Splinter Cell, Red Steel 2, new Ghost Recon delayed

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jul 27, 2009 10:10 am PT

Ubisoft pushes stealth action sequel and Wii first-person shooter/slasher to Q1 '10; I am Alive and next Tom Clancy title moved past March.

The ever-elusive Sam Fisher is at it again. Just when gamers thought the long-awaited Splinter Cell: Conviction had finally been nailed down for a November 17 launch, Ubisoft again delayed the oft-postponed revamp for the stealth action series. The PC and Xbox 360 title will now ship sometime during the first quarter of 2010.

Sam Fisher's march to release looks suspiciously like a leisurely stroll.

Unfortunately, Sam Fisher wasn't the only one pulling a disappearing act. The Wii first-person shooter-slasher Red Steel 2 will now be joining it in the first quarter of next year--the last quarter of Ubisoft's fiscal year.

Possibly making room for those two titles, Ubisoft pushed another pair of games into its next fiscal year, which begins April 1, 2010. The next installment of the tactical shooter series Ghost Recon and the new intellectual property I Am Alive were previously expected in early 2010, but are now set for sometime in the publisher's fiscal 2010-2011 year, which ends March 31, 2011.

While gamers are just finding out about the Splinter Cell and Red Steel delays today, Ubisoft has apparently known about them for some time. In the quarterly financial report announcing the slips, the Paris-based publisher maintained its sales target for the second half of its fiscal year, saying the postponements had already been factored in to its previously issued revenue guidance.

Originally announced at Microsoft's X06 conference, Splinter Cell: Conviction initially had a 2007 release window before being pushed to early 2008, then further into that year, and most recently this November. Conviction is also currently available for pre-order on the PC, but has been touted as a 360 "console exclusive" by Microsoft ever since its appearance at the Electronic Entertainment Expo last month. (The PC logo is also absent from the game's official Web site.) GameSpot initially reported the game as a 360 exclusive and regrets the error.

I Am Alive is another repeat offender when it comes to Ubisoft delays. The game had been announced at E3 2008 with a spring 2009 release date, but it was pushed back as development switched from developer Darkworks to Ubisoft's Shanghai studio.

This is the first postponement for Red Steel 2 and the new Ghost Recon. The long-rumored follow-up to the Wii launch title and the still-untitled installment in the durable tactical shooter franchise were both announced in April.

278 Comments

  • Goods_Merchant

    Posted Dec 13, 2009 3:11 pm PT

    Another ghost recon? YAY!!!!!

  • UnearthedEynon

    Posted Oct 11, 2009 10:29 am PT

    WHAT A LOAD OF BS SPLINTER CELL HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THE PS2 AND PS3 SO WHY NOT THIS ONE DOESNT MATTER THOUGH CAUSE THE LAST ONE THEY BROUGHT OUT WAS TOTAL S H I T E SO PS3 USERS ARENT GOING TO MISS MUCH

  • johnryandaplin

    Posted Aug 29, 2009 12:18 am PT

    @Rudorlf

    every game in the splinter cell series bad or good has always been a PC/360 game, that ofcourse is not including double agent which sucked, bu was still released for ps3, so your theory of a "win-win" situation is completely BS

  • st82nd

    Posted Aug 27, 2009 11:05 am PT

    GHOST RECON ! ! ! ! !

  • fracicone

    Posted Aug 16, 2009 3:22 pm PT

    @Rudolflf:

    1) SC Conviction has ALWAYS been right from the start a Microsoft exclusive (on consoles), which means no PS3 version will ever be released, never ever;
    2) It's a PC/X360 games, it's always been, I dunno if it will be a simultaneous release but it will definitely be released on PC.

  • Rudorlf

    Posted Aug 2, 2009 4:54 am PT

    @ Pwnd56:

    Dunno about you and other PC/PS3 gamers (SC: C is no longer for PS3 [I say temporarily not available.], and many doubts of whether the game will be release on PC [Including me, I'm afraid.].), but IMHO, they release the game only on X360 for 2 very good reasons (Since the current development of this game is kinda risky, IMO).

    1) If SC: C on X360 suck or doesn't sell well (Which definitely NOT gonna happen.), Ubisoft won't lose a lot of money (Or possibly go bankrupt.), compared to releasing it for PC and PS3 too (To prevent us PC and PS3 gamers from wasting our money on the if-the-gameplay-suck game), for their failure.

    2) On the other hand, if SC: C on X360 rocks and sell very well, Ubisoft might happily consider porting it to both PC and PS3, and let us PC and PS3 gamers enjoy the game's great gameplay. Result? A win-win situation!!! XD

    I'm no fanboy, but if Splinter Cell: Conviction is a success, I'm sure they definitely will port it to both PC and PS3 (They should have a MILLION very good reasons if they want to keep SC: C exclusively for X360 only, when the game sell really well.).

  • dis-el

    Posted Aug 1, 2009 2:25 pm PT

    I'm not surprised. Sure they announced the game this year to win the E3. Perhaps there will be something new released for x360 next year and they wanted the game to be on it.
    Whatever, only disappointments.

  • Hitmanspike

    Posted Aug 1, 2009 11:55 am PT

    ya so surprised

  • HardWired94

    Posted Aug 1, 2009 5:43 am PT

    Splinter cell went downhill from Chaos Theory imo.

  • SuperB56

    Posted Aug 1, 2009 5:24 am PT

    No I am not finished yet, Ubi, you should know so much better than to constantly change release dates, because it has been 4 years since we have played Double Agent, time is up, 4 years of waiting is just way too long. I don't think that after this I will be waiting for another game by you, just release it already.I see what you do you make us wait for 4 years now then don't even tell us that for 90% of those years you weren't even making that game any way then at E3, you feel that people were losing interest in this game, so you made some gameplay for e3, but never did any thing else. So now you will probably keep delaying it, so it won't be out until like 2015. That's low, Ubisoft, just low...

  • SuperB56

    Posted Aug 1, 2009 5:16 am PT

    Man, This is the fifth time they have delayed Splinter-Cell Conviction, come on guys seriously, I saw a tremendous improvment of this game at E3, and I really don't see how it needed more work to be done. Just release it now and end our misery!!! The thing is about this game is that they will never stop delaying it!

  • khayaal

    Posted Jul 31, 2009 7:42 am PT

    Hope our life also delay so that we might be able to play next year.....

  • Thing1232

    Posted Jul 30, 2009 7:13 pm PT

    Assassins Creed 2 still comin strong.

  • starduke

    Posted Jul 30, 2009 11:59 am PT

    @link1709

    what's an R4 card? I want to know what to kick.

  • starduke

    Posted Jul 30, 2009 11:56 am PT

    Ubisoft=slowpokes.

  • Pwnd56

    Posted Jul 30, 2009 11:23 am PT

    wait this may not go on pc?
    GAMESPOT, U HAVE FAILED ME!!!!
    MAD FACE, MAD FACE, MAD FACE

  • Pwnd56

    Posted Jul 30, 2009 11:21 am PT

    DocGerbil,
    dang right, i feel for u. I wish xbox would just let multisystem games stay multisystem (by that i mean this only, of course) so that ps3 owners can enjoy it instead of having to swallow their pride or not even want to play it. btw, i am not a fanboy, i just wish this was on my fav. system.so xbox guys, good for u, i am not fighting or being sad. in fact, i happy that this will come out on pc, by then i will have an awesome gaming rig!!!

  • Pwnd56

    Posted Jul 30, 2009 11:16 am PT

    dang. now i will have to wait more until i get to throw a baddie out of a window as sam fisher.

  • lanmanna

    Posted Jul 30, 2009 10:18 am PT

    LOL. The fall 2009 lineup is getting smaller and smaller. 2007 and 2008 officially pwn 2009 in the games.

  • Doh3rty

    Posted Jul 30, 2009 8:16 am PT

    so they've delayed it yet again even tho we were promised it would be on shelves before xmas wow way to disapoint ubi most people are gettin fed up of this its gnna be the same again after this delay isnt it you'll delay it another 2 or 3 times and then say that people wernt interested in the "new direction" and start all over again!

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