The idea of a modern Splinter Cell game has been flying around for what feels like an eternity. The series has been MIA since Blacklist on PlayStation 3, and that released nearly seven years ago. Aside from a surprising cameo appearance in Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Sam Fisher has been out of action for the whole PS4 generation, but publisher Ubisoft has hinted once or twice that the Tom Clancy stealth title could be coming back.
Our latest clue comes courtesy of VGC which reports that a key mind behind the franchise is now back at Ubisoft. Maxime Beland used to be creative director on the series (specifically the last two titles), but left the publisher in 2019 to pursue a role at Epic Games. Now, he will be acting as vice president on the newly formed editorial team within Ubisoft.
This new hire doesn't necessarily mean a new Splinter Cell is a certainty, but his experience with the series is notable. Beland is now in a pretty high position within the company, and with Ubisoft seemingly making an effort to diversify its output, a new stealthy adventure with Sam Fisher doesn't seem too far-fetched.
[source videogameschronicle.com]
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Nice, if ubisoft want to diversify what is better than new pure stealth splinter cell games, it will be really cool if ubisoft make it like the first one rather than more action heavy like the last one
Also I'll take new rayman (2D or 3D) and new child of light please
Unless editorial team translates to creative director im not getting my hopes up
@wiiware the 1st and 2nd are still my favs because of this. Heres hoping
Metal Gear....
Oh, wait, wrong franchise.
Splinter cell blacklist was the best splinter cell games ever.great gameplay.graphics.and story.lets get it.word up son
The first 3 for me were the pinnacle of great espionage imo. The rest felt like they were trying to cross breed the franchise with an action movie. Just my opinion tho.
Then again I feel exactly the same about every ghost recon after Ghost recon AW 1& 2.
Everyone wants a new SC game but for me personally I don't have faith in Ubisoft anymore to make the games like they were back in the day. It will be full of Mrs LBs and they'll be like 15 different versions to pre order the ultimate edition not being that Ultimate (here's looking at AC Oddessy)
Would love a splinter cell game on ps5, more like the first 2 games, i enjoyed blacklist but felt it took some of the magic away from the originals
Sam Fisher is a lazy bum. He was in Ghost Recon: Wildlands anyway.
But not the director from the good Splinter Cell games. The first, up until Chaos Theory.
@Kidfunkadelic83 Completely agree, I still try and complete the original trilogy ever few years. I have a feeling the new one will just be another open world, live service game.
It's unfortunate that Ubisoft refuses to make games like how the first few were anymore.
I loved the original Splinter Cell games. I really liked Conviction and Blacklist too, but they were very different. I wished they'd just created a new Clancy IP for those.
Recently been playing 2016's Hitman and love how that series went back to it's roots after Absolution, but I don't think Conviction and Blacklist were THAT poorly received.
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