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Joshua Wolens

Ubisoft remembers it owns Splinter Cell, patches Steam achievements into Blacklist 12 years after it first came out

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After a brisk 12 years, Ubisoft has suddenly remembered it apparently owns some kind of series where you do war crimes for the NSA. The company has just added Steam achievements to Splinter Cell: Blacklist, the 2013 stealth-action game that marks the last time Sam Fisher was seen alive in a videogame of his own.

This is part of Ubi's ongoing quest to add Steam cheevos to its voluminous back catalogue of games on Steam, the same one that's seen games like Assassin's Creed 3 and Watch Dogs 2 suddenly sprout achievements after years on the platform. I poke fun, but it's a genuinely good thing, and a sound bit of customer relations by Ubisoft. Some people care way too much—which is to say, at all—about Steam achievements. Also, I am 'some people.'

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