Ubisoft Revives Splinter Cell with Steam Achievements Added to 12-Year-Old Game

Great news for fans of Sam Fisher: Ubisoft has not forgotten about Splinter Cell. They've recently added Steam Achievements to the 2013 title, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, signaling that the franchise is still on their radar.

The last significant update on the Splinter Cell Remake was in 2022 when IGN met with Ubisoft Toronto developers to discuss their approach to redesigning the game. However, in a quiet move overnight, Ubisoft updated the achievement list for the 12-year-old Splinter Cell: Blacklist on Steam.

Ubisoft stated: "Agents, we are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Splinter Cell: Blacklist!"

The new achievements will be "retroactively earned for the accomplishments already completed in your game," but you'll need to launch the game at least once for this to happen. "Once synced, the previously unlocked Ubisoft Connect achievements will be automatically unlocked on Steam," the team further explained.

While they added these retroactively earned achievements, Ubisoft chose not to include the additional 19 online achievements found on console versions, ensuring players can still achieve 100% completion on Steam.

The stealth-action series is poised for a revival with the upcoming Splinter Cell Remake, which will be a complete rebuild using the advanced Snowdrop engine. Details remain scarce, but it's clear that the remake will honor the original game's essence while modernizing its elements.

“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,” said creative director Chris Auty. “But the core of the story, the core of the experience will remain as it was in the original game.”

In other Ubisoft news, last month they launched a subsidiary company focused on their Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six brands, backed by a €1.16 billion (approximately $1.25 billion) investment from Tencent.

This move follows the announcement that Assassin's Creed Shadows surpassed 3 million players. Ubisoft has faced challenges with high-profile flops, layoffs, studio closures, and game cancellations leading up to Shadows' launch, adding significant pressure for the game to succeed amid the company's historically low share prices.