TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL BLACKLIST

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist is an upcoming action-adventure stealth game published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth installment of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series and will act as a sequel to Splinter Cell: Conviction.

Gameplay

Blacklist introduces a new gameplay mechanic called Killing in Motion, allowing the player to highlight targets and take them out in quick succession while on the run. The game is set in a third-person perspective so the protagonist and the objects around him are visible. As well, there will be voice integration with Xbox 360's Kinect peripheral, which will allow players to say things to distract enemies and then attack. The player can also use the Kinect sensor to control the protagonist with their body instead of the Xbox 360 controller. In the Wii U version, the Gamepad controller's touchscreen acts as an interface to access gadgets and other features from the protagonist's arm-mounted computer, or OPSAT. It also incorporates the screen and motion controls to highlight enemies through thermal vision when using the Killing in Motion mechanic.

Multiplayer

The game's designer Maxime Béland confirmed that the "spies vs. mercs" competitive mode from the prior games of the series would be making a return. The first look of this mode was announced to be presented on May 2, 2013 as seen in the puzzle reveal video.

Synopsis

Plot

Following the events of Splinter Cell: Conviction, Patricia Caldwell, the President of the United States, shuts down the corrupt Third Echelon and replaces it with a new special operations and counter-terrorism unit called Fourth Echelon – a team of elite operatives drawn from different agencies, who operate in a mobile environment and perform missions assigned directly by the Commander in Chief, led by former Third Echelon agent Sam Fisher. When a group of twelve terrorists calling themselves "The Engineers" initiate a deadly countdown of escalating attacks on United States assets called "The Blacklist", Fisher and his team are assigned to hunt them down and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero.

Characters

Blacklist again stars Sam Fisher as the spymaster and commander of the newly instated Fourth Echelon. The game also sees the return of Fisher's old ally, Anna 'Grim' Grímsdóttir, along with new characters such as Isaac Briggs and Charlie Cole. Victor Coste and Andriy Kobin reprise their roles from Conviction.

Development

In November 2010, Jade Raymond from Ubisoft Toronto announced that the studio was developing a new Splinter Cell game. During the Microsoft's press conference at E3 2012, Splinter Cell: Blacklist was officially revealed; the talk highlighted new features for the series including Kinect integration.
It was also announced that series veteran Michael Ironside would not reprise his role as the voice of Sam Fisher, with this part filled instead by actor Eric Johnson, who will also be performing motion capture duties. In a "Blacklist" developer diaries Ironside stated that he would not return to voice the character, but instead pass the torch to another actor.
Ubisoft executives said that the change was made to take advantage of new performance capture technology to create a richer experience, with Ironside assisting Johnson in the role. Elias Toufexis, voice and performance capture actor for Andriy Kobin in Splinter Cell: Conviction, announced on his Twitter account that he will reprise the role in the game.

Release

Splinter Cell: Blacklist will be released in North America on August 20, 2013 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PC, with a European release of August 23. Additionally, the UK's Wii U version will be released on August 23.
The limited edition of the game, titled the Paladin Collector's Edition, contains a remote-controlled plane, the graphic novel Splinter Cell Echoes, the Billionaire's Yacht co-op map, Upper Echelon Pack (Dead Coast Map), Gold Sonar Goggles and a limited edition poster.
As a tie-in, Splinter Cell: Blacklist - Spider Bot was released for the iOS platform on June 10, 2013 and is now available on the App Store.

Reception

Pre-release

Based on early screenshots and videos of Blacklist, the game has been praised for removing Conviction's monochrome visuals, according to Joystiq.com's Mike Schramm.The voice acting, however, has not been well received by fans. Ubisoft responded with a statement saying that Ironside wasn't returning as Fisher because they needed an actor that was "physically capable" of a motion capture performance. Thus, Johnson was hired for the job.
In contrast to the positive reception, Tom Bissell wrote that he felt "sick and infuriated" after watching a demonstration of the gameplay at E3, which featured an interactive torture sequence. Because of the negative response from fans alike, Ubisoft decided to remove the torture sequence entirely from the final product.
 
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