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Ubisoft comes clean on Splinter Cell delay

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CVG: Conviction pushed back to 2009-2010 fiscal year - "back to the drawing board"?

Don't say we didn't tell you; Ubisoft has officially delayed Splinter Cell: Conviction into its 2009-2010 fiscal year, after Xbox World 360 mag reported so back in May of this year.

The ambitious stealth instalment will now be released some time between April 2009 and March 2010. Previously it had a release date before Q1 2009.

A few months back Xbox World 360 magazine reported that the game had been taken "back to the drawing board" and pushed back into the festive period of 2009 - or as late as spring 2010. Nail on the head, then.
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Alexander Roy - 515 days 16 hours ago
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Probably March 2010? Ouch.
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Bob Dole - 515 days 16 hours ago
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On the next console. Maybe that's why it couldn't be done on the PS3. It couldn't even be done on the 360.
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Bombibomb - 515 days 15 hours ago
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1.2 - Hobo Cell
You want the real reason? It looked and played like Assassin's Creed. They're also using the same engine.
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marinelife9 - 515 days 12 hours ago
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I don't think they were intimidated by Assassin's Creed it's in there own studios. I think MGS4 caused them to go back to the drawing board.

2010 will give them just enough time to make a PS3 port.
(I'm a hypocrite because I wouldn't by the game for PS3 anyway)
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THE_MACC - 515 days 15 hours ago
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Yeah it did. and then the gamer reaction to Assassins creed, was so poor that it's made them panic. I didn't mind Assassins creed, but it could have been so much better.
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LastDance - 515 days 15 hours ago
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I reckon assassins creed had so much potential....like a ridiculous amount. It's a shame.
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Baka-akaB - 515 days 14 hours ago
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I doubt its the poor reaction that scared them , its just that they probably felt the world would laugh at them for probably the same game either worse , or with little improvement .
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Isaac - 515 days 12 hours ago
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2.3 - Well, what do you expect
If it is not developed by Nintendo, Rockstar, Lionhead, Ensemble Studios, Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch or Insomniac, then you can't expect much from it. Did anyone think Jade Raymond could pull something truly revolutionary? "I am alive" will probably be another overhyped garbage from Ubisoft, just like Kane and Lynch, Haze, Assassin's Creed, and the same will probably hold true for HawX and Conviction. I only have hope for EndWar, because they are botching Prince of Persia and after Haze who knows what will happen to Timesplitters 4.
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Gorgon - 515 days 11 hours ago
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Jade Raymond was the Producer, not the Creative Director or Lead Designer. The way Assassin's Creed turned out has nothing to do with her. Her job is just to make sure the game gets done and working from a producer point of view. They just used her as the public face behind the game nothing else. You want to blame someone blame the Creative Director and Lead Designer.
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N2NOther - 514 days 15 hours ago
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Hey now! Don't blame Kane and Lynch on Ubisoft. That was an Eidos game.

Anyway, I actually LOVED Assassins Creed.
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Jenzo - 515 days 15 hours ago
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That's one big delay. They better not screw it up.
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Madgunner - 515 days 15 hours ago
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4 - u know what i think
i think all these delays, at some point there gona just say u know what lets scueduel a Ps3 release too. for all u know ubi is probably waiting on to see how much the ps3 is catchin up by the end of 2008 my guess. 2 million consoles behind the xbox360... but that all depends with price drops and other crap so lets not even go there ^_^
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gnothe1 - 515 days 15 hours ago
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nope thats not it at all. that has always been the game to compete with MGS4, but after seeing MGS4, they 5hit themselves an said we cant release this an asked for a do over.
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RadientFlux - 515 days 14 hours ago
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I know I'm going to get disagree with this. While the storytelling elements are superior in the Metal Gear Solid franchise.

I've always preferred the sneaking/gameplay elements in Splinter Cell franchise.
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N2NOther - 514 days 15 hours ago
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I definitely prefer Splinter Cell's stealth elements to MGS's. The story is where MGS usually kicks it's ass. But MGS 4 really changed all that.
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DARK WITNESS - 515 days 14 hours ago
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i know its strange, but the first SC is still my personal best in terms of the missions and stories etc. it also felt a lot longer.

well, lets see what they do.
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tobin_blade - 515 days 13 hours ago
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I played assassins creed for about 4 hours and never looked at it again - once you have killed about 20 guys its just the same over and over.

If splinter cell was going to be like this in anyway i am glad they have taken it back.
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jlytle1234 - 515 days 12 hours ago
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remember when ubisoft was great at making games. They have become so mediocre. they have innovative ideas but just cant seem to bring it out in their games. How do you mess up a game like assassins creed?
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Finch - 515 days 11 hours ago
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Emmm, I would still like a unoffical copy of the one they trashed. Still looked like a good game to me!
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Metal gear stood out so much and is so great they had no choice but to go back and redo the game and try and clone metal gears game play. lol!
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Raoh - 515 days 11 hours ago
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how did this become an exclusive anyway?

my friend loves the splinter cell series... on his ps2
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i played the first SC on gamecube lol. it was actually very good and the trigers felt really natural. this shouldn't be exclusive.
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Gamingisfornerds - 515 days 9 hours ago
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12 - No surprise really.
The game looked like a mess back when they first showed it at Ubidays. Lack of polish, poor AI, lame concept, etc.

I think they're going back the safe route and develop something a little closer to what the series has always been, and quite frankly, I'm glad they are!
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Raptors - 514 days 21 hours ago
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ouch
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solidsnakus - 514 days 19 hours ago
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the diffrence here is that this delay is cause of the team making the game cant decide on what to make. not because of getting it to run properly like most ps3 delays.
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slave2Dcontroller - 514 days 17 hours ago
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15 - PHEEEEEW!!
Thank Goodness. It pained me to see Sam walking around like a poverty strickened hobo. Hopefully Ubi will shave, bathe, feed and put the poor bastard back into the spy-savy environments he belongs in. Tactical espionage in a deli really wasnt cool. I'm still LMAO@Ubi for even thinking up that concept despite the success of the Bourne movies.

I'm really glad Ubi did the right thing and went back to the drawing board because I had already written this game off had it released in its original state. Hopefully I will a TRUE SCD to look forward to in due time.

Thannk You Ubisoft... thank you(in a releieved tone)
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