Splinter Cell HD Trilogy release date

By Robert Purchese Published 9 August, 2011

Tomorrow for 24 quid.

The Splinter Cell HD Trilogy will be released on the PlayStation Store tomorrow, Ubisoft has announced.

The games - Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - will cost €9.99/£7.99 individually or €29.99/£23.99 bundled together.

A Blu-ray disc with the games on will be released "at a later date", wrote Ubisoft product manager Akshay Paul on the European PlayStation blog.

The Splinter Cell HD Trilogy revitalises the last-generation Splinter Cell games in 1080p resolution and with stereoscopic 3D. Trophies have also been slung in.

PlayStation Plus subscribers will be offered 20 per cent off individual title Splinter Cell and 10 per cent off Pandora Tomorrow. Chaos Theory comes with an exclusive theme that features Sam Fisher - the hero of the games.

Eurogamer's Splinter Cell review dished out 9/10 back in 2003.

Eurogamer's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow review awarded 8/10 in 2004.

Eurogamer's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory review, written in 2005, also deemed an 8/10 appropriate.

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Comments (37) Latest comment 10 months ago

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  • kearneybobs #1 10 months ago

    A shame the multiplayer has been cut out. Gonna wait and get it cheap on a disc.

  • Eighthours #2 10 months ago

    Are these based on the inferior PS2 versions? Do they have online play for Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory?

  • Centrifugal #3 10 months ago

    I wished this was on the Xbox too; I've only played Conviction but want to go back and play the others. I guess I can get them as Xbox Originals but I would like them in HD.

  • TheNonk #4 10 months ago

    Awesome!

  • RodHull #5 10 months ago

    I'm alright, Ubisoft, got all these games on Xbox and they already work on my 360, HD upscaling included. Thanks for offering though.

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #6 10 months ago

    They said there is no online play in any of the titles. Im just glad the digital pricing is realistic for once, especially if your a plus member.

    And 6 weeks ahead of retail/

  • Bravestinsane #7 10 months ago

    Chaos Theory,

    Best installment of the series.... never since has there been a good multiplayer as great as chaos theory, everything has diminished since.

  • captain_Carl #8 10 months ago

    Pretty decent prices. £23.99 is about inline with what online retailers have it up for.

    Plus members actually get it a decent amount cheaper than retail.

    More of this, please.

  • mcreddie #9 10 months ago

    Why are they only on playstation? These were more xbox games than ps ones...

  • IonOnion #10 10 months ago

    @Eighthours

    When we started this project, one of our main aims was to provide the players with the best possible content. Therefore, we decided to port the game from the PC version, which had more content and detail compared to the PS2 version.
    http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/04/0...
    Edited by IonOnion at 09/08/11 @ 16:30

  • Zander #11 10 months ago

    As already commented the multiplayer features were amazing. Merc vs.Spy was great (the level designs for this mode worth a special mention)

  • ATNR1 #12 10 months ago

    eighthours nope they the superior PC versions. Sorry for not posting the link...

  • NeverWinter78 #13 10 months ago

    It might be HD but the graphics just look bad now

  • Alestes #14 10 months ago

    I bought Splinter Cell Quadrilogy for PC back in june for £2. New. And being a PC game, it's of course already in "HD", all that is needed is to raise the resolution.

    To buy HD ports for the consoles that are already available on PC are to me a pure waste of money. The PC versions are so much cheaper. That said, I do look forward to the Ico & SotC for the PS3 a great deal.

  • YenRug #15 10 months ago

    Hold on, 3 x £7.99 = £23.97, whilst I know that's only 2p surely buying the bundled set should actually be cheaper, not more expensive?

  • Cjail #16 10 months ago

    Usually I love to buy HD remakes on Blu-ray (I am old fashioned...I still buy CDs) but retailers will have the Trilogy around the end of September so this time might be worth to make an exception: what do you think guys?

  • pacrifice #17 10 months ago

    Will it be better to purchase this from the US store?

    I ask as I know the ps2 games for PAL were bordered 50hz as opposed to NTSC 60hz therefore, if these are the PAL version games upscaled to HD, will it play like the NTSC counterparts?

    (IonOnion, I know you've highlighted that it's a port from the PC version and there aren't any PAL or NTSC issues with the PC so i'm hopeful someone says buying the PAL version will be absolutely fine, with no slowdown or other issues etc)

  • Ror1984 #18 10 months ago

    £7.99 a pop is surprisingly reasonable! I already have all but one of them on disc for the Xbox, so I might pick up the one I'm missing on PSN.

  • Snake_2011 #19 10 months ago

    great news roll on PSN update.

  • Triggerhappytel #20 10 months ago

    Ubisoft in reasonable PSN pricing shocker!

  • TFM_Excalibur #21 10 months ago

    'Why are they only on playstation? These were more xbox games than ps ones... '

    Because if it hadn't come out on ps2 beforehand there wouldn't be an xbox version.

  • Mr_Pole #22 10 months ago

    I have nothing to play at the moment and it is in 3D so i'm buying it tommorow.

  • Snufkin #23 10 months ago

    Never played the first one, but Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory was awesome, though I was such a freak for trying to get the perfect run (no spots, no kills) that I never got round to actually finishing either of them!

    As for all the 360-only whingers moaning about this being a PS3 exclusive - MS are always bagging the timed exclusives, so you're just getting a taste of it for once. As always, the best option is to own both consoles!

  • andywilkie35 #24 10 months ago

    If I didn't have a shitty 40GB PS3, I'd be all over these. Instead shall wait for the disc version I've gad on preorder for what feels like forever :)

  • sourc0r #25 10 months ago

    getting pretty crowded this fall..

    WHY FALL??

  • Mr_Pole #26 10 months ago

    I got 3D TV and PSPlus so i am gonna download it,Prince of Persia Trilogy looks cool in 3D on maximum 3D intensivity setting.

  • Kiigan #27 10 months ago

    @TFM_Excalibur

    That is incorrect.

  • TFM_Excalibur #28 10 months ago

    Heh, so it is, I stand corrected.

  • Rens11 #29 10 months ago

    If it had the multiplayer it would be an instabuy as it stands I'll wait till it's a tenner

  • scuffpuppies #30 10 months ago

    @TFM_Excalibur

    You're wrong there my friend.

    Although Splinter Cell wasn't an XBOX launch title, it was released around 4 - 6 months afterwards. It was also a timed exclusive for the XBOX with the PS2 version released roughly 6 months later. I also hate to inform you, but the XBOX version was graphically vastly superior to the PS2 version. But you could argue that was due to the port possibly being out sourced to a separate studio. In fact the XBOX versions of all the Splinter Cell games were visually better than it's PS2 brother. But still great games.

  • jamesi #31 10 months ago

    ahh dlc that actually has an incentive to purchase i.e. releasing earlier on download and reasonable price!these games were awesome graphics were superb on original xbox.PROPER stealth games lol conviction wasnt as good as these

  • Rack #32 10 months ago

    If they're PC ports then PAL wouldn't ever come into it, it's a TV standard that has no relevance to any HD format or PC resolution. To code an HD port of a PC title around PAL limitations would be insane.

  • ToAks #33 10 months ago

    Big suprise! awesome pricing. i'll grab them for sure....

    ARRRGH ... and today R3 is released too (final online server stress test)

  • Murton #34 10 months ago

    I quite want this and would love to have it early, but with a disc release coming later I'll be grabbing that to add to my growing collection. Provided I can spare the cash before the October/November rush.

  • Porcupine_I #35 10 months ago

    i like the pricing! that way i can buy one at a time without thinking about getting them cheaper as a bundle

  • HiredMan #36 10 months ago

    Great single player, but PS owners are srsly missing out without the MP eh. Shame.

  • jamesi #37 10 months ago

    lol its taken me about 5 hours to install just one of these (chaos theory)!!came in at about 5gb looking forward to playing later tho