Today, Sony released a short, 16 second advertisement on the PlayStation YouTube channel. You can watch it below.
The woman seen at the desk in the story appears to be the same woman from the famous Michael Ad that Sony released last year, celebrating some of Sony’s characters and a gamer named Michael who assisted them all on their adventures.
The Michael ad was over two minutes long however, making this tease, called “The Reload,” far shorter. And there are some clues in the video that indicate what Sony could be teasing.
At the outset of the video, there are a couple of things worth nothing. There’s a clock on the wall next to the mysterious figure at the desk, with the PlayStation’s four controller symbols on it. Additionally, there’s a sign on the desk that says SARU! GET YOU!, a reference to Sony’s Ape Escape franchise.
But perhaps the biggest feature of the short clip is when the power goes out, and you hear that telltale electrical sound that indicates Cole from Infamous may be nearby. The woman at the desk looks up at whoever is there, almost disappointed, as she basks in the glow of the electricity.
The date shown at the end of the ad is October 23, 2012, which is the date the new PlayStation Store design is set to go live in North America. The title of the video, along with this date, would indicate that this is the most obvious answer to what the video is teasing.
However, the connection to the Michael ad could mean a continuation of that ad campaign, perhaps with the introduction of some new characters. Maybe it's even an early PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale teaser.
Then again, the fleeting hope of most of the PlayStation faithful -- however unlikely -- is that the allusion to Cole at the end means that we'll be hearing about a new Infamous game.
Colin Moriarty is an IGN PlayStation editor. You can follow him on Twitter and IGN and learn just how sad the life of a New York Islanders and New York Jets fan can be.
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