can take heart: Sony is making another one… and that's what we know.