Good news for fans of Sam Fisher: Ubisoft has not forgotten about the Splinter Cell series, as evidenced by their recent addition of Steam Achievements to the 2013 release, Splinter Cell: Blacklist.
The last significant update on the Splinter Cell Remake was in 2022, when IGN met with Ubisoft Toronto developers to discuss their design philosophy behind the game. However, in a quiet move overnight, the developer updated the achievement list for the now 12-year-old Blacklist on Steam.
Ubisoft announced: "Agents, we are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Splinter Cell: Blacklist!"
The achievements are designed to be "retroactively earned for the accomplishments already completed in your game," but to make this happen, players need to launch the game at least once. "Once synced, the previously unlocked Ubisoft Connect achievements will be automatically unlocked on Steam," the team explained.In addition to retroactively earning achievements, Ubisoft decided against adding the extra 19 online achievements available on consoles, allowing players to fully complete the game on Steam.
The stealth-action series is poised to return with the Splinter Cell Remake, a ground-up rebuild of the original game using the advanced Snowdrop engine. While details are scarce, we know that the remake will aim to preserve the core story and experience of the classic while making necessary updates.
“20 years later, we can look back at the plot, the characters, the overall story of the game [and] make some improvements — things that might not have aged particularly well,” said creative director Chris Auty at the time. “But the core of the story, the core of the experience will remain as it was in the original game.”
Last month, Ubisoft established a new subsidiary company focused on its Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six brands, backed by a €1.16 billion (approximately $1.25 billion) investment from Chinese conglomerate Tencent.
This development follows Ubisoft's announcement that Assassin's Creed Shadows has surpassed 3 million players. The company has faced several challenges, including high-profile flops, layoffs, studio closures, and game cancellations leading up to Shadows' release, which has placed significant pressure on the game to succeed amidst Ubisoft's historically low share prices.
