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Kotaku: Ubisoft Specifically Vague On Splinter Cell: Conviction

Last week reports surfaced suggesting that Splinter Cell: Conviction, the latest chapter in Ubisoft's Sam Fisher saga, had gone back to the drwing board for a drastic reworking. Now that the company's Ubidays event has come and gone without even a thumbnail screenshot from the game, a representative is ready to give us specifics on how vague things are with Conviction.

In reference to speculative stories that have appeared recently, in January of 2008 we announced that the game would be released in the fiscal year of '08/'09. And at this point in time we are not ready to be more specific than that. We will begin to communicate more once we feel the time is right for us and our fans.

As the folks at CVG pointed out, last year's Ubidays event saw the game being played by developers, so the vague statements and lack of any assets definitely points towards a complete reworking, and those are never good.

Perhaps they just wanted to stuff it with extra awesome? Maybe? A little?

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Mr PS35902d ago

They are waiting until MGS4 come's out !!
They want to know what they are up against
And then the penny will drop !!

What ever they do it will be compared to MGS4
And no matter what they do
This game will be years behind MGS4
But again the Bots are easily pleased
Sorry Bots but we are Laughing at you now and we will be Laughing at you Next year and the year after and so on

Sphincter cell will SUCK

LenHart5902d ago

Ubi confirmed that

However they are worried too. who buys this cRAP when there is MGS4 .

June 12th FTW

jkhan5902d ago

Isn't this news referring to CVG news already posted?

ISA_Scum5902d ago

After Assassin's Creed barely functioned and Haze turned out to be average but got media-flushed, they better be vague about this game. Delayed till 2009, this is a game that looks to be an early contender for guaranteed flopage!! Seriously, long delays = disaster (except for SPORE). Just ask Haze, Lair, Timeshift, etc devs. How did those games turn out?

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Watch Ninja Gaiden II, Fable 2, Fable 3, and Splinter Cell Games Enhanced for Xbox One X in Action

Microsoft presented a new batch of Xbox 360 games that received Xbox One X enhancements via Xbox One backward compatibility, and here you can watch how they run.

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RizBiz1927d ago

Nothing wrong with more games. As someone who just fundamentally hates xbox, I am pretty jelly that xbox gamers get real BC.

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Gaming4Life19811927d ago (Edited 1927d ago )

Finally ninja gaiden 2 is BC, I've been waiting on this since they announced BC.

Bane351927d ago (Edited 1927d ago )

Yeah i thought ninja gaiden was gonna get remaster because it wasnt announced for backwards compatible til just now tho i would've been up for joy if they announced max payne 3 for backwards compatible today instead

hiawa231927d ago

I am so wanting MP3 on BC and X1X enhanced

Bane351927d ago (Edited 1927d ago )

@hiawa23 i think R* has plans to remaster MP3 at this point

Z5011927d ago

You couldn't play your copy of NG2 before this announcement?

Bane351927d ago (Edited 1927d ago )

No it just became backwards compatible today

Movefasta19931927d ago

not everybody still has their 360, that's why

Z5011927d ago

Kept your game, but no console to play it on?
No one sells 360's anymore?

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bluebenjamin1927d ago

Ninja Gaiden 2 is the main game I wanted bcthen alone one x enchanced is this game is more fun than bloodborne

Gwiz1927d ago

No contest,souls games are overhyped for difficulty.

bluebenjamin1927d ago

Very overhyped just because of difficulty not because of fun

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Movefasta19931927d ago

facts, once you beat a souls game and do ng plus, you have the game downloaded. Once you return to ng1 and 2 you still can get your ass handed to you lol, the regular enemies are a threat, still attacking even when they are on the ground dismembered.

Gaming4Life19811927d ago

Agreed dark souls, bloodborne, and sekiro are overhyped games and dont compare to ninja gaiden 1 & , ninja gaiden 3 sucks.

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Z5011927d ago

What does BB have to do with NG2?
Why not insert Contra Shattered Soldier while you're at it.

bluebenjamin1927d ago

Ninja gaiden was once considered one of the hardest games ninja gaiden 2 has rpg elements so does bloodborn they have similar combat but ninja gaiden 2 just looks better doing it plus its fast pace and flashy combos removing limbs of foes remember 360 put more enemies on screen than ps3 on this game 360 had more dismemberment of limbs than the ps3 vs.360 had a better gpu but ps3 still to this day has an awesome cpu the ps3 had the prettiest ninja gaiden because of native 720 p while 360 pushed 640p now the one X has both higher rez and 360 style dismemberment But Ok for you contra ps2 version and nes

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Movefasta19931927d ago

I do think ninja gaiden 1 and 2 are better than souls games, but they aren't even comparable

Z5011927d ago

Again. Why'd you pick BB?
Ninja Gaiden has ninja dog mode = easy
NG2 has a jump and block button
BB has none of those.

You could've picked a Devil May Cry or Bayonetta game. They're more similar to NG2 than BB.

What does PS3 have to do with this announcement? Your insecurities are showing.

Gaming4Life19811927d ago

I think they are being compared because of difficulty but I dont even think that is comparable imo. Ninja gaiden games are better though that's just facts.

Hungryalpaca1927d ago

And Forza is Better than MARIO Kart!!!!!

See how stupid that sounds?

bluebenjamin1927d ago

No Mario Kart is the best racer ever almost anyone can play

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timotim1927d ago (Edited 1927d ago )

Amazing news! NG2!?!? Three Splinter Cell games!!! Fable 2&3 (the first is already enhanced)!!! This is what separates Microsoft's version of BC from others...its that they enhance both the performance and visual quality of these titles to keep them current in a lot of cases, instead of playing them exactly how they played and performed back in the day. Whats even better...I don't need to do ANYTHING but download the new patch...amazing.👏

Keep it coming Xbox!

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Are the free Xbox Games With Gold titles for July 2018 any good?

Neil writes: "Every single month we hear the same old thing about the Xbox Games With Gold titles. "We don't want that rubbish - we want decent games, we want AAA blockbusters, we want something different". Well, the free Xbox 360 and Xbox One titles being given away during the month of July pretty much tick those boxes. What's the chances there will still be complaints?"

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AG1002217d ago

Tom clancy and virtua fighter are great death sqaured is pretty cool idk about assualt

lxeasy2217d ago

Splinter cell conviction is great, vf 5 is fun. Haven't played the other two so I'm excited to try them out.

ApexWolf222217d ago

Great month for 360 titles, X1 titles remind me of early days when all they gave away were indies, I hope they dont start doing that again.

AG1002217d ago

at least you can play the 360 games on xb1 too lol

Goldby2216d ago

Now that there's gamepass, expect bugger AAA to have priority in that, more money for both the dev and Ms more likely

yomfweeee2217d ago

I though Plus was lackluster this month. Gold is way worse.

BQ322217d ago

Vf5 fs is the best fighting game of all time abd backwards compatible, so it is a huge win in my book.

annoyedgamer2217d ago

No these are pretty awful. Virtua Fighter is great and so is Splinter Cell but those are 360 titles.

lxeasy2217d ago

so what if there 360 titles it's still awesome

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A new Tom Clancy adventure can be enjoyed on Xbox One due to Back Compat – Is it worth the return?

Carlos writes: "Xbox Backwards Compatibility has shown a strong start to 2018 with a number of top titles being made available to play on Xbox One, but whilst this week doesn’t bring quite as many new arrivals as the past few weeks, there is still one addition for us to get stuck into once more... and it’s one that’s sure to prove a popular addition."

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NotanotherReboot2357d ago

god bless backwards compatability

TheSplooge2357d ago

And thank god we dont have to pay for it.

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Gman322357d ago

yeah Microsoft get points for that

TheOttomatic912357d ago

I’m still waiting for Blacklist

PlayStation_52357d ago

Don't confuse the Xbox gamers. They have enough problems to deal with... : P'

Mister_Wolf2357d ago

I AM an Xbox gamer aswell as other systems lol.

TheRealHeisenberg2357d ago

No confusion at all. Just another game added to the list if anyone gets nostalgic.

Vectrexer2357d ago

Are we confused? We get games that we've been enjoyed before at no cost to us!

C-H-E-F2357d ago

"new"? an "old" Tom Clancy Adventure can be enjoyed on xbox one due to back capat is worth the return"

*Fixed*

zerocarnage2357d ago

Yes, I loved conviction the co op was ace.

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