


In the game, Fisher has been appointed as the commander of the new "Fourth Echelon", a clandestine unit that answers solely to the President of the United States. Series veteran Michael Ironside was replaced in his role as Sam Fisher by actor Eric Johnson. Blacklist boasts new features combining gameplay from Chaos Theory and Conviction. Main article: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklistīlacklist is the sixth installment in the series, developed by Ubisoft Toronto and was released on August 20, 2013. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist (2013) Conviction uses a cover system and adds simple interrogation sequences to the series. Ubisoft wanted to make the fifth game more accessible, so Conviction was designed around the new core elements "Mark and Execute" and "Last Known Position", while stealth elements present in the previous games were omitted, such as the ability to whistle, lock pick, and hide bodies. On March 18, 2010, the demo was released for Xbox 360. The game's release date was pushed back several times. At E3 2009, the developers confirmed that the "new" Conviction had been in development since early 2008, commenting that "the gameplay has evolved a lot" and "the visual direction is simply much better". Ubisoft announced that the game had been pushed back to the 2009–10 fiscal year. However, the game missed its initial launch date, and on May 19, 2008, it was reported that Conviction was "officially on hold" and that the game had been taken "back to the drawing board". The game was due for release on November 16, 2007. Main article: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: ConvictionĬonviction was officially announced on May 23, 2007, when Ubisoft released a trailer for the game.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow However, a remake of the first game has since been announced. No further installments have been released since 2013. The series had sold 19 million units by 2008. The series has been positively received, and was once considered to be one of Ubisoft's flagship franchises. Levels are created using Unreal Engine and emphasize light and darkness as gameplay elements. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a fictional black-ops sub-division within the NSA, dubbed "Third Echelon", as he overcomes his adversaries. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy.
