David Grivel just came back to lead the Splinter Cell remake after bouncing around the industry for a couple of years. The guy originally ran the project when Ubisoft announced it back in 2021, but he bailed to work on Battlefield 6, then returned for some other Ubisoft thing, and then joined a studio that got shut down by NetEase. He spent this year consulting on NEO BERLIN 2087 before hopping back onto Splinter Cell.
Word is the remake should drop sometime in 2026 using the Snowdrop Engine, and someone who saw it said it looks pretty solid. The game might get story updates for modern audiences, but nobody really knows if that plan stuck around through all the director swaps. Fans are hyped because this could be the third classic Ubisoft remake launching that year, after Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed IV.
Word is the remake should drop sometime in 2026 using the Snowdrop Engine, and someone who saw it said it looks pretty solid. The game might get story updates for modern audiences, but nobody really knows if that plan stuck around through all the director swaps. Fans are hyped because this could be the third classic Ubisoft remake launching that year, after Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed IV.
