Ieder jaar hopen fans dat Ubisoft een nieuwe Splinter Cell gaat aankondigen en ieder jaar is de teleurstelling groot.
Vandaag komt Ubisoft eindelijk met goed nieuws, want een moderne remake van Splinter Cell is in ontwikkeling bij Ubisoft Toronto, de studio die laatst werkte aan Watch Dogs Legion. De remake wordt gebasseerd op de eerste Splinter Cell-games en wordt geen open wereld-ervaring. De nieuwe game wordt gemaakt met de Snowdrop Engine, die ook wordt gebruikt bij de ontwikkeling van Assassin’s Creed, The Division en Far Cry-games.
Dit is wat producer Matt West heeft gezegd over de Splinter Cell Remake:
“To me, a remake takes what you’d do in a remaster and goes a little bit further with it. The original Splinter Cell has a lot that was amazing and revolutionary at the time it came out, 19 years ago. The gaming public now has an even more refined palate. So, I think it kind of has to be a remake as opposed to a remaster. Although we’re still in the very earliest stages of development, what we’re trying to do is make sure the spirit of the early games remains intact, in all of the ways that gave early Splinter Cell its identity.
So, as we’re building it from the ground up, we’re going to update it visually, as well as some of the design elements to match player comfort and expectations, and we are going to keep it linear like the original games, not make it open world. How do we make sure that new fans are able to pick up the controller and dive right in, and fall in love with the game and the world right from the get-go?”
