Ubisoft teases 'big' Splinter Cell announcement
French publisher reveals teaser image depicting what appears to be lower portion of Sam Fisher's face, beckons community to "like" page to reveal more.
Ubisoft is gearing up to make a "big" Splinter Cell-related announcement. The official Facebook page for Splinter Cell was updated today with a stylized piece of art depicting a portion of what appears to be series protagonist Sam Fisher's face, and a message beckoning the community to "like" the image to reveal more.
No further information is available.
In June, it was reported that Ubisoft was in talks with Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures to make a movie out of the Splinter Cell franchise. At the time, it was believed that Paramount was the frontrunner for the project.
The image in question may or may not pertain to the Splinter Cell movie, but what is known is that a new entry in the game series is due out next year. Splinter Cell: Blacklist was announced during the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo over the summer. This game is due out during spring 2013 for the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 with Kinect support.
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unless the big reveal is a return for Micheal ironsides I couldnt care less
no Ironsides=no sam fisher = not splinter cell
cant wait for blacklist. its been a while since there has been a good splinter cell
its always like this facebook that, god i miss the good old facebookless days
Definitely Lambert's lips!
Something to do with the blacklist game I bet.
SoulsofDark
If only you were correct. Unfortunately, the "big announcement" was a dumb graphic novel. I'm done with paying any attention to game company's BS marketing. It's never even remotely interesting. Here's some info http://splintercell.ubi.com/blacklist/en-US/news/news_story.aspx?c=tcm:19-67036&ct;=tcm:6-231-32
When will we get a new prince of persia?There are so many splinter cell games.
free_milk I'm still waiting for part 2 of the "Prince of Persia" from '08 I believe?
They stopped to do that stupid movie tie-in and completely abandoned it...
Where is the update, Gamespot? It's a graphic novel called Splinter Cell Echoes, written by Nathan Edmondson and illustrated by Marc Laming. Booooring
http://splintercell.ubi.com/blacklist/en-US/news/news_story.aspx?c=tcm:19-67036&ct;=tcm:6-231-32
timmy0001 Is THAT IT????? I haven't read any graphic novels in over 12 years...Neither do I have any desire to. I'm sorry... But by my reckoning if its not directly about the game then its a waste of an announcement and is just playing on our desire for some good news about this increasingly lack lustre title to drum up more hits on facebook, particularly as they built it up so much. Leave that news for the actual publisher, Keep the dev announcements for the actual game details.
Stop f***ing around Ubisoft and get back to work...
who cares metal gear ground zero will put splinter cell and sam fishy to shame
Albaficas "Sam Fishy" is the best and most funny thing I have seen you post. If only you weren't such a troll... You are actually quite amusing.
Hrodwulf666 Albaficas
Lol also Sam fisher is way better then snake.Sam is actually a real spy.Snake just prones through all the guards
Hrodwulf666 didnt know i was trolling "at least for this post"
im telling the truth...this game will be forgotten once metal gear is released....there is no trolling in that
Albaficas Hrodwulf666 i guess it really isn't trolling when you don't know how dumb and fanboyish you sound.
Albaficas the new SC? certainly. years back SC and MGS were rivals, but there has been no contest since MGS4 and Conviction.
put Ironside in the role of fisher again, and please make him give solid snake a run for his money again.
PETERAKO snake was-is-will always ------->>>>>>>>>> sam fishy just deal with it and suck it up
PETERAKO lmk when ubisoft can make a good spintercell game again..... then we can compare him to solid snake or mgs
Maybe it's announcing that they haven't completely re-written and screwed over the character of Sam Fisher they so meticulously set up in the first 3 games.
Am I the only one who remembers at the end of SC 1 him fighting tooth and nail to not have to assassinate President Nikoladze because he wasn't "some damn political assassin", and felt it was wrong to meaninglessly kill people.
Well judging by the blacklist trailer, we see him kill about 18 people in the span of 2 minutes. Way to not sell out your characters there Ubi in order to pander to casual gamers.
@BuBsay Clearly those people had it coming to them. The mind of Sam Fisher works in mysterious ways. Do not question him. He will kill your ass.
BuBsay AND working and killing in the name of the US president... That's a double dip sellout!
It better be them announcing that Michael Ironside is returning as the voice of Sam!
Kr3isen They have a different voice actor because this Splinter Cell uses motion-capture technology that requires a younger actor who has to provide the voice. As Michael Ironside is too old he cannot provide the voice. However it could turn out like Hitman Absolution where David Bateson wasn't providing the voice but that changed and he now is.
@BCFOX @Kr3isen Ok, so other than being cheap bastards what's stopping them from doing just plain old voice to lip readings? I've been playing games long enough that I don't really care if the voice matches the lips.
SeAzhrei
100% agree. Look no further than Darth Vader...
BCFOX Kr3isen It seems likely that Michael Ironside was not dropped but actually decided to opt-out himself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL8aqy1z6c4
Have a look at the vid put together by a fan...it's easy to imagine from what Ironside has said that he didn't want to be involved in an overly-violent game and what Ubisoft said was just a smokescreen. Maybe they paid him a bundle to "endorse" Eric in the promo video...seeing as Ironside lives in Toronto, would he turn it down?
Hope you're right tho FOX, not likely but would be amazing if they took a U-turn
Kr3isen
I was thinking the exact same thing
Sam fisher is demond miles. Dum dum dddddddddduuuuuuuuummmmmmm!!!!
I looks like a concept art or a still from a 2D animation or one of those motion-comic things.
Either way, the announcement should be that they are going to actually make a good game for once - that actually emphasises stealth.
Anyone other than me notice that Sam Fisher seems to get younger in every new game?
I kinda wish this was some huge twist Ubisoft have planned, like this new Sam Fisher isn't really The Sam Fisher, after all he could be just a proxy, I mean this is a spy game right? Right? Too bad thats not likely they did state they needed someone who could do both motion cature and voice...
@GhostHawk196 Just come out and say it. You want there to be a Liquid & Solidus Fisher don't you? ;)
GhostHawk196 I hear you. But them saying it wouldn't work having one actor as a voice over and another as the motion cap is ridiculous, There's NO technical reason for this not being possible. It is just stupid and defies all common sense.
@Hrodwulf666 @GhostHawk196 Course there's no technical reason but there's financial reason, you know firms these days it's all about profit maximizing...but how extra would have costed them if they just took that effort? I'm sure them cutting this cost also in effect reduced its potential sales
Be hilarious if no-one liked it and it just stayed as an old mans stubbly lips..
I'm quite looking forward to the film personally, but that's because I've always loved Splinter Cell and am a guy that enjoys his movie-films!
If it sucks it's expected.. set the bar low and it can only be good :D
warhawk-geeby
Movie-films? Aren't they the only type of films/movies?
Splinter Cell is becoming a joke. Sam Fisher is aging and maturing in reverse, and that alone makes it tough to take seriously. On top of that, the story was laughable in Conviction. Resident Evil taught us about a game trying to be something it isn't, hopefully Ubisoft will see that and save the franchise before it's too late.
thereal-15-cent Agreed 100%
thereal-15-cent RE6 is 10 times better than Conviction. Still looking forward to RE7, but only thing Blacklist might have is a decent Deniable Ops. Of course we still don't know if Blacklist will even have Dops.
its solid snakes lips. cmon ^^
Ohhh...Spllinter Cell....I thought we were in for a treat for another 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' game.
I scrolled down and it looks like pretty much everyone feels the same. I'm sorry, Ubisoft, but it's time to let Splinter Cell rest in peace and look to new horizons.
Michael Ironside or GTFO. This series really went downhill after Chaos Theory. Why not just make a new main character or even a new franchise?
The big announcement this new SP game is somehow tied to Black Ops 2 story wise and this game will serve as a prequel. The direction Ubisoft is talking this game I wouldnt be surprised if they pulled it off.
its not a big announcement, its just a promotional post on a facebook page, companies do it all the time.
also why do websites get so excited about games turning into movies, we all know that they never do, and if by some chance they do they're gonna suck.
The big announcement should be that they're using Michael Ironside again.
Beaten by like 50 people but still, I had to say it.
Maybe the secret is that all this Blacklist footage up until is just a big joke, and Ironside really is still voicing Sam, and SC is still a stealth game, and Conviction was just a drug induced dream that Sam experienced at the hands of 3rd Echelon and now he has to wake up and realize he's on the run, his daughter and his best friend are dead and we get to play real Splinter Cell again.
I would die a happy man.
Seriously Ubi. Crazy as that is, it's no crazier than turning SC into the joke its fast becoming. I'll pay a higher price tag for the final product. I'll even buy dlc, if you'll just retcon the mess that was Conviction and bring back the real Sam Fisher
foxrock66 Amen to that. Although, to be fair, my Double Agent playthrough worked out beautifully without killing his best friend ;p
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