Splinter Cell Conviction team now coy about development

by Alexander Sliwinski { May 30th 2008 at 12:30PM }

And the Splinter Cell Conviction delay rumor-mill keeps on grinding. The latest non-conclusive statement about the possibility of a Conviction delay was made on the official Ubisoft forums in the form of an open letter from the development team. The group says that development is continuing well and they'll start showing the game in the "forthcoming months."

Rumors of Splinter Cell Conviction's possible late 2009 -10 delay began after an article was written in Xbox World 360. At the time, Ubisoft just made a "no comment." Then when the game didn't get shown at UbiDays, the publisher danced around the issue, but stuck with a release window of this fiscal year (April '08 - March '09). Well, E3 is in July -- also known as a "forthcoming month" -- and we'll be sure to pay attention if Splinter Cell Conviction makes an appearance.

Tags: delay, splinter-cell-conviction, ubisoft

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mr.ESC @ May 30th 2008 12:53PM

I blame the new emo technology Ubisoft is using for this game.The just can't help Sam Fisher from cutting himself.

PojoMofo @ May 30th 2008 1:06PM

that is why they took away his razor...

Mr.ESC @ May 30th 2008 1:17PM

In the beta if you left the game in pause Sam would cut his wrist and when you came back you would have to start from a previous checkpoint.

It was very frustrating.

Now you understand that if they released the game early they would have a lot of problems. They I'll wait to apply their new therapy technology so in the release is just matter of downloading Anti-depressant patches, letters from his mom and dad and some happy tunes to calm his angst http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9ZZgDqzAg&feature=related

DangerMouse @ May 30th 2008 3:00PM

emo-tech 5. heal your own wrist wounds!

PojoMofo @ May 30th 2008 12:54PM

meh...

Marty @ May 30th 2008 12:57PM

I've always been a fan of Splinter Cell... I hope they don't cancel it.

Mr.ESC @ May 30th 2008 1:03PM

I don't think so.In the worst case scenario this game would go multiplatform.

To be honest I'm not a fan of Splinter cell (As silly as it sounds I like more Syphon Filter but just the PSP games) but I would like to check this game as well.

Trev @ May 30th 2008 2:47PM

There was a rumor about Conviction going multi-plat months ago, ESC, but it hadn't come up since so I thought it was bunk. Still don't know, because delays really don't indicate one way or the other, but we'll find out eventually. I can't accept that Ubisoft would cancel what is probably their biggest title. Splinter Cell is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Ubisoft.

Kael @ May 30th 2008 1:01PM

Come on, Splinter Cell, you can do it!

tmacairjordan87 @ May 30th 2008 1:36PM

It's cause sam fisher refuses to work until the new 30 seconds to mars or my chemical romance albums drop.

Trev @ May 30th 2008 2:49PM

I'm not a big fan of Splinter Cell, mostly because I felt lots of the mechanics were useless. I think I used the split jump or hanging neck snap all of once, then found it was easier and more reliable just to shoot the guy. Metal Gear, which I love, was pretty spartan when it came to actions, but it always felt more streamlined.

I'm looking forward to this one though, and hoping all the changes that they made to the series make it feel like it flows better.