With a cryptic tweet featuring a close-up of NSA spy Sam Fisher’s rugged face, Ubisoft finally seems ready to reveal what’s next for the Splinter Cell series. What’s even more exciting is that the tease comes just days before the annual Summer Game Fest kicks into full gear.
It’s been 12 years since Splinter Cell: Blacklist perfectly merged the best parts of the older stealth action games and the smart modernization the 2010 reimagining brought to the series. But aside from the anime coming later this year and the odd references in other Ubisoft games, the publisher has been silent on where the series is headed since 2021. We know that a remake of the first Splinter Cell has been deep in production, but we don’t know any specifics. So ahead of whatever’s being announced later this month, let’s look at what a perfect Splinter Cell return could and should look like.
