X06: MS gets Bioshock, Splinter Cell 5 exclusivity

Irrational Games shooter and Ubisoft sequel to Double Agent locked down for Xbox 360, PC.

Microsoft kicked off its X06 event in Barcelona today with an array of big announcements at its media briefing, not the least of which was a pair of anticipated titles becoming exclusives for the Xbox 360 and PC.

First off, Microsoft snatched up exclusivity on Irrational Games' Bioshock. Chosen by GameSpot editors earlier this year as the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2006 Game of the Show, Bioshock was previously slated to be released on the PC and "next-generation console systems." An Xbox 360 version was shown behind closed doors at the event.

Another big exclusivity announcement from the media briefing was that the next installment of Splinter Cell would be coming only for Microsoft's next-gen console and the PC. And by "next installment," Microsoft didn't mean Splinter Cell: Double Agent, which hits multiple platforms later this year and was shown off with a new trailer. It was referring to the Splinter Cell game after Double Agent, which came to light just last week when assets for a whole slate of Ubisoft titles, including Splinter Cell 5, accidentally hit the Web.

Bioshock is expected to release next spring, while the next installment of Splinter Cell has not been officially named or dated. For more news from the media briefing, check out GameSpot's live blog of the event.

283 Comments

  • Ravi_1900

    Posted Jan 17, 2008 5:38 am PT

    GT is a unplayable game. The car always drift sideways off road. I mean its not for everyone. MGS and Final fantasy are although amazing.

  • Bio-G

    Posted Jan 12, 2008 1:47 am PT

    admiral... try more llke... mmm haze, GT5, final fantasy and o yea the BEST METAL GEARS SOLID!!! now before somebody jumps to conclusion im not a fanboy!! i dont like when people talk sh.. about ones console... HYPOCRITES!!

  • guile_charlie

    Posted Jan 8, 2008 12:06 pm PT

    NOOOO!!!!! DAMNIT!!!! 360 EXCLUSIVITY!!!!! I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO NOT HAVING TO BUY A 360, BUT, NOOOO!!!!!!! I FINALLY GOT MY PS3 JUST A WEEK AGO AND NOW ONE OF MY PERSONALLY MOST ANTICIPATED GAMES IS EXCLUSIVE TO 360!!!! I HOPE UBISOFT CHANGES THIS SOMEHOW....JUST SOMEHOW!!!

  • PS360Fanboy

    Posted Oct 20, 2007 1:48 pm PT

    I was looking forward to playing SC:Conviction on the PS3, oh well back to my trusty XboX

  • club-sandwich

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 12:31 pm PT

    Why cows keep saying that BioShock is comming to PS3?

  • spartanlink117

    Posted Aug 16, 2007 4:35 am PT

    i miss the old splinter cell..hopefully it wont be like double agent..i want this one to be more like chaos theory..and what happened to the co-op campaign?

  • Admiral_Stealth

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 3:55 pm PT

    I love the way microsoft supports its consoles by getting as many good games as it can. I'm sure sony does too. I mean they have Resistance and... uh... they have... uh... hm. Well at least you have Resistance.

  • HVPinc

    Posted May 18, 2007 7:41 pm PT

    Damn i love MS. Couldn't be happier. So long as they don't make the mistake of arrogance in the form of over pricing everything, like sony, they will take this gen and the next. (and i don't consider marketplace and quality online a part of overarrogance. )

  • Satsin

    Posted May 14, 2007 12:01 am PT

    I don't think the bearded man we see now is what drew us to the series before, it was the always masked Sam Fisher, not a loser who flashes his face all around, what happened to the STEALTH???!!!!!!

  • Cobretti1818

    Posted May 1, 2007 6:06 pm PT

    Well, I am a PC gamer so I guess this is good news. However, MS certainly seems to be buying the industry which I don't think is a terribly good thing for anyone.

  • snicher

    Posted Apr 27, 2007 10:10 am PT

    Microsoft is the king of A-HOLES!!!!

  • sierrita2

    Posted Apr 24, 2007 8:06 pm PT

    ECXELENT MS HAS DONE GREAT WITH SPLINTER CELL I AM A BIG FAN OF THIS SERIES ANOTHER REASON WHY NOT TO BUY A PS3, EAT SH"ยท$!$"%"$ SONY.

  • Nstl

    Posted Apr 20, 2007 6:06 am PT

    Yes i will buy a PS3 and a Pc, then i can play all the good games:-)))) And its good that all games on xbox are coming too PS3:-)

  • kaziechameleon

    Posted Apr 2, 2007 4:19 pm PT

    i've been a huge splinter cell fan the the series seems to have climaxed with chaos theory. double agent despite the effort feels like a more disjointed game than the predessesor, even with some exceptional level design.

  • zellwwf

    Posted Mar 9, 2007 4:59 am PT

    cell-5,conviction!!!!I
    love
    that
    game!!!

  • tarektaha

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 3:10 am PT

    Big win for MS$ and the Xbox 360 Viva la Achievements!

  • kaziechameleon

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 1:29 pm PT

    this means one thing, if the game is indeed exclusive then it will look better, the porting process really effects the quality of visuals look at brothers in arms. ew.

  • i-am-sparticus

    Posted Jan 17, 2007 2:18 pm PT

    sweet!!!!! this is going to be awesome.... whats bioshock?

  • justcause959

    Posted Jan 17, 2007 10:39 am PT

    I don't have a X360 and my PC is absolutley rubbish

    UBISOFT HAS BETRAYED US!!!

    ALL OF US!!!

    IF IT DOESNT COME OUT ON ANY OTHER CONSOLES IM GOING UP THERE AND SHOVING A **** XBOX 360 UP THEIR **** **** AND THEN SPLATER THEM WITH A **** CHAIN GUN!!!

    THOSE ****

  • Skiggy80

    Posted Jan 14, 2007 5:52 pm PT

    Awesome!! This game belongs on the 360. After reading that the 360's GPU is twice what the RSX is, this is great news. I wouldnt buy neither of the two games for any other system anyway. I think Microsoft is going to do this with many other games as well and its about time. This time around, Microsoft is the king of exclusives. Yah!!!

  • mooseman721

    Posted Jan 13, 2007 7:27 am PT

    I've enjoyed all the Splinter Cell games on original xbox, bought Double Agent and to be honest i'm not that impressed. Chronic slowdown when aiming the rifle and the swimming is crap. On the whole it feels dull and I dont like daylight levels! Splinter Cell should be all about the shadows! Hope they sort it out for the new one, not sure i'll bother finishing D.A. and I finished all the other games in the series, Chaos Theory being my personal favorite. R6 VEGAS is much more graphically intensive and yet has none of the problem.

  • khan115

    Posted Jan 7, 2007 12:33 pm PT

    Shame the new Splinter Cell is going to be exclusive, I don't really want to have to get an Xbox 360 to play it, and I don't enjoy these kinds of games on my PC. I really hope they change their mind about Splinter Cell. I agree with Syphon to some extent, because the Xbox versions tend to have mroe contect - more missions namely. Double Agent was awesome on PS2 but the annoying thing was that there weren't any of the missions that I was looking forward to on it, apparently (correct me if i'm wrong) Xbox had like 14 missions? While the PS2 had a measly 9!

  • Syphoncell

    Posted Jan 2, 2007 4:57 pm PT

    I am glad I have a 360, and I am not saying this because I am xbox biased, Tom Clancy games are always better on xbox

  • DeadFinger118

    Posted Dec 31, 2006 3:43 pm PT

    i don't know how Sam is going to get out of this one, by all of the reports that i heard it will be continued from the to be continued double agent.
    i beat double agent just thid week and by the two endings that i beat it dosen't look 2 good for Sam

  • vdarkfall999

    Posted Dec 24, 2006 1:02 pm PT

    I worry about BioShock... I mean, the Xbox killed Deus Ex 2.

  • teodriel

    Posted Dec 14, 2006 11:51 am PT

    No game should be exclusive... Stop the most selling crap race...

  • StarFoxCOM

    Posted Dec 10, 2006 6:42 am PT

    Nah it will end up like Assassins creed sadly.

  • ares_infernus

    Posted Dec 10, 2006 2:28 am PT

    aww...shucks...

    no to exclusitivity!

  • kaziechameleon

    Posted Oct 20, 2006 7:42 am PT

    i love the splinter cell series and can't wiat for double agent to hit my pc. i'm quite excited
    exclusive titles also usually run better and are better designed for the respective remotes. hope that bioshock doesn't end up feeling like a gamepad game on the pc though.

  • GFofgaming

    Posted Oct 16, 2006 7:00 am PT

    e_boulanger, wtf r u saying. It is confired by ubi themselves

  • e_boulanger

    Posted Oct 15, 2006 10:18 am PT

    Splinter Cell 5, an exclusive 360? Mmm... I remember reading that Assassin's Creed was a PS3 exclusive... and yet, the 360 will have it.

    Can we really trust these statements? I doubt it. Splinter Cell 5 is not even named yet. Microsoft is just luring the consumer to buy the 360 by creating false expectation. It seem they are using their Vaporware marketing strategy again. Nothing force them to actually release the game (or maybe it will just be a small plateformer on XBL). They only have to say that the game is delayed (and we do hear that very often... the "it will ship when it's ready" scheme).

    The consumer should always be careful with these statements. Especially from Microsoft (or Sony), who has a bad tendency to "exagerate" (you see it on the console side, and more often on the PC side).

  • DanBal76

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 4:44 am PT

    If a multiplatform game has slowdown on Xbox and not on PS2, it's fault of the developers, that didn't do the right job, because Xbox is a more capable machine.

  • _Sam_

    Posted Sep 30, 2006 4:48 pm PT

    I need to get a xbox 360!!

  • fetusfart18

    Posted Sep 30, 2006 4:04 pm PT

    geeeeze, MGS creator Hideo Kojima was probably referring to performance issues on Xbox, not sales, because the Xbox version MGS2:S was plagued with slowdown from beginning to end, while te PS version wasn't.

    And only Sony fans play MGS? Wow, I must a HUGE Sony fan, since I love MGS yet do not own a single Sony console, or the PSP. Interesing. You learn something new about yourself everyday.

  • Alcotamaysees

    Posted Sep 29, 2006 4:13 pm PT

    Bioshock for 360 only. That's gotta suck for future PS3 and PC owners.

  • geeeeze

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 9:01 pm PT

    xbox is capable of doing more then the ps2 graphically. When the asian developer of mgs4 said that he didn't like the way the games turned out on the other consoles, he might have been taking about sales. The only people buying games such as mgs are sony fans, or he's just trying to make other consoles look bad. The wii60 doesn't deserve mgs4. It deserves better.

  • ZeroGTX2008

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 7:24 pm PT

    Hmmm o well..It looked pretty good I wanted 2 play but o well...and Splinter Cell I can do w/o...chance are it'll get ported eventually...it's Ubisoft.And MGS4 will probably neva ever (99.9 % sure)come 2 360...the creater of mgs...said in a article shown in gamespot that he's not portin anymore MGS over 2 any other systems b/c he didn't liked how they turned out on the other systems.So yea tough luck 4 u wii60 fans....he did said he would work on other projects on those systems though

  • CrashSpyro123

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 3:47 pm PT

    I'll believe Ubisoft 9 moths after SC5 releases.

  • Megaman65

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 2:21 pm PT

    i think it is a good idea for splintercell 5 to be a 360 only game, thats where it origanated and was always the best. but thats just my opinion im definatly not a mircosoft fanboy.

  • neoand12

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 1:13 pm PT

    Wii60 suck and fanboys need to get off that....any way Ubisoft made a big mistake on SC5 what about the people that still have an old Xbox or PS2 well you have lower your sales.

  • terdoo

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:36 pm PT

    Just more resons to get wii60
    SP rules!!!

  • Jackasssiegel

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:00 pm PT

    The big problem with cross platform titles is that developers aim for the least common denominator between the consoles. Exclusive titles are able, in theory at least, to max out the capabilities of one system. Making a better game hopefully.

  • doobist

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 10:32 am PT

    I wonder how much money MS pays to get titles exclusive. I'm thinking that the developers will make more from the cash they get from MS than they will from actual sales.

  • SecretWasianMan

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 10:25 am PT

    Pastehunter, you say that as if Ninja Gaiden isn't coming out for the 360 Xbox was the platform that launched the series, lets think before we open our mouths shall we?

  • KYOGRE

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 10:14 am PT

    Sony doesn't rull Pastehunter. Halo in the U.S. alone can make more money then Ninja Gaiden, MGS4, and DMC4 combined. Not that those games aren't aswome.

  • Deimos27

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 9:53 am PT

    Awww... Really, developers should terminate 'exclusivity'. I mean, if they make titles muli-platform, wouldnt it benefit them in the end?

    More platforms = More money

    What? These guys dont like money???

  • Pastehunter

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 9:19 am PT

    Common people , This will be like with thge first SC , anyways Sony rullz , and games like Ninja Gaiden , MGS4 , DMC4 will be all his .

  • Romanticide

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 9:16 am PT

    MGS4 on 360 doesnt seem unlikely really...Maybe eventually even a PC port too.I don't really see why it's hard to believe.

  • jdbthexboxgamr

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 9:07 am PT

    haha nice!,the only console Splinter Cell 5 will be on is the 360!,that news just made my day!

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