Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell every single gamer on earth knows what this name means, it gave a new dimension not just to FPS (First Person Shooter) but to most of the genres of modern gaming. Splinter Cell gave players a new kind of gameplay where instead of gun- fights and combats focus was on sneaking around, using darkness and shadows to hide. Now they are back with a new game Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction. It will be developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. Originally, Conviction should have been released long ago on November 16, 2008, but were delayed due to unknown reasons. Most recent delay pushed its date of release to 2009-2010 fiscal year.

The story of the Conviction will take two years after Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent. It was confirmed by the developers in an article by IGN. Main protagonist of the Splinter Cell series Sam Fisher comes out of hiding because of an unspecified danger to his friend and co-worker Anna Grimsdottr. He returns to Third Echelon and find that organization has fallen into disarray caused by bureaucratic limitations and internal power struggles. Enraged by the inability of Third Echelon to decide what’s right, Sam Strike out its own.

On July 16, 2007, it was announced by that composers Kaveh Cohen and Michael Nielsen will compose music for Conviction. They will be associated by music house Groove Addicts. SoundTrackNet posted a news item from the scoring session for the game, featuring photographs of the orchestral recording of the music. This will be the first score of video game by the fellow composers and the music company.

On 21, September 2006 promotional images, artwork and the logo of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction were leaked. They were leaked in a RAR file along with many other unreleased games. First screenshots were revealed on a message board with many photographs of screenshots in a magazine featuring shots of Sam Fisher. Identity of Sam Fisher looked changed as he is now with full grown beard, throwing chairs and people around and blending with crowd and engaging in a firefight from behind cover. Video of the Conviction showed lighting and shadow effects are vastly improved from previous game of the series Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent.

Ubisoft released the first trailer of the game on may 23, 2007. Sam was shown more like a civilian and dealing with the enemies with help of chairs and tables. Events take place in Washington D.C. Several other monuments of Washington was also featured in the game including the Korean War Memorial, the United States Capitol and the Washington Monument. The trailer was 1:52 minute long and is available on official website of the game as well as on Xbox Live Marketplace.

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