Ubisoft Adds Steam Achievements to 12-Year-Old Splinter Cell Game

Exciting news for fans of Sam Fisher: Ubisoft has not forgotten about Splinter Cell. They've recently added Steam Achievements to the 2013 release, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, marking a significant update to the beloved stealth-action game. This move comes after the last major update on the Splinter Cell Remake in 2022, when IGN met with Ubisoft Toronto developers to discuss their design philosophy behind the game.

Ubisoft said: "Agents, we are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Splinter Cell: Blacklist!"

These achievements can be "retroactively earned for the accomplishments already completed in your game," but you'll need to launch the game at least once to sync them. "Once synced, the previously unlocked Ubisoft Connect achievements will be automatically unlocked on Steam," the team explained.

Notably, Ubisoft chose not to include the additional 19 online achievements available on consoles, ensuring players can still achieve 100% completion on Steam.

The Splinter Cell series is poised for a revival with the upcoming Splinter Cell Remake. While details are scarce, we know it will be rebuilt from scratch using the advanced Snowdrop engine. Creative director Chris Auty shared, "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. But the core of the story, the core of the experience will remain as it was in the original game."

In related news, Ubisoft recently established a subsidiary company focused on its Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six franchises, backed by a €1.16 billion (approximately $1.25 billion) investment from Tencent. This development follows the announcement that Assassin's Creed Shadows surpassed 3 million players. Ubisoft has faced several challenges, including high-profile flops, layoffs, studio closures, and game cancellations leading up to Shadows' release. With the company's share price hitting an all-time low, there's significant pressure for Assassin's Creed Shadows to succeed.