Video: Sam Fisher's rebirth in Splinter Cell Conviction

by Richard Mitchell { Jul 1st 2009 at 7:30PM }

Let's face it, Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher has traveled a rocky road. For a while he completely disappeared from the console scene. Sure, we saw him every once in a while, lurking in magazines or in a few videos (complete with Emo makeover). Now Sam has reemerged from his beloved shadows, and the developers at Ubisoft are here to share everything about his new abilities and the new features in Splinter Cell Conviction.

Check out the video above for a look at the new "mark and execute" feature as well as the "last known position" silhouette. And, of course, you can just admire Sam being a badass. Get to the watching.

Tags: splinter-cell, splinter-cell-conviction, ubisoft, ubisoft-montreal

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Alvin_Rod @ Jul 1st 2009 7:33PM

WHERE IS SHE!?!?
AAAAAAAAHH!!

WINterfang @ Jul 1st 2009 7:34PM

She better appear in the video.

Alvin_Rod @ Jul 1st 2009 7:34PM

oh....
myy.........
godd!!!
HAHAHAHA
good one, Joystiq!!

WINterfang @ Jul 1st 2009 7:36PM

LULZ.

Joystiq for the win.

Latin_Trident @ Jul 1st 2009 7:52PM

I haven't laughed so hard for a long time. Thanks Joystiq!

MuToiD_MaN @ Jul 1st 2009 10:16PM

Holy crap D:

Young_Nastyman @ Jul 1st 2009 7:33PM

YOU BASTARDS!!! THE UBISOFT LOGO!!!

Kinsey @ Jul 1st 2009 9:23PM

OMG It was classic!!! I thought this would get old fast but i swear I laugh harder and harder the more i see it.

Shmil @ Jul 1st 2009 7:34PM

I'm sorry I doubted you Joystiq, I thought she wouldn't be there.

sc00by_y00 @ Jul 2nd 2009 8:09AM

I thought no way as well.. Well done, you bored yet ?

Apollo @ Jul 1st 2009 7:34PM

I love you Joystiq........

SEVENim @ Jul 1st 2009 7:35PM

it just keeps getting better

Look At This Suit @ Jul 1st 2009 7:35PM

Well played Mr. Mitchell. Well played indeed.

Desecron @ Jul 1st 2009 7:36PM

ROFL, I heart Joystiq

Deadpool @ Jul 1st 2009 7:39PM

Guh...Wha...Huh...Wa?!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/sdZero/Deadpoolloosingit.jpg

supersonic159 @ Jul 1st 2009 7:39PM

LOL yesss!!!! I was really hoping something like that was done =D

Reinard @ Jul 1st 2009 7:39PM

Fucking brilliant, hahahahaha

ChuckBartowski @ Jul 1st 2009 7:40PM

Its not just the logo. If you look closely, its a split second at 1:17 left about.

ChuckBartowski @ Jul 1st 2009 7:42PM

Wait.... no maybe not. Crap it is stuck in my head!

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jul 1st 2009 7:44PM

I thought I saw her at 1:18 but it was the edge of a painting.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD;get out of my head!

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jul 1st 2009 7:43PM

Again...Clever girl.

Samzebian @ Jul 1st 2009 7:43PM

Best one yet joystiq! I was like "ohhh they out a video so they probably stopped the whole thing... bummer" until about 5 seconds later lol

WINterfang @ Jul 1st 2009 7:45PM

Talk about having their head up to their asses, great job hyping though.

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jul 1st 2009 7:48PM

Well Ubisoft has always been like that but in this case at least is something we can all agree looks awesome and looks like its going to have a solid gameplay unlike Assasssin's Creed whihc looked good but played like a tech demo.

WINterfang @ Jul 1st 2009 7:55PM

I haven't play neither Splinter Cell or Assasins creed because I missed last gen and have my new console for a few months, but this new splinter cell looks pretty good but jeez those guys get almost annoying.

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jul 1st 2009 9:18PM

Ac is from this generation.

When it was released it was huge disapointment,everything Ubisoft told us about the game was a lie but is still a decent Prince of Persia knock off.

I don't want to say I recommend it but is worth 30$ or at least a rent.

xtremeholymuffin @ Jul 1st 2009 10:02PM

It was very hit or miss, actually. A lot of people would disagree with you. Personally, I loved it, and I think it was definitely worth $60.

Jon @ Jul 1st 2009 7:54PM

lmao at the end of the vid i got a google ad for internet explorer 8 haha.

Jon @ Jul 1st 2009 7:55PM

btw i love this series and i cant wait till it comes out. its been out of the spotlight for too long.

WINterfang @ Jul 1st 2009 7:56PM

Me too, WTF? isn't Internet explorer free anyway?

I wouldn't know because the last time I used Internet explorer was to download firefox.

msuanderson @ Jul 1st 2009 8:04PM

expect the unexpected when dealing with DSG

chris @ Jul 1st 2009 8:22PM

allowing this to be to action focused will turn this into a average action game instead of a great stealth game

xblingdaddy2005x @ Jul 1st 2009 8:26PM

Stay on topic.

DSG is awesome.

Teph @ Jul 2nd 2009 11:13AM

chris, were you paying attention?

You aren't rewarded the 'Mark and Execute' ability UNLESS you approach the situation stealthily. If you try to play this like Gears of War or some fast paced action platformer... you'll likely get your ass handed to you.

Also, this game is all about how YOU decide to play the game. I've seen nothing to make me believe you couldn't play this like a classic splintercell... except now, when you fuck up and get caught, you don't turn into a total pussy and instantly die.

Before they were PUSHING the stealth a little too much by gimping your abilities. Now they're giving you the skills to make the choice yourself.

SithLibrarian @ Jul 1st 2009 8:08PM

This was the best one yet!! XD XD XD

tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 1st 2009 8:12PM

Lets just keep doing this forever, that way we can never talk about the topic of the article ever again!

Lieutenant Gunther (PSN: helghast102) @ Jul 1st 2009 8:18PM

= less fanboy warz

DSG is bringing us all closer together :D

PSN-Spacesuit501 @ Jul 2nd 2009 10:59AM

LESS FANBOY WARS+THE WEIRD GIRL FACE=ULTIMATE JOYSTIQ!!!

Zach @ Jul 1st 2009 8:15PM

Best one yet Joystiq!!!!

MaliceMajorE15 @ Jul 1st 2009 8:18PM

"you've got sam moving in such a way that he never moved before. he's doing moves that are just, you know- powerful"

who writes this stuff?

Teph @ Jul 2nd 2009 11:08AM

no one, you ass. They're talking candidly.

Are all game devs supposed to also be public speakers and professional linguists?

MaliceMajorE15 @ Jul 2nd 2009 11:20AM

Well you have just exposed yourself as a dickhead havent you. Well done for taking my comment so literally, its a saying its plain to see its not scripted. we all know that devs are suppose to wax lyrical about their titles but it helps if they convey it in such a way that it appears natural. and you genuinly believe that that is the way the developer feels about it. to me it just looked like he was just doing his best to lay on the superlatives, which he succeeded in doing- only lamely.

OptimumEDGE @ Jul 1st 2009 8:48PM

Lmfao. Straight up masterful Joystiq.

Masterful.

gummybear @ Jul 1st 2009 9:06PM

The start of the article says it all...

"Let's face it"

FireFighter214 @ Jul 1st 2009 10:17PM

I really like Splinter Cell, but didn't Metal Gear invent and define the stealth, action genre?

NoahTheDuke @ Jul 1st 2009 10:59PM

I always felt that Metal Gear made the first couple "hide and seek" games, but Splinter Cell was where the first (modern, at least (Thief!)) deadly shadows came to be. Splinter Cell really played with lighting and silenced weaponry, and never once did it have a fixed camera angle.

Noah