
Ubisoft’s legendary Sam Fisher would possibly’ve solely made cameo appearances throughout a number of reside service video games in recent times, he’s due for a while within the highlight. And fortunately for the sake of the sanity of all Splinter Cell followers, Ubisoft confirmed that highlight time was coming – again in 2021.
A Splinter Cell Remake is on the way in which, and that’s about as a lot as we’ve identified about it since that 2021 announcement. Updates about it have been arguably non-existent, although a brand new report would possibly’ve simply revealed a number of particulars.
Insider-Gaming experiences that based on its sources, the upcoming remake is being developed utilizing Ubisoft’s Snowdrop Engine, and the crew is taking a look at a possible launch date in 2026. Although the report does specify that the sources “didn’t wish to be held to that time-frame.”
Assuming that it started growth in earnest across the time of its 2021 announcement (or a minimum of in 2021) then a 2026 launch makes for a 5 yr growth time, which isn’t all that shocking contemplating how lengthy most triple-A video games take to make.
The remake’s growth is being spear-headed on the Ubisoft Toronto studio, which PSU had the possibility to go to earlier this yr to talk to the crew forward of the launch of Star Wars: Outlaws.
Although we had been there to speak Star Wars, that didn’t cease PSU (and each different member of the press in attendance) from asking about Splinter Cell, to which we had been advised that the sport remains to be “in stealth mode.”
Hopefully that doesn’t proceed to be the case midway by means of 2025, particularly whether it is meant to launch someday in 2026. Particularly since if the discharge date actually is 2 years away, then followers ought to in all probability hand over any hope of listening to extra earlier than the top of 2024.
Supply – [Insider-Gaming]
