Rumor: Splinter Cell Conviction delayed until 2009-10

63 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski May 20th 2008 1:30PM
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure, Business

(Cue The Incredible Hulk "Lonely Man" theme after the break) According to CVG, the latest issue of Xbox World 360 states that Splinter Cell Conviction is going dark until late 2009 or Spring 2010. The magazine speculates Conviction was sent back to the drawing board after games like Ubisoft's own Assassin's Creed made it seem outdated.

Ubisoft's response to the story has been to pull a "no comment" and say that the news piece is pure speculation. Videogaming 247 states the last press release about the title (from last Summer) had Conviction hitting retail in late 2007. Some answers on Conviction's fate may be revealed at Ubisoft's UbiDays event in Paris next week

Read -- Splinter Cell Conviction 'back to drawing board'
Read -- Ubisoft refuses comment

Tags: sam-fisher, splinter-cell, splinter-cell-conviction, ubisoft

(Page 1) Reader Comments

ganrob: May 20th 2008; 1:35PM

I was really looking forward to this one, I think I'll play it whenever it comes out.

Kael: May 20th 2008; 1:42PM

I love the Splinter Cell games; it's disappointing that Conviction remains, ironically, unseen. The Lonely Man theme is an appropriate choice for this story.

Bleu: May 20th 2008; 1:58PM

I want it to come to ps3 I dont wanna play it for xbox. Come on Ubi do me this favor.

Phil Masteller: May 20th 2008; 3:37PM

I agree, no PS3 is pretty lame. Microsoft will have moved on to the 465 by the time this game comes out and the 360 support will be nil.

GreyFox: May 20th 2008; 3:46PM

I'm really looking forward to this one too especially since Conviction was complete balls (as is the norm with their Shanghai studio) and they apparently learned something from that. Not holding my breath though.

baby sea tuna: May 20th 2008; 1:38PM

:o

This is actually surprising news to me. I wonder if they're going to end up taking the Assassin's engine and just re-skin it as Splinter Cell. Honestly? I'd probably buy it if they did.

PojoMofo: May 20th 2008; 2:42PM

I would be all over that like Lindsey Lohan in liquor store!

PojoMofo: May 20th 2008; 2:42PM

I would be all over that like Lindsey Lohan in liquor store!

embassy: May 20th 2008; 1:38PM

this did seem rather similar to AssCreed. Though it looked more fun to me, werent they trying for the "bourne idenity" type vibe? hopefully they pull it off better than that bourne "game".

FOXHOUND: May 20th 2008; 1:47PM

Agreed.
As for the 'Bourne' videogame, it felt like the entire game evolved from the basic idea of "punch bots". :\ Nice idea, badly executed(no pun intended).

marauder800: May 20th 2008; 1:41PM

I haven't exactly been holding my breath for this game, so if the delay means a great game, so be it.

baby sea tuna: May 20th 2008; 1:43PM

Yeah, you're right about that. Chaos Theory was one of my top 5 games last-gen, but unless they were planning on making this one DRASTICALLY different than the yawner that Double Agent was, I don't mind waiting for them to get it right. We've all got plenty of stuff to play between now and then anyway...

Cyro: May 20th 2008; 1:48PM

Going back to the drawing board is not a delay. Its starting all over. I guess they realized what they had so far was shit and decided to make a good game now.

And if thats the case, Good! Take whatever time you need, but don't let us down.

potato: May 20th 2008; 2:02PM

About time. I was never a fan of the Conviction idea. Ubi already tried to "reboot" the franchise with Double Agent, and that sucked. The only good mission in that game was the very first one, and only because it followed the *classic* Splinter Cell formula. The rest of the game felt like an exercise in "hey guys, look how different this is!".

We need Sam Fisher back in his goggles, sneaking into secret military bases, blowing stuff up, snapping necks, etc etc. Chaos Theory was AWESOME, they took the classic formula, added a few cool bits, gave it a good story, and let it run. BRING BACK CLASSIC SPLINTER CELL :(

FOXHOUND: May 20th 2008; 1:44PM

:(
Really, this makes me sad... because any or all of the following will now occur:

a] They literally scrapped nearly the entire thing and will build up from scratch(which hasn't always been a bad thing - just look at DMC3/RE4).

b.1] Pending a possible 8/10 or higher score for this game; the "rabid" SPLINTER CELL fans(note how I distinguished from regular ones)will claim this game will bury MGS4.

b.2] Pending a possible 5/10 or less score for this game; the "rabid" METAL GEAR fans(note how I distinguished from regular ones)will claim this game will buried the SPLINTER CELL series. Why people even bother to compare these two games for reasons beyond the stealth element or the fact that they're games, is beyond me...

c] A laugh-in-the-face at even a mention of a Wii version.

baby sea tuna: May 20th 2008; 1:55PM

I can see how you could compare the MGS and SC games. While MGS is more story focused and SC is more mission-objective based, they are both stealth games...and that's not exactly the biggest genre out there (the only others coming to mind are Thief and that shitty jewel-thief-chick game..Entrapment, or something.) Comparisons are really only natural at that point.

Maverick Saturn: May 20th 2008; 1:44PM

2010????? Whaaaa! You gotta be kiddin :(

Fernando Rocker: May 20th 2008; 1:47PM

Damn PS3!

Oh, sorry... I read "delayed" and my first thought was Sony.

=p

baby sea tuna: May 20th 2008; 1:50PM

Oh Fernando, you lovable troll you!

Cyro: May 20th 2008; 1:51PM

I just love to see how you ask for it man...

xFenixKnightx: May 20th 2008; 1:54PM

Fernando, Conviction is a 360 exclusi...oh, I see what you did there.

Noshino: May 20th 2008; 1:55PM

uh...dude, Nintendo delays their games all the time, Twilight Princess, MK Wii, and Crisis (indefinately)....

slammed I am: May 20th 2008; 2:01PM

you have to admit that most of what he says is funny

baby sea tuna: May 20th 2008; 1:59PM

Oh shit, they delayed Crysis?!

Wait, was that supposed to be on Wii anyway?

Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376): May 20th 2008; 2:01PM

When was MKWii delayed?

Fernando Rocker: May 20th 2008; 2:03PM

Mario Kart Wii delayed? It was announced last year.

And Disaster: Day of Crisis doesnt have an USA release date.

Emophia: May 20th 2008; 2:04PM

He means Disaster Day of Crisis, which has been delayed... Even more.Honestly, when it comes to delays Sony doesn't even come close to Nintendo. Nintendo's the delay king.Which isn't a bad thing for either company, delays are rarely a bad thing.

Anni: May 20th 2008; 2:05PM

Attention anyone taking this comment seriously:

lol

xFenixKnightx: May 20th 2008; 2:11PM

Noshino

What happened to you? We missed you in the 'Haze gets 4.5 Poor rating from IGN' story. I guess you decided to skip it all together eh? Smart move because it got scary in there.

:P

Fernando Rocker: May 20th 2008; 2:14PM

Fenix

He was in Gamestop, cancelling his pre-order.

=p

baby sea tuna: May 20th 2008; 2:30PM

Holy shit, Fernando is KILLING today!

Noshino: May 20th 2008; 2:33PM

huh? cancelling my pre order? just because someone gave it a 4.5? I didn't know that I had the same tastes as that reviewer...

Anyway, no, I didn't go there because there is no point, sheppy and Vidi already stated what needed to be mentioned, what happened Fenix? still pissed over the other day? and Nando? pissed because yesterday me and sheppy called WiiFit is awful and showed you that Kinetica makes it look like shit? I guess that is why right afterwards you just said lol and logged off?

Knight Marquise: May 20th 2008; 2:34PM

BST...

LMFAO..you're right, Ferndando is on his game today. I haven't laughed this hard or long for a bit. Nice change of pace.

xFenixKnightx: May 20th 2008; 3:42PM

Sure Noshino whateeeeeeever you say buddy. :D Can you do this in Haze?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26744444@N05/2508661981/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26744444@N05/2508662037/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26744444@N05/2509490104/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26744444@N05/2509490050/sizes/l/in/photostream/

eclipse27: May 20th 2008; 3:59PM

i thought Wii Fit was released yesterday........................?????????????? Conviction will also be on the Playstation 3

Trev: May 20th 2008; 4:30PM

"Can you do this in Haze?" You mean walk and shoot with flamethrowers and mini guns?

minigun:
http://gamethu.net/News/Sap%2Dchoi/2007/10/3B9ADF49/11.jpg

flamethrower:
http://gamethu.net/News/Sap%2Dchoi/2007/10/3B9ADF49/10.jpg

...Yep, looks like.

xFenixKnightx: May 20th 2008; 4:56PM

Trev

Funny, even the guns look meh compared to Halo. Anyway you know what I mean buddy. Halo 3 has a TON of cool features that set it apart from any FPS. Don't go comparing the 'blandness' (reviewers words not mine) that is Haze to teh HALOZ! Hey Trev what happened to you getting the 360 Elite soon? =(

The-E-HD: May 21st 2008; 11:41AM

hey fenix can i ask you for ur psn if you don't mind??

xFenixKnightx: May 20th 2008; 5:10PM

My PSNID is the same as name here xFenixKnightx

NATO_Duke: May 20th 2008; 1:56PM

Honestly, I always get too excited for splinter cell games until I get them home. Then they don't get played too much. So this delay will be just fine with me.

baby sea tuna: May 20th 2008; 2:01PM

I guess you never played SC:CT co-op over Live, then. Damn shame cause that was probably one of the best 2P co-op titles ever made.

xFenixKnightx: May 20th 2008; 2:04PM

Never been a Spliter Cell fan, I tried the demo of Double Agent and couldn't really get into it.

carg0: May 20th 2008; 2:04PM

considering how forgettable D.A. was can anyone blame them?

Vohaul79: May 20th 2008; 3:58PM

Double Agent blew. I am a big time Splinter Cell fan..First 3 were fantastic titles. Double agent penalized you for actually killing people and hiding the bodies..WTF? I guess its fun to take America's biggest badass and walk around doing nothing and not hurting anyone. Yippee.
I didn't like the direction this one was headed in anyway. Ubi, Splinter Cell was fantastic in 1-3. Stick to that formula please.
I also hope this goes multi platform, played DA on my 360 (and was dissapointed) but now only own a PS3..Hopefully with the PS3 coming along they will reconsider the exclusivity.
As it was though, conviction's previous direction left me thinking, "oh well, hope MGS4 new 3-D camera will replace my stealth killing void"

Benny: May 20th 2008; 2:06PM

Slightly disappointed, but hey I'd rather play a completed and polished game in 2010 than and unfinished piece of crap in 2008.

deaftly: May 20th 2008; 2:11PM

Never even heard of Xbox World 360

Benny: May 20th 2008; 2:16PM

It's a UK magazine.

Chimp: May 20th 2008; 2:19PM

Hmmmmm...let's see how much they end up stealing from MGS4 :P

Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!): May 20th 2008; 3:03PM

Kinda how MGS3 stole some stuff from SC 1&2? CQC anyone?

Heck I love em both, steal all you want as long as they are good!

Shimrra: May 20th 2008; 2:28PM

Who still cares about this franchise? Thank Assasin's Creed for this delay.

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