Splinter Cell has always rewarded fans for demonstrating patience. The video game series that first debuted in 2002 was unusual for emphasizing stealth, hiding, and biding one’s time in an era when many games were about charging heedlessly into melees and shoot-outs. Splinter Cell was different; it emphasized cunning and was about keeping your head down, striking only when the time was just right.

Those longtime fans have now been waiting for a long time. Seven Splinter Cell games followed over the next decade, but there hasn’t been a new one since 2013. The wait continues for a playable return to the world of Sam Fisher, the black-ops agent behind the game’s signature spider-eye night-vision goggles, and developer Ubisoft has been promising a “ground-up” reboot of the games since 2022.

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