A new Splinter Cell game has been heavily rumoured for some time now, to the point where people were left wondering what happened when it didn't show up during Ubisoft's E3 2018 presentation. The conversation surrounding the franchise has been a little muddy for a while, but thankfully, the publisher's main man, Yves Guillemot, has clarified the situation.
In an insightful interview with IGN, the CEO explains why the series has been hidden away in the shadows for so many years. "When you create a game, you have to make sure you will come with something that will be different enough from what you did before,” he explained. “Last time we did a Splinter Cell, we had lots of pressure from all the fans saying, ‘don’t change it, don’t do this, don’t do that.’ So some of the teams were more anxious to work on the brand."
He goes on to suggest that the series will be making a return at some point: "Now there are some things and some people that are now looking at the brand, taking care of the brand. At one point you will see something, but I can’t say more than that."
Basically, it sounds like the publisher has been hesitant to approach a new Splinter Cell game until it could bring something new to the table and do well by the fans. It's encouraging to hear that it's now being worked on, but we imagine it could still be a long way off. We'll have to sit tight for now, but it seems Sam Fisher will be making a return.
[source youtube.com, via dualshockers.com]
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splinter cell blacklist was amazing.great graphics and that was on ps3.the stealth was great also.word up son
YES!
Just mission based and not open world, please...
Oh, who am I kidding? It's Ubisoft. They'll find some reason to make it open world.
@Giygas_95 yeah I agree. As much as I love Ubisofts open world games, Splinter Cell seems much better suited for a more traditional level structure
@redd214 I just find Ubisoft's open world structure really boring personally, and frankly I think the mission structure has worked great for Splinter Cell so far.
“When you create a game, you have to make sure you will come with something that will be different enough from what you did before,”
Well, they certainly applied that logic to Beyond Good and Evil! I assume Splinter Cell will be a football game.
One thing can be (almost) certain:
It ain't coming this generation.
Blacklist was the game that I enjoyed the most the past years. I cant wait for a new Splinter cell game.
I dont usually buy games full priced but this one will definetely be the exception to the rule.
Screw Splinter Cell, give us more Rayman ya bums!
I'm glad to hear there's something on a new Splinter Cell, even if it's far off.
I doubt it would be open world, but Metal Gear did it, so who knows.
Blacklist remaster and Chaos Theory reworking to tide me over please! 🤞
Just make another with the controls of blacklist and bring the og 3 splinter cell games and conviction / double agent as well.
I love being suited up head to toe in black hanging from a drainpipe with night vision goggles on while firing a sticky camera bomb.
Tease! Look forward to playing this in 3 years time. 😪
For the most part this has turned out to be a pretty damn good generation thanks in large part to the revival of Japanese devs and influx of plenty of great games since 2017. But one of the most disappointing parts of it will always be that we went an entire console gen without a new Splinter Cell. I can't imagine we see the next entry before 2021 and if the PS5 isn't out by that point I'll be stunned.
Not sure Ubi could make a decent Splinter Cell game anymore, Blacklist was complete garbage.
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