Ubisoft Delays Splinter Cell: Conviction

Previously penciled in for a February release, Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction and R.U.S.E. have both been postponed into the company’s next fiscal year, with Conviction now due out in April.

The delays were announced in a press release today, in which the company revised its fiscal year 2009-10 performance estimates download, citing the delays as on factor in the adjusted outlook.

"The postponed release dates for Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction and R.U.S.E, which were previously scheduled for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009-10, and will now be released in fiscal year 2010-11. Splinter Cell Conviction is now expected to hit the stores in April 2010."

The release gave no hint as to when the real-time strategy game R.U.S.E. will be released. The company’s next fiscal year begins on April 1st.