Rumor: This Year’s Ubisoft Showcase Will Show Us The Splinter Cell Remake

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Some fans believe Ubisoft has dropped a hint about the Splinter Cell remake.

Ubisoft announced the remake last 2021, but have been notoriously sparse in giving us updates on the project. And of course, when game companies don’t give us updates or reassurances about their games, it gives gamers to speculate wildly. But they may be onto something on this one, for once.

As reported by PlayStation Lifestyle, Ubisoft Toronto updated their Facebook header and profile picture, on the same day that Ubisoft announced that they would reprise their Ubisoft Forward event at this week’s E3 season, once again at June in LA, even after E3 has been ended permanently.

Ubisoft Toronto’s profile picture is the Ubisoft logo, but now themed green. The header, on the other hand, clearly shows us the lights from Sam Fisher’s iconic Multi-Vision Goggles, or as some fans have dubbed it, the tri-scope.

Ubisoft’s last update on the title, from 2022, did reveal that they expected the game to not be ready for a few years. That’s because they are making the game from the ground up, and that includes updating the story for a modern audience.

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell launched as an Xbox exclusive in 2002. Ubisoft’s developers have never been shy about getting inspiration from the Metal Gear Solid franchise. But unlike Hideo Kojima’s pet project, Ubisoft created a more straightforward narrative, that also brings it more in line with the spy fiction of its era.

While Ubisoft takes liberties with Tom Clancy’s novels, the novelist’s inspiration still looms large over the games they made with his name on it. Some people reading this won’t remember the time when Tom Clancy enjoyed a broader mainstream success, with four of his most successful novels turning into blockbuster Hollywood movies.

Those movies include The Hunt For Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, and The Sum of All Fears. Most recently, Amazon hosted a TV series called Jack Ryan, which featured Tom’s most popular