Ubisoft Files Trademark for Splinter Cell - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 December 2021 / 1,529 Views

The once popular stealth shooter series, Splinter Cell, has not seen a new entry in over eight years with the release of Splinter Cell: Blacklist in August 2013.

Fans have been asking Ubisoft for a new game in the series, however, we have yet to hear anything official. There was a report in October of this year that a new entry in the franchise has been greenlit by Ubisoft.

Ubisoft has now filed a trademark on December 6 for Splinter Cell. This doesn't guarantee a new entry is in development as it could be Ubisoft renewing its trademark.

Ubisoft Has Reportedly Greenlit a New Splinter Cell

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a series of stealth shooters with the original releasing in 2002 for the original Xbox, followed by a release on the PlayStation 2, GameCube, PC, and more in 2003.

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7 Comments

JackHandy (on 13 December 2021)

I wish they'd take it back to its roots. The original game on Xbox was amazing.

scrapking JackHandy (on 13 December 2021)

The last really good instalment, IMO, was Splinter Cell Double Agent on OG Xbox. Note that this was an entirely different game than Splinter Cell Double Agent on PS360, despite the name being the same.

JackHandy scrapking (on 13 December 2021)

Was that the second game? I only played the first one back in the day. Didn't get a chance to play the sequels because... I really don't know lol. Too many games that gen, maybe (I owned all three consoles and a GBA).

scrapking JackHandy (on 14 December 2021)

Double Agent was the fourth game in the main series (I'm ignoring a GBA spin-off to call it the fourth game).

Double Agent on the PS360 was based around the idea of a single agent that was under-cover (and, I think, gave you the option to decide which organization you were really working for, if not both, hence 'double agent').

Double Agent on the OG Xbox was an utterly different game. It was a deeply co-op experience (hence, 'double agent' referred to literally two agents working together).