Exciting news for fans of Sam Fisher: Ubisoft has not forgotten about the Splinter Cell franchise. The developer has recently added Steam Achievements to the 2013 release, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, signaling that the series remains on their radar.
The most recent significant update on the Splinter Cell Remake occurred in 2022, when IGN met with Ubisoft Toronto developers to delve into their design approach for the game. However, in a quiet overnight move, Ubisoft updated the achievement list for the 12-year-old Blacklist on Steam.
Ubisoft announced: "Agents, we are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Splinter Cell: Blacklist!"
The new achievements will be "retroactively earned for the accomplishments already completed in your game," but players must launch the game at least once to trigger this feature. "Once synced, the previously unlocked Ubisoft Connect achievements will be automatically unlocked on Steam," the team further explained.
In their effort to add these "retrospectively earned" achievements, Ubisoft opted not to include the additional 19 online achievements available on consoles, ensuring players can still achieve 100% completion on Steam.
The stealth-action series is poised to return with a remake of its inaugural title, Splinter Cell Remake. Details are scarce, but we know it will be reconstructed using the cutting-edge Snowdrop engine.
“20 years later, we can look back at the plot, the characters, the overall story of the game [and] make some improvements — things that might not have aged particularly well,” said creative director Chris Auty at the time. “But the core of the story, the core of the experience will remain as it was in the original game.”
Last month, Ubisoft established a new subsidiary company focusing on its Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six brands, backed by a €1.16 billion (approximately $1.25 billion) investment from Chinese conglomerate Tencent.
This news follows Ubisoft's announcement that Assassin's Creed Shadows surpassed the 3 million player mark. The company faced a series of challenges including high-profile flops, layoffs, studio closures, and game cancellations leading up to Shadows' release. With Ubisoft's stock price reaching an all-time low, there is significant pressure on Assassin's Creed Shadows to perform well.
