Great news for fans of Sam Fisher: Ubisoft has reaffirmed its commitment to the beloved Splinter Cell franchise by adding Steam Achievements to the 2013 release, Splinter Cell: Blacklist. This update marks the first significant activity related to the series since the last update on the Splinter Cell Remake in 2022, when IGN met with Ubisoft Toronto developers to discuss their design philosophy behind the game.
Overnight, Ubisoft quietly rolled out the new achievement list for the 12-year-old Splinter Cell: Blacklist on Steam. Ubisoft announced: "Agents, we are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Splinter Cell: Blacklist!"
The achievements will be "retroactively earned for the accomplishments already completed in your game," but players need to launch the game at least once to trigger this feature. "Once synced, the previously unlocked Ubisoft Connect achievements will be automatically unlocked on Steam," the team further explained.
In a thoughtful move, Ubisoft chose to not include the additional 19 online achievements available on consoles, ensuring that players can still achieve 100% completion on Steam.
The stealth-action series is poised for a grand return with the Splinter Cell Remake, which will reimagine the classic first game using the advanced Snowdrop engine. Although details are scarce, creative director Chris Auty shared insights in 2022: “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. But the core of the story, the core of the experience will remain as it was in the original game.”
In related news, last month Ubisoft established a new subsidiary company focused on its Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six franchises, backed by a €1.16 billion (approx. $1.25 billion) investment from Tencent. This development follows Ubisoft's announcement that Assassin's Creed Shadows has surpassed 3 million players. The company faced several challenges, including high-profile flops, layoffs, studio closures, and game cancellations leading up to Shadows' release, putting significant pressure on the game to succeed amidst Ubisoft's historically low share prices.
