Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Developer(s) : Ubisoft Toronto Publisher(s) : Ubisoft Engine : LEAD engine (modified Unreal Engine 2.5) Release: Spring 2013 Platforms \tMicrosoft Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Black List will be the sixth main installment in the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series of video games developed and published by Ubisoft.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Black List lead developer is to be Ubisoft Toronto's Jade Raymond, who also led Assassins Creed's development, in conjunction with Ubisoft Montreal.

The game is said to explore "root themes" of the series. Studio head Jade Raymond has stated that the game will still have the "action flick elements" from the series previous games, but also explore "...something a little bit more interesting that is actually one of the themes that's at the root of the franchise historically, but never has been surfaced so much."

Plot

Splinter Cell Conviction Blacklist, takes place after Splinter Cell Conviction in story chronology. Sam Fisher is the head of 4th Echelon, and directly reports to the United States President. The primary mission of 4th Echelon, as assigned by the president, is to shutdown all current operations being conducted by Third Echelon and their agents. Splinter Cell Blacklist sees the return of Anna 'Grim' Grimsdottir.