Ubisoft just cancelled a Splinter Cell game – and I'm about to throw away my Oculus Quest 2

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Ubisoft has just cancelled of Splinter Cell VR title that was expected to launch exclusively on Meta VR headsets.

The news a blow to Oculus Quest 2 owners who have lost out on a potentially awesome VR game. It could have leveraged a beloved franchise along with the budget and expertise a AAA studio like Ubisoft can bring. But it’s also a huge disappointment to Splinter Cell fans. 

The news comes from a Ubisoft earnings call(opens in new tab), where CEO Yves Guillemot announced that Splinter Cell VR, Ghost Recon Frontline, and two other unannounced games were getting scrapped. If you want to pore through the details, you'll need to fill in the details to access the call's audio file and skip to the 9.30 mark. 

Ubisoft came to the decision to cancel these games in order to reduce its operational costs and focus on what it believes are its biggest development opportunities. Based on other comments from the same call this most likely refers to franchises such as Rainbow Six and Assassin's Creed as they have outperformed Ubisoft's expectations, as well as opportunities in the mobile gaming space.

Splinter Cell VR was set to be the first new game in the series since the release of Splinter Cell: Blacklist all the way back in 2013. With this game now canned the next time stealth shooter fans are likely to see Sam Fisher return to action is in the Splinter Cell Remake. Although it doesn't have a release date just yet. 

Ubisoft announced Splinter Cell VR in 2020, where it also unveiled plans to deliver Assassin’s Creed VR. Both titles were being developed in collaboration with Meta, with the latter still underway. 

While no platforms were explicitly mentioned at the time many took this partnership to mean that the games would be