Since placing the series on indefinite hiatus, fans have criticized Ubisoft for continuing to use series protagonist Sam Fisher in mobile spin-offs such as Tom Clancy's Elite Squad and guest appearances in games such as Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Seige. RELATED: Ubisoft Needs to Come Clean About Splinter Cell The game would later go on to inspire a series, with multiple titles releasing until 2013's Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist, which failed to meet sales expectations for Ubisoft, causing the publisher to put the Splinter Cell franchise on hold. The series was a major success for Ubisoft, receiving ports to PlayStation 2, PC, and GameCube, and a sequel in 2004 titled Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell debuted on the original Xbox console in 2002 and followed NSA Black Ops agent Sam Fisher (voiced by Michael Ironside) as players guided him through a series of levels built around stealth, inspired by the Metal Gear Solid and Thief series'. After years of begging and campaining for a new game in the franchise, it appears Ubisoft might be preparing to return to Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, as a new game has reportedly been greenlit.
These series' returned after many requests from dedicated fans for years, and much has been the case for Ubisoft's Splinter Cell franchise. Recent years have seen major publishers return to beloved video game franchises that were left dormant for many years such as Activision's Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon series, and Nintendo's Metroid series.