It’s been almost five years since Ubisoft announced something, but the French publisher seems to have forgotten about it.

Less than a week after promising a new Ghost Recon game, though likely not in the near future, Ubisoft announced plans to celebrate the series’ 25th anniversary in August. At that time, the company will share specific details about its future plans. “It’s been a while, Ghosts! We know some of you have seen some updates. We’ll have more to say on August 6th when we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ghost Recon. Intel coming soon,” the announcement states. The latest game in the Ghost Recon franchise came out seven years ago and was not particularly impressive, though it has improved since then. Ubisoft is in a tough spot, and sometimes the best weapon is the one you have on hand.

It’s been a while Ghosts! We know some of you saw some updates, we’ll have more to say on the 6th of August when we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Ghost Recon. Intel coming soon.

— Ghost Recon (@GhostRecon) July 20, 2026

After pondering this Ghost Recon announcement, we thought, “Maybe there will be news about Splinter Cell, too!” After all, it’s also connected to Tom Clancy. Ghost, Rainbow, and Echelon all essentially belong to the Clancy universe. If any of these groups are long overdue for attention, it’s the Splinter Cell team. However, not all of them are the same, at least not in the regard that matters right now. The Splinter Cell Twitter account features a retweet from early July celebrating Ubisoft’s 40th anniversary, half a dozen tweets from 2025 (mostly about the Splinter Cell animated series streaming on Netflix), a retweet from 2023, and relatively active posts from 2022. The Splinter Cell remake was announced in 2021.

The 2022 activity marked the 20th anniversary of the original Splinter Cell game. That same year, the remake’s director, David Grivel, left Ubisoft to pursue other opportunities. Since then, he has had enough time to work on Battlefield 6, return to Ubisoft, and take the helm of the Splinter Cell remake once again. During that same period, Netflix completed the Splinter Cell animated series without Michael Ironside; the Splinter Cell movie starring Tom Hardy was canceled; and Ubisoft angered fans by releasing an unflattering image of Sam Fisher, which may have been intentional since it had become clear that Ubisoft enjoys messing with us.

This isn’t a problem unique to Splinter Cell. Consider the Sands of Time remake, canceled after six years of fruitless work; Skull and Bones, released six years late; and Beyond Good and Evil 2, soon to celebrate its 20th anniversary of non-existence. Punctuality simply isn’t Ubisoft’s strong suit. This is why we’re in for a quieter year in terms of Ubisoft releases, with things picking up again in 2027–28.

The 25th anniversary of the first Splinter Cell game is November 18, 2027. Perhaps Ubisoft loves big anniversaries and has decided to wait for a significant one before revealing new Splinter Cell news.

Source: PCGamer