Ubisoft was engaged on a brand new Splinter Cell sport that was going to embrace video games-as-a-service earlier than it shifted to turn out to be XDefiant, a sport that the writer shut down not lengthy after launch. That is in accordance with Nick Herman, a developer who labored on the sport earlier than leaving to start out AdHoc Studios, the crew that simply launched the episodic sport Dispatch to nice success.
“I used to be so excited to be part of this and assist revitalize it, as a result of it has been dormant for some time,” Herman stated instructed Bloomberg. “And we thought we may inform an ideal story and do one thing the followers would love.”
The sport was in improvement “for just a few months,” Bloomberg reported, and Herman confirmed that Ubisoft wished to have it function video games-as-a-service parts.
“We tried,” Herman stated. “Let’s make a story GAAS sport. We have been attempting to make that make sense, and a whole lot of cool prototypes have been made.”
The report stated “Ubisoft had misplaced curiosity” on this Splinter Cell sport and shifted to pursue a undertaking that would try and compete with Name of Obligation. This grew to become XDefiant, a sport directed by former Name of Obligation boss Mark Rubin. The sport shut down after a 12 months and builders have been laid off.
“We thought we have been going to have the ability to make one thing actually nice,” Herman stated. “And you then notice that the entire stuff you care about, they do not anymore. It’s a standard factor in video games.”
Whereas that Splinter Cell sport will not be coming to market, a Splinter Cell remake is now within the works. Exterior of video games, the Splinter Cell TV present Deathwatch debuted in October on Netflix and has already been renewed for a second season. A stay-motion film was within the works, however apparently not is.