Summary
TheSplinter Cellremake has been internally delayed, according to a new report from a well-known insider. However, it’s not all bad news forSplinter Cellfans.
Ubisoft announced the remake of the firstSplinter Cellgamein December 2021. Not much has been officially said about the project ever since, with fans still waiting for the company to show any gameplay from the upcoming title.
Ubisoft Reportedly Working on 2 Splinter Cell Projects
An unofficial update on the matter was recently offered by Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe, who claimed that themuch-anticipatedSplinter Cellremakehas been internally delayed, citing sources familiar with the matter. But the insider also shared some good news for fans of the franchise, having said that Ubisoft is supposedly working on anotherSplinter Cellproject, a remaster ofSC: Blacklist. The original plan was for this game to be released in 2024, and the company was intending to announce it in July, as per the same source. Why that purported plan didn’t come to pass is presently unclear.
Splinter Cell Remake Is Reportedly Nowhere Near Done
As for theSplinter Cellremake, Lippe claimed that the game is not in great shape right now, citing that as the reason for its alleged postponement. And while the work on it is said to continue, it is still too early to talk about potential release windows, the leaker said. Lippe’s report and Ubisoft’s years-long radio silence aren’t the only indicators that the project is facing difficulties, not least because theSplinter Cellremake also lost its directorback in late 2022.
While third-party claims of this sort should always be taken with a dose of skepticism, Lippe does have a decent recent track record of industry insights, having broken the story of the Switch 2 being delayed to 2025 earlier this year, in addition to correctly predicting the August 2024 Nintendo Direct. His latest report also saw him remark on the current turmoil at Ubisoft, stating that the company’s staffers are presently fearful about any more big-budget games underperforming.
The most recent title to do so wasStar Wars Outlaws, which Ubisoft itself acknowledged didn’t meet sales expectations in a recent investor update. Faced with this turn of events, the company decided todelayAssassin’s Creed Shadowsby three months, pushing it to July 02, 2025, in order to work on polishing it. Lippe said that Ubisoft feels confident in the game’s overall quality but was wary of player reactions to its current bugs, which is what motivated the postponement. Ubisoft’s own delay announcement hinted at as much.
Splinter Cell
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell is a series of stealth games that began in November 2002. The third Splinter Cell game, Chaos Theory, is considered to be the series' high point and one of the best stealth games of all time.A Splinter Cell remake is currently being developed by Ubisoft.
