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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a series of action-adventure stealth games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a fictional black-ops sub-division within the NSA, dubbed "Third Echelon", as he overcomes his adversaries. Levels are created using Unreal Engine and emphasize light and darkness as gameplay elements. The series has been positively received, and was once considered to be one of Ubisoft's flagship franchises. The series had sold 19 million units by 2008 and 32 million by 2016. No further installments have been released since 2013. A remake of the first game was announced in December 2021.

Infobox

Genres
mw- Action-adventureStealth
Developers
Ubisoft MontrealUbisoft MilanUbisoft ShanghaiUbisoft TorontoGameloftRed Storm Entertainment
Publishers
UbisoftMicrosoft Game StudiosGameloftAspyr Media
Platforms
XboxWindowsPlayStation 2GameCubeGame Boy AdvanceMobile phoneN-GageOS XNintendo DSPlayStation PortableXbox 360WiiPlayStation 3iOSNintendo 3DSAndroidWindows PhoneWii U
First release
Splinter CellNovember 18, 2002
Latest release
Splinter Cell: BlacklistAugust 20, 2013

Tables

Release timeline · Games
2003
2003
2002
2003
2004
2004
2002
2004
Splinter Cell
Pandora Tomorrow
2005
2005
2002
2005
Splinter Cell
Chaos Theory
2006
2006
2002
2006
Splinter Cell
Essentials
Double Agent
Double Agent
2002
Double Agent
2007
2007
2002
2007
2008
2008
2002
2008
2009
2009
2002
2009
2010
2010
2002
2010
Splinter Cell
Conviction
2011
2011
2002
2011
Splinter Cell
Classic Trilogy HD
2012
2012
2002
2012
2013
2013
2002
2013
Splinter Cell
Blacklist
2014
2014
2002
2014
2015
2015
2002
2015
2016
2016
2002
2016
2017
2017
2002
2017
2018
2018
2002
2018
2019
2019
2002
2019
2020
2020
2002
2020
2021
2021
2002
2021
2022
2022
2002
2022
2023
2023
2002
2023
2024
2024
2002
2024
TBA
TBA
2002
TBA
Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell (remake)
2002
Splinter Cell
2003
2004
Pandora Tomorrow
2005
Chaos Theory
2006
Essentials
Double Agent
2007
2008
2009
2010
Conviction
2011
Classic Trilogy HD
2012
2013
Blacklist
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
TBA
Splinter Cell (remake)
Aggregate review scores · Reception
Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell
Game
Splinter Cell
Metacritic
(GBA) 77/100(GC) 89/100(PC) 91/100(PS2) 89/100(Xbox) 93/100
Pandora Tomorrow
Pandora Tomorrow
Game
Pandora Tomorrow
Metacritic
(GBA) 68/100(GC) 78/100(PC) 87/100(PS2) 87/100(Xbox) 93/100
Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory
Game
Chaos Theory
Metacritic
(3DS) 53/100(GC) 81/100(NDS) 50/100(PC) 92/100(PS2) 87/100(Xbox) 94/100
Essentials
Essentials
Game
Essentials
Metacritic
(PSP) 58/100
Double Agent
Double Agent
Game
Double Agent
Metacritic
(GC) 64/100(PC) 80/100(PS2) 84/100(PS3) 78/100(Wii) 61/100(Xbox) 89/100(X360) 85/100
Conviction
Conviction
Game
Conviction
Metacritic
(PC) 83/100(X360) 85/100
Classic Trilogy HD
Classic Trilogy HD
Game
Classic Trilogy HD
Metacritic
(PS3) 67/100
Blacklist
Blacklist
Game
Blacklist
Metacritic
(PC) 82/100(PS3) 84/100(WIIU) 75/100(X360) 82/100
Game
Metacritic
Splinter Cell
(GBA) 77/100(GC) 89/100(PC) 91/100(PS2) 89/100(Xbox) 93/100
Pandora Tomorrow
(GBA) 68/100(GC) 78/100(PC) 87/100(PS2) 87/100(Xbox) 93/100
Chaos Theory
(3DS) 53/100(GC) 81/100(NDS) 50/100(PC) 92/100(PS2) 87/100(Xbox) 94/100
Essentials
(PSP) 58/100
Double Agent
(GC) 64/100(PC) 80/100(PS2) 84/100(PS3) 78/100(Wii) 61/100(Xbox) 89/100(X360) 85/100
Conviction
(PC) 83/100(X360) 85/100
Classic Trilogy HD
(PS3) 67/100
Blacklist
(PC) 82/100(PS3) 84/100(WIIU) 75/100(X360) 82/100

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  93. Blue Eye Samurai,
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