Speaking at the Gamercamp festival in Toronto, Splinter Cell: Blacklist director Patrick Redding echoed the notion that many industry members have stated before him, that the industry industry is moving away from the high budget blockbuster model. GamesIndustryBiz report that Redding believes the videogames industry is experiencing a “critical shift in priorities,” away from games that are based on a high…
Ubisoft will partner with renowned writer Nathan Edmondson and artist Marc Laming to create a graphic novel based on Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell franchise. Splinter Cell Echoes is said to, “introduce readers to new facets of Sam Fisher and will explore the Splinter Cell universe from a fresh perspective,” states the press release. The novel will be available next year…
Sam gets sneaky and kills some bad guys in this new trailer from Ubisoft’s next entry into the Splinter Cell franchise. The game is available as a limited ‘Upper Echelon Edition’ pre-order featuring bonus content, including an additional mission.
Ubisoft have decided to release the extended walkthrough from Splinter Cell Blacklist’s E3 showing now only. We’re not really complaining though as it looks rather fantastic. Now we just need to wait around for the game’s estimated “spring 2013” launch.
Splinter Cell Blacklist trailer as seen before, but now with pop-ups. So more info! More intel! Get the game in “Spring” [Northern Hemisphere] 2013 on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.
Online retailers are awesome, they’re almost always first with the news – even before the official announcement gets made. This time around, Amazon UK has listed the next Splinter Cell for March 2013 along with the ‘Upper Echelon Edition’. The listing has been removed since CVG reported on it. The ‘Upper Echelon Edition’ will feature DLC which includes a special…
Well, one has to say that the Ubisoft briefing certainly started off with the highest energy levels of the evening so far. Kicking off with Just Dance 4, cheerleaders, Flo Rida and Aisha Tyler certainly piqued the interest. And then bam! Far Cry 3. Gorgeous graphics. Insanity. Killing. Drugs. Not a game for your children clearly. Sam’s back. As I…
Well, that was frankly all a little underwhelming. Xbox’s press conference proved a little disappointing with almost no real thrills and spills and certainly no surprises. Had they maybe not let the cat out of the bag early on Gears of War, they would’ve maintained a genuine trump card. As it stands, one can only suspect that this E3 –…
The first screens from the new Splinter Cell – whether it’s called Black List or Splinter Cell 6 – have hit the internet. Sam’s back and he looks ready for action. [Source]