It was developed to promote and coincide with the North American release of Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time on the same date by Sanzaru Games.

[5] It was also released on iOS and Android in 2014, the first time an existing Sony game was ported to mobile phones.

[6] Three arcade machines are available to play on: System Cracker, Alter Ego, and Spark Runner.

In here, the Cooper Gang perform a concert to the metal version of the theme song of Thieves in Time as the credits show on screen.

By September, Thieves in Time was complete and ready to be shipped, so Sanzaru began working on Bentley's Hackpack in secret.