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It looks like the Splinter Cell remake might be about to reappear after years in the darkSam Fisher’s return was sneakily announced two years ago

Sam Fisher’s return was sneakily announced two years ago

Sam Fisher is the protagonist of Ubisoft’s espionage stealth series Splinter Cell, which is being remade for a modern-day audience.

Ubisoft might be taking this whole stealth thing a bit far when it comes to their remake of the originalSplinter Cell. News of Sam Fisher’s returnfirst snuck out at the end of 2021, with little more spotlight than a brief blog post to confirm that, yep, it’s a thing. After over two years of near-silence, it now looks like it might finally be time for Sam to emerge out of the shadows.

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Typically, though, it’s not a given just yet - though the signs seem promising. Eagle-eyed fans (viaEurogamer) noticed that developers Ubisoft Toronto had updated their Facebook header image to an image of Fisher’s iconic glowing three-eyed night-vision goggles shortly after Ubisoft announced their Ubisoft Forward livestream event for June.

It’s worth noting that the image appears to be pretty much identical to the teaser image shown back in 2021, but after years of almost nothing - aside from the suggestion thatit’ll be a proper rewrite of the story, teased via job listings, aside - it’s something!

Maaaybe some news on Splinter Cell Remake.Ubisoft Toronto changed their Facebook header and profile picture just yesterday.https://t.co/6KUXYmGjjspic.twitter.com/bSwYCjbtkF— MauroNL (@MauroNL3)April 3, 2024

Maaaybe some news on Splinter Cell Remake.Ubisoft Toronto changed their Facebook header and profile picture just yesterday.https://t.co/6KUXYmGjjspic.twitter.com/bSwYCjbtkF

Ubisoft didannounce a VR Splinter Cella few years back, beforekilling it off a couple of years later- leaving this remake of the first game and whatever Splinter Cell nods find their way into free-to-play shooterXDefiantas the current vestiges of the series. When the remake was announced, creative director Chris Auty said that it would lay the foundations for “the future of Splinter Cell”, so maybe it’ll be a veritable flood of news after a decade-long drought.

June 10th is when we may hear more during Ubisoft’s Forward event - and what’s a couple more months to wait after years of radio silence?