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

Great news for fans of Sam Fisher: Ubisoft hasn't forgotten about Splinter Cell. They've recently updated the 2013 game, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, by adding Steam Achievements. This is the first significant update since 2022, when IGN met with Ubisoft Toronto developers to discuss the design philosophy behind the upcoming Splinter Cell Remake.

Ubisoft announced: "Agents, we are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Splinter Cell: Blacklist!" The new achievements can be "retroactively earned for the accomplishments already completed in your game," but players need to start 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.

Interestingly, Ubisoft decided against adding the 19 online achievements available on consoles, ensuring that players can still achieve 100% completion on Steam.

The stealth-action series is making a comeback with the Splinter Cell Remake, a ground-up rebuild 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 other Ubisoft news, the company recently established a subsidiary focused on its Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six brands, backed by a €1.16 billion (approx. $1.25 billion) investment from Tencent. This move comes on the heels of Assassin's Creed Shadows surpassing 3 million players. Ubisoft has faced challenges with high-profile flops, layoffs, studio closures, and game cancellations, putting significant pressure on Assassin's Creed Shadows to succeed as the company's share price hit an all-time low.