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It seems that legendary agent Sam Fisher’s journey back to the gaming scene is still facing obstacles as new reports have confirmed that Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell remake project has lost its director once again.
According to Tech4Gamers, an official job listing recently appeared on Ubisoft’s website asking for a game director to join the Splinter Cell remake development team at the Ubisoft Toronto studio.
The job description states that the position requires leading the creative team, setting the overall vision for the project, and developing new features, which implies that the previous director has left the project, the list was later removed from the company’s website, but its appearance was enough to raise questions about the status of the development and its stability.
In 2022, director David Greville left Ubisoft after more than a decade of working on various projects within the company, leaving the remake without clear leadership for a long time.
With no official trailer or gameplay footage to date, comparisons to the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, which has seen repeated delays and similar development issues, have begun to emerge.
Despite the game’s absence from the scene, the Splinter Cell brand has not completely disappeared. Netflix recently launched the Splinter Cell: Deathwatch anime series created by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad, and the series received enough positive feedback to be renewed for a second season, reflecting fans’ strong desire for the series to return to the forefront both on screen and in games.
The Splinter Cell remake was officially announced in 2021 as a complete rebuild of the first part using the Snowdrop Engine with promises of updated graphics and artificial intelligence for the new generation, but the passage of nearly 4 years without any tangible review along with the loss of two key directors puts the project in a difficult position and raises concerns about its viability.
Despite the current uncertainty, Splinter Cell remains one of Ubisoft’s most sought-after franchises, and gamers hope that the company will find new leadership to bring the project back into balance and present it in a way that befits the history of the series, will this third time be the charm, or will the remake join the list of Ubisoft’s delayed projects?
