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It ’s June , and to gamers across the world that means one thing : Game showcases . What was once the month of E3 has now been catch by Summer Game Fest , with case-by-case studio apartment hosting their own showcases across their various YouTube and Twitch channels , and this year already has a stacked roll . However , there is one event I am keeping an eye on in particular , and that ’s theUbisoft Forward .
After giving instrumentalist a right look atAssassin ’s Creed : Shadows ' character and story through a cinematic trailer in May , the preview for the Ubisoft Forward have focused heavily on showing more from the next entry in theAssassin ’s Creedseries , with the strong possibility that gameplay will be bear witness . There has also been substantiation that the previously announcedStar Wars Outlawswill appear at the event , which makes mother wit as the secret plan is due to be released this August and will probably have some kind of final lagger to cue players of the game’spre - gild bonus and dissimilar edition . While I am in person looking frontward to both of these titles , the trailers do also card " more " , however , andthere ’s one special claim that Ubisoft denote years ago that I am keen to see more than any other : theSplinter Cellremake .
In the mid - to - late 2000s , Tom Clancy dominated modern military gambling . With a new Splinter Cell coming , it ’s deserving revisiting the series ' golden age .
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Will Splinter Cell Finally Make An Appearance At Ubisoft Forward 2024?
The Remake Was Announced In December 2021
Splinter Cellis one of my pet secret plan series- particularly the first three , although I have revisit some of the tardy titles as well - withChaos Theorybeing my personal favorite , and its Bank mission being perhaps one of my most played foreign mission ever , due to just how cool it is . Therefore , when Ubisoft Toronto announced that it was working on a remake of the first biz with modern ironware , I was cautiously optimistic . While I was beaming Ubisoft was returning to one of my favorite series , remakes can be very attain - or - lack , but I was still keen to see more due to how far development tool have total since the original game in 2002 .
When the originalSplinter Cellwas released , its dynamic lighting mechanics were considered to be revolutionary , with Sam Fisher bourgeon out lights to make shadows and shape his own route around levels undetected . Of course , with newer real - timelighting progress such as ray - trace , this could wait dear than ever , and late rumors have state that ray - traced reflectivity and other feature add further obstruction for players to be considerate of as they exploit their room around the environments .
While the Ubisoft Forward divulge have focused heavily onAssassin ’s Creed ShadowsandStar Wars Outlaws , Ubisoft Toronto alter its profile movie and banners on social medium to Sam Fisher ’s iconic greenish tri - lense night - vision goggles around the time of the showcase ’s announcementas well , which yield me trust that the remaking could make an appearance at the issue . Word surrounding the game has been extremely sparse since its announcement , barring some concept art free as part of the original title’s20th day of remembrance celebration in 2022 , but with the game being in maturation for under three yr by this point , I ’m hop there will at least be a proper laggard or some gameplay footage , if not a release window of some sort .
Ubisoft has confirm that the coming Splinter Cell remake wo n’t be open macrocosm , which is a practiced sign that the project may be on the right line .
Splinter Cell Fans Have Been Waiting Far Too Long For A New Game
Blacklist Was Released In 2013
The late XC and 2000s were a gravid time for stealth games . We had theMetal Gear SolidandSyphon Filterseries , andSplinter Cell , but over the year these have gradually come to an end . Syphon Filterdevelopers Bend Studio go on to make grow the undecided - world zombie titleDays Gone , andMetal Gear Solidfell asunder after its creator Hideo Kojima parted ways with Konami during the product ofThe Phantom Pain , with Konami ’s sick - fatedMetal Gear Surviveshowing the studio should n’t carry on the franchise without Kojima at the helm , which is likely why the onlyMetal Gearproducts that have come out since have been port of the early games in the serial publication , and a remake ofSnake Eater , which will reportedly admit the original ’s audio recording and news report .
As forSplinter Cell , us rooter have been waiting for a raw unveiling since the exit of the divisiveBlacklistin 2013 , which I would debate was n’t actually that bad and actively seek to bring the series back to stealth after the more military action - packedConvictionby at least giving players more appliance and equipment and the choice to go through levels completely undetected again . I ’ll admit I did witness the voice change from Michael Ironside to Eric Johnson jarring at first , and the excuse that it was done purely for salutary functioning capture did n’t sit down well turn over other championship such asHitmaninvolved movement seizure , but also bring back David Bateson to voice its protagonist . However , once it was revealed in an interview on theUbisoft North AmericaYouTube channel that Ironside ill-use away from the role due to battling cancer , it became clear that this was the only choice the studio had at the time , andIronside has since return to the theatrical role inGhost Recon Wildlands .
Ubisoft has distinctly been cognisant of how democratic theSplinter CellIP is , as Sam Fisher has made further cameos in other games , appearing inRainbow Six Siegeand the badly - fated mobile titleTom Clancy ’s Elite Squad . However , the serial itself has been in limbo , which has been super frustrating , likely because its more linear level bodily structure did n’t fit out in with the sort of undetermined - world plot the fellowship was becoming more well known for . At least all of the titles - include both the Xbox and Xbox 360 versions ofDouble Agent- have been available via Xbox ’s backwards compatibility scheme , so I have been able-bodied to easy revisit them while waiting extremely patiently for a new entry .
Most of theSplinter Cellgames are also on PC , but with the light issuesPandora Tomorrowfaced over the years , Ubisoft has pulled the 2d game in the series from any digital storefront , meaning it ’s incomplete on the chopine . Maybe if theSplinter Cellremake is successful , Ubisoft could attend toPandora Tomorrownext and finally bring that back to all chopine again .
While it ’s unclear whether Ubisoft is using Ironside ’s original recordings in the remake , if he is generate to the part , or if another player like Jeff Teravainen - who voices the character inRainbow Six Siege- or Eric Johnson would take over the role move forward , just the fact Ubisoft is looking to the right way revisit the serial with a new departure that isfollowing the structure of the originalgives me some Bob Hope for the future of theSplinter Cellfranchise for the first fourth dimension in over a decade . Alas , now I just want to really see the remake in natural action to see if this hope is apologize , and hopefully , this will finally happen atUbisoft ’s event on June 10 .
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