Ubisoft Revives Splinter Cell with New Steam Achievements for 12-Year-Old Game

Great news for fans of Sam Fisher: Ubisoft has not forgotten about Splinter Cell. The company recently added Steam Achievements to the 2013 release, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, reigniting hope among the franchise's followers.

The last significant update on the Splinter Cell Remake was in 2022, when IGN met with Ubisoft Toronto developers to discuss their design philosophy behind the game. Now, the developer has quietly updated the achievement list for the 12-year-old Blacklist on Steam. Ubisoft announced: "Agents, we are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Splinter Cell: Blacklist!"

These new achievements will be "retroactively earned for the accomplishments already completed in your game," but you must 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.

In an interesting move, the developer chose not to include the additional 19 online achievements available on consoles. This decision ensures that players can still achieve 100% completion on Steam.

The beloved stealth-action series is gearing up for a comeback with the Splinter Cell Remake, a fresh take on the original game. Details remain sparse, but we know it will be built from scratch using the cutting-edge Snowdrop engine.

“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 during the 2022 update. “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 the company established a new subsidiary focused on its 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 development follows the announcement that Assassin's Creed Shadows surpassed 3 million players. Ubisoft has faced numerous challenges, including high-profile flops, layoffs, studio closures, and game cancellations leading up to Shadows' release. With the company's share price hitting an all-time low, there's significant pressure on Assassin's Creed Shadows to perform well.