Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell remake to change game’s story for modern times

Remake of the original Splinter Cell will update the game’s story “for a modern-day audience,” it’s been revealed.

The news comes via a job listing for a scriptwriter to work on the game at Ubisoft’s Toronto studio (spotted by PSU.)

“Using the first Splinter Cell game as our foundation we are rewriting and updating the story for a modern-day audience,” the posting reads. “We want to keep the spirit and themes of the original game while exploring our characters and the world to make them more authentic and believable.

“As a Scriptwriter at Ubisoft Toronto, you will join the Narrative team and help create a cohesive and compelling narrative experience for a new audience of Splinter Cell fans.”

The original 2002 Tom Clancy’s Splinter CellThis classic stealth video game features a densely planned espionage plot. Sam Fisher (NSA agent) is assigned to Georgia in order to investigate two missing CIA agents. As he unravels a conspiracy involving genocide and cyberattack against America, he becomes a suspect.

Whilst the game’s themes aren’t exactly dated, it is explicitly set in 2004, and much of the technological and geopolitical context for such a story will have changed a lot in the last 20 years. It’s also fair to say that Clancy’s hawkish, interventionist attitude on foreign policy is a lot less palatable and fashionable now than it was in 2002. Ubisoft’s new scriptwriter and the remake’s creative team will have a tricky line to tread as they rework the story for modern players.

Ubisoft has announced that Splinter CellRemake in December last year, after long silence regarding the future of this once-popular stealth series. Its final entry. Blacklist: Splinter CellIn 2013, the movie “The Lego Movie” was published. The remake has not been released or announced on the platforms. Ubisoft Toronto is making the game in Ubisoft’s Snowdrop engine — the foundation of The Division series, plus Ubisoft’s forthcoming Avatar and Star Wars titles.

The job ad promises “an opportunity to be part of a treasured franchise, rebuilt on Ubisoft’s Snowdrop engine to deliver next-generation visuals and modernized stealth gameplay, while preserving what’s at the heart of the Splinter Cell experience.”