Great news for fans of Sam Fisher: Ubisoft hasn't forgotten about Splinter Cell. They've recently added Steam Achievements to the 2013 release, Splinter Cell: Blacklist. This update marks the first significant news since the 2022 update on the Splinter Cell Remake, where IGN met with Ubisoft Toronto developers to discuss their design philosophy behind the game. Overnight, Ubisoft quietly rolled out an updated achievement list for the 12-year-old Blacklist on Steam.
Ubisoft stated: "Agents, we are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Splinter Cell: Blacklist!"
These achievements will be "retroactively earned for the accomplishments already completed in your game," but you'll need to 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.
Interestingly, Ubisoft chose not to include the additional 19 online achievements available on consoles, ensuring players can still achieve 100% completion on Steam.
The beloved stealth-action series is poised to make a comeback with the Splinter Cell Remake. While details remain scarce, we know it will be built from scratch using the advanced 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. “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 move followed the announcement that Assassin's Creed Shadows surpassed 3 million players. Ubisoft has faced challenges with high-profile flops, layoffs, studio closures, and game cancellations leading up to Shadows' release. The pressure is on for Shadows to succeed, especially after Ubisoft's share price reached an all-time low.
