Splinter Cell: Conviction delayed until at least April '09

44 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Jul 24th 2008 3:15PM
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure

No, no, no, don't cry, Sam! Oh, now look, you've ruined your mascara. It appears emo Sam Fisher is going to be sitting on the sidelines a little longer as Ubisoft announced today that Splinter Cell: Conviction is being delayed until the company's next fiscal year. For those who don't tell time through corporate fiscal calendars, that means Conviction won't be released until after April of 2009.

Rumors of Conviction's delay have been floating around for months, kicked into overdrive by the game's no-show at Ubidays and E3. Back in May, the development team said it would be showing the game in "forthcoming months." Well, there's still Tokyo and Leipzig ...

Tags: conviction, delay, sam-fisher, splinter-cell, splinter-cell-conviction, ubisoft

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Infidel: Jul 24th 2008; 3:19PM

Quickest Joystiq photoshop ever?

Maverick Saturn: Jul 24th 2008; 3:26PM

Lmao, got that right, was wondering how it connected with the article :S

Jakka (Not sure why he got banned?): Jul 24th 2008; 3:42PM

No it isn't.

Remember that picture of Chief with $ signs in his eyes?I swear it gets copy-pasted in every Halo-related news.

Phillip: Jul 24th 2008; 4:13PM

"was wondering how it connected with the article :S"

Oh, you mean the part where the picture was Sam Fischer from Splinter Cell: Conviction and the article was about Splinter Cell: Conviction? That was how they were connected.

Ethan: Jul 24th 2008; 6:08PM

It's actually an exclusive still confirming Sam Fisher as a new character in Heroes season 3.

EliteBeatsAgent08: Jul 24th 2008; 3:20PM

Not exactly news here...

DangerMouse: Jul 24th 2008; 3:26PM

Nice, that should give him some time to get a hair cut.

xGeneral DEATHx: Jul 24th 2008; 4:00PM

...AND get his old job back at Third Echelon. They should take it back to the "old days" of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and have actual sanctioned missions where you get to sneak around using bad-ass gadgetry, instead of using crowd mechanics a la Assassin's Creed.

Bill Pullman: Jul 24th 2008; 3:29PM

someone just get done watching Exorcism of Emily Rose?

oh, those are tears. that's rough.

Jweav: Jul 24th 2008; 6:08PM

Maybe his mascara is running?

Duke: Jul 24th 2008; 3:29PM

Can't say this shocks me. I have more or less just ignored that this game is being made, thus it won't bother me that it keeps getting delayed.

Splinter what? Who?

Dirty: Jul 24th 2008; 3:34PM

I'm in the same boat. Meh.

Snowblind: Jul 24th 2008; 3:45PM

I would agree with the mehing, but the game actually looked really good in the early previews, the new mechanics looked fantastic. But then they decided to use the new system to make Assassins Creed, and since it was so poorly recieved, it's hardly surprising to see this delayed.

They seemed to ignore the fact that Assassins Creed always looked like ass, while Splinter Cell did not.

Dirty: Jul 24th 2008; 4:17PM

I still dont understand why people hate on Assassin's so much. I thought it was a good game. Whatever your problem with the game it sure didn't look like "ass".

turkeybaster: Jul 24th 2008; 4:27PM

@Snowblind:

Graphics are subjective. So you have every right to say what you did...but an average score of 80 on Metacritic between PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 does not a "poorly received" game make. Especially since Ubisoft was wetting their pants with how good the game was doing.

They had to up their sales predictions from 3 million to 5 million between 07-08, AND they had the fastest selling brand new IP on ANY system.

Source: http://kotaku.com/gaming/ubisoft/assassins-creed-kicking-sales-assass-333552.php

MikeO.: Jul 24th 2008; 7:43PM

"But then they decided to use the new system to make Assassins Creed, and since it was so poorly recieved, it's hardly surprising to see this delayed."

I've heard across the boards that it was the complete opposite. When Ubisoft realized how advanced Assassin's Creed was over Splinter Cell: Conviction, they wanted to redo the entire game to bring it up to speed with AC.

Also, as the first in a new series, it sold over 1 million units in one week. That's no easy feat for just any new IP.

Do your homework before you reverse the facts and flame a game that sold extremely well.

xFenixKnightx: Jul 24th 2008; 3:31PM

So delay huh? Hmm, maybe they're looking at MGS4 and "borrowing" ideas from it?

Old Sam..CONFIRMED?!!!

Sam, you cant die! Sam, Sam?!! SAAAAAAAMMMM!!!!!!

Dirty: Jul 24th 2008; 3:33PM

Crash. Crash Bandicoot! CRAAAAAAAAAASHHHHHH!

FOXHOUND: Jul 24th 2008; 3:39PM

I'd buy that for a dollar.

Jakka (Not sure why he got banned?): Jul 24th 2008; 3:43PM

$? $$$? $$$$$$$$$$!

samfish: Jul 24th 2008; 3:55PM

I'm right here. Jesus, Fenix, shut up.

...
Oh, wait. You weren't talking about me.

xFenixKnightx: Jul 24th 2008; 4:08PM

Boom!: Jul 24th 2008; 3:32PM

They forgot to color his hair black.

NukeAssault: Jul 24th 2008; 3:34PM

Confirmed: Sam Fished wears mascara.

Any who, i can wait. I hope...

Dirty: Jul 24th 2008; 3:39PM

What does the perfect lawn and emo Same Fisher have in common? It cuts itself everyday.

Tiptup300: Jul 24th 2008; 3:51PM

Man, that was hilarious and totally original. You KILL ME! HA HA HA.

:-|

HA!

Jake11: Jul 24th 2008; 3:41PM

http://hahahahawhatthefuck.ytmnd.com/

mezzanine: Jul 24th 2008; 3:41PM

I can relate to Sam. It's sophomore year all over again : (

browntown: Jul 24th 2008; 3:57PM

Wats up with all the delays, cagney update and now this. Also no word on Alan Wake and Halo Wars is an 09 title.

ogvor: Jul 24th 2008; 4:06PM

Oh no! Sams got possesed by the liquid aliens from the X-Files!

robert: Jul 24th 2008; 4:07PM

delaystation!

somehow it has to be sony's fault...

joe tkocs: Jul 24th 2008; 4:14PM

It seems that Sam likes Turbonegro. He has his Hank von Helvete makeup on.

joe tkocs: Jul 24th 2008; 4:15PM

It seems that Sam likes Turbonegro. He has his Hank von Helvete makeup on.

joe tkocs: Jul 24th 2008; 4:17PM

Damn. I hate double posts. (I guess this makes it a triple). It seems like there isn't even a way to delete my own posts, either.

Sorry, all!

DMeisterJ: Jul 24th 2008; 4:27PM

Did anyone not see this coming? I saw this a mile away. No show at Ubidays definitely meant something.

I guess after AC killed the engine that they were gonna use for this game, they had to re-think things. Maybe people don't like monotony and tedium in games Ubisoft, just maybe.

I hope that they re-work it, and keep it in line with the former releases.

ice~: Jul 24th 2008; 4:59PM

I think I know why Sam Is emo. He was in prison for a while, bad things go down in prison he cud have been violated. or maybe it's cuz his wife was killed, or cause his daughter was hit by a car?? Whatever it is, I feel bad for the guy he went through all of that and now this, dAm delays!!! I WANT MY CAGNEY!!!!!

Good day :)

AmericanNinja: Jul 24th 2008; 5:15PM

lol Delaybox!

jitty: Jul 24th 2008; 5:40PM

This game is getting delayed a lot, and is probably costing a crap load of money, do you think it's possible that it will lose it's 360 exclusivity?

[.sm0ke.]: Jul 24th 2008; 6:07PM

Splinter Cell Forever

Dwag: Jul 24th 2008; 6:35PM

So another 360 game in 09 looking like they do have something planned for the future.

Deaddy: Jul 24th 2008; 8:43PM

I remember when this game's dev said that PS3 was not powerful enough to run their complex AI system. That was a dumb comment, and so I find this delay amusing. Hah.

Lard: Jul 24th 2008; 11:17PM

Hey look! It's Alice Cooper!

ill trooper: Jul 25th 2008; 1:37AM

FUCKING LAME

Red Leader: Jul 25th 2008; 10:35AM

Does anyone actually care if they make a new Splinter Cell? I thought the series was pretty much well and over with Double Agent to be honest. It's like getting another Halo, only nobody will care.

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