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After 4 quiet years, Ubisoft keeps some hope alive for its Splinter Cell revival as it asks for some parts of the Netflix show to be cut because of “other plans” for the dormant stealth series

Dustin Bailey

16 September 2025

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It’s been over a decade since a new Splinter Cell game launched, and nearly four years since developer Ubisoft quietly announced it was working on a remake of the original stealth title. The upcoming Netflix show, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, is the biggest sign of life the franchise has had in ages, and it seems Ubisoft still has some plans beyond it.

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“[Ubisoft’s] got a stranglehold on their IP for good measure because they’ve got some of the best titles,” Kolstad tells IGN. “But there were some things that along the way [they] were like, ‘Don’t do that.’ And I’m like, ‘Why?’ And they’re like, ‘Hey, we got other plans.’ Again, I only get to peer behind part of the curtain for what they’re thinking [of for the] long run. But for what I want to do with the anime and talking in the future of any other spinoff they want to do, it’s going like, ‘This fits the mold.'”

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