Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (video game)

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Developer(s)Ubi Soft Montreal[a]
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)
Designer(s)
Programmer(s)Antoine Dodens
Artist(s)Hugo Dallaire
Writer(s)
Composer(s)Michael Richard Plowman
SeriesTom Clancy's Splinter Cell
EngineUnreal Engine 2.0
Platform(s)
Release
November 18, 2002
  • Xbox
    Microsoft Windows
    Mobile
    • WW: March 3, 2003[5]
    PlayStation 2
    GameCube
    Game Boy Advance
    N-Gage
    • EU: December 5, 2003
    • NA: December 10, 2003
    Mac OS X
    PlayStation 3
    • EU/AU: September 16, 2011
    • NA: September 27, 2011
Genre(s)Stealth
Mode(s)Single-player

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a 2002 stealth game developed by Ubi Soft Montreal and published by Ubi Soft. It is the first game in the Splinter Cell series. Endorsed by author Tom Clancy, it follows the activities of NSA black ops agent Sam Fisher (voiced by Michael Ironside). The game was inspired by both the Metal Gear series and games created by Looking Glass Studios, and was built using Unreal Engine 2.[13][14][15]

Originally released as an Xbox exclusive in 2002,[16][17] the game was ported to Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, GameCube and Mac OS X in 2003.[18] A side-scrolling adaptation developed by Gameloft was also released in 2003 for Game Boy Advance, mobile phones and N-Gage (the latter with the subtitle Team Stealth Action).[19][20] A remastered high definition version was released on PlayStation 3 in September 2011, and an Xbox version was made available for Xbox One via backward compatibility in June 2019.[21]

Splinter Cell received critical acclaim on release and is considered as one of the best video games ever made. The success of the game lead to multiple sequels, starting with Pandora Tomorrow in 2004, and a series of novels written under the pseudonym David Michaels. A remake of the game is currently in development by Ubisoft Toronto.

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  21. ^ Kuchera, Ben (June 10, 2019). "Microsoft announces final backward-compatible games coming to Xbox One". Polygon. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.


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