It’s been 11 years since the Tom Clancy classic, Splinter Cell, has received an addition to the titular franchise. However, it seems that franchise will be receiving the remake treatment as its been confirmed that the original Splinter Cell Remake is currently in development.

The remake was announced in December of 2021, but very minimal information has come out about the game since then. Now, it has been revealed that after nearly 3 years since the announcement of the remake, the game is currently in development. Ubisoft did say that the game would be run on the Snowdrop Engine other major titles the developer recently released, namely Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Star Wars Outlaws, but producer Matt West has specifically stated that the game will aim to stick to the linear storytelling the original game set.

One of the things that, from my point of view is really exciting about this project, is that the last couple of games all of us have worked on have been really big worlds. What that means is that the economy of decisions is very spread out, whereas what I love about a Splinter Cell map is every square inch represents intentionality. Every square inch is part of a choice, or directly offers a choice, or has a direct ramification. That density of gameplay is at the forefront in Splinter Cell, and that’s going to be really, really important for us. The gameplay experience we are targeting is directly tied to what we want players to feel, to capture the essence back when we were all playing the original games.

Splinter Cell has recently announced and released a teaser trailer for an anime adaptation through Netflix, but Ubisoft has recently found themselves in hot water after allegations of sharing user data with Meta may lead to a future lawsuit, as well as the delay of the highly anticipated Assassins Creed Shadows and issues with investors losing trust in the developer.