Assassin's Creed 3, Splinter Cell: Retribution coming this year?

By Tom Phillips Published 14 February, 2012

UPDATE: Ubisoft says report "inaccurate" but "we're thrilled and kind of amused".

UPDATE: Ubisoft's unverified list of 2012 release dates is "inaccurate", the publisher has told Eurogamer.

"We're thrilled and kind of amused to see this line-up news," a Ubisoft statement handed to Eurogamer begins.

"It shows that players are anxious to hear about Ubisoft's upcoming releases. This reported line-up is inaccurate. We guarantee you that you'll hear directly from us soon about the amazing variety of games Ubisoft has slated for fiscal year 2012-13."

ORIGINAL STORY: Ubisoft will release Assassin's Creed 3 and Splinter Cell: Retribution this year, according to an unverified release schedule posted by Gameranx.

Eurogamer has been trying to contact Ubisoft all morning, but has been unable to verify the document with the publisher.

But it sounds about right.

Ubisoft has teased that 2012 will bring a "major" new game in the Assassin's Creed franchise. Eurogamer since discovered that this game will conclude the story of protagonist Desmond Miles before the series' doomsday date arrives in real life. That doomsday date is 2012, so we'll need the concluding instalment this year.

PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 versions of Assassin's Creed 3 are apparently on the way. Nintendo mentioned an Assassin's Creed Wii U game when the console was unveiled at E3 last summer.

This is the first time we've heard the name Splinter Cell: Retribution, but we knew a new Splinter Cell game was in development at Ubisoft Toronto, and has been for several years. That project's being lead by ex-Assassin's Creed frontwoman, Jade Raymond. Retribution's down to appear on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

A Prince of Persia game for Wii and 3DS is also mentioned. Could it be a new game, or is it the downloadable Prince of Persia port that was released for WiiWare and the 3DS Virtual Console last month?

A game called Just Dance Final Party is listed for Wii, PlayStation Move and Xbox 360 as well. And what a dramatic name - do we take this to mean Final Party will be the last Just Dance game from Ubisoft?

We doubt it.

We've reproduced the full (and as yet unconfirmed) Ubisoft slate below. Curiously, there's no mention of Rayman Origins, which is scheduled to launch on PlayStation Vita next week.

  • Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows)
  • Far Cry 3 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows)
  • I Am Alive (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows)
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online (Microsoft Windows, Wii U)
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Retribution (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows)
  • Prince of Persia (Wii, 3DS)
  • Assassin's Creed 3 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, Microsoft Windows)
  • Just Dance Final Party (Wii, Xbox 360, Playstation Move)

Far Cry 3.

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Comments (39) Latest comment 3 months ago

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  • sonicyoda #1 3 months ago

    No Ubisoft! You're going to ruin the Assassin's Creed franchise with this one-a-year bullshit! Look how Revelations turned out!

  • Lexx87 #2 3 months ago

    What saddens me about Ass. Creed is that the developers came out to say they were going to rest the game for a year or two, to keep the ideas fresh.

    Then Ubisoft came along and obviously forced them to churn one out every year, and the toll it has taken judging by the last game is that they are really struggling to keep things fresh.

    But hey the short-term dollar is more important, right?
    Edited by Lexx87 at 14/02/12 @ 12:13

  • Gearskin #3 3 months ago

    Something for everyone there. Really good slate.

  • Ferral #4 3 months ago

    I tuned out of the AC series after Brotherhood, just didnt seem the same, didnt enjoy it as much as the first 2 games. Suppose if the setting is something that peaks my interest may consider it.

    I am looking forward to Farcry 3 out of that list mostly followed by the new BIA game

  • StuDevo #5 3 months ago

    If it is AC3 then at least desmond's story should be completed.

  • Ignatius_Cheese #6 3 months ago

    New setting and new character for Assassin's Creed 3 will hopefully give it a shot in the arm.

  • MaxxGForce #7 3 months ago

    Did Conviction get a release on PS3? Well if not, it's good news for PS3 owners this time around.

  • DAN.E.B #8 3 months ago

    I aint got time to Creed!

  • Skooch #9 3 months ago

    Post #1, #2 and #4 - couldn't agree more. Ubi are ruining the franchise, it's become too obvious, too samey and there's no real value in playing it every year. Ubi should have aimed for fewer releases but with higher quality. No doubt the AC teams are getting extremely tired and rather run down by now.

  • PenguinJim #10 3 months ago

    "Eurogamer has been trying to contact Ubisoft all morning, but has been unable to verify the document with the publisher."

    I could be wrong, but I believe their servers are down today.

  • Rex0n #11 3 months ago

    I want Splinter Cell HD collection please!

  • doragonpawwa #12 3 months ago

    Prince of Persia? from all of any other Ubisoft I'd like to see a sequel of POP 08, was a nice game...

  • TravisTouchdown #13 3 months ago

    @Rex0n

    Erm, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tom-Clancys-Splinter-Cell-Trilogy/dp/B004JLNKNK/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329223281&sr=8-1-spell

  • Casserole #14 3 months ago

    Wooo Jade Raymond!

  • Doctor_What #15 3 months ago

    I've finally gone through Brotherhood... I love AC, but the way people talk about Revelations, I'm really not sure if I want to get it. I want to see the end of Ezio's story though... Argh!

  • nazzyq #16 3 months ago

    I thought Revelations was great! My theory is that Ubisoft have had a team working on AC3 for awhile now, maybe even just after AC2 shipped.

  • nazzyq #17 3 months ago

    @Doctor_What Its still a great game, one that I thoroughly enjoyed. Just don't expect any major gameplay changes, and you'll have a blast.

  • bad09 #18 3 months ago

    Christ, Because Ubi took so long dealing with their crap DRM on AC2 I've only just started Brotherhood, I'll be sick of AC by the time I catch up on the plus side as Skyrim has taken over my gaming life by the time I do get round to 3 it'll be cheap. Hopefully it'll be a new character because I'm bored of Ezio already :)

    Nice to see more SC coming although I do hope they drop that awful "let's write and show videos all over the environment" stuff for the new one, there was a good game in Conviction ruined by some god awful presentation.

    Some good games coming from them though (although my most anticipated Ubi game is the awesome looking and DRM free Rayman next month!), hopefully I won't need to ignore them as they always seem to shoot themselves in the foot then aim it at their head on PC. The mongs ;)

  • Weezer #19 3 months ago

    Splinter Cell is dead to me. Go back to what made the original Xbox versions great and I might be interested...

  • menage #20 3 months ago

    Since I skipped rev I might be ready for a new one. F3 looks good as well

  • ChristopherGore89 #21 3 months ago

    Yeah I really enjoyed Assassins Creed Revelations it fustrated at some points yes overall it was still a great game. Really looking forward to the concluding part for ol desmond

  • Tyrhinis #22 3 months ago

    Although Brotherhood was fantastic, I have to agree with Lexx87 et al - they should have stuck to one full sequel every two or three years, possibly with small expansion-pack-sized releases in between (like Halo ODST: use the same engine and same multiplayer but try something a bit different for the SP and throw in all the DLC for the MP, and then price it at about Ł28ish).

    Does look like a cracking list. I feel sorry for the PC gamers who won't be able to play any of them because of DRM.

  • GiarcYekrub #23 3 months ago

    I like Conviction but I wish they had kept non lethal take down, esspecially during the third echelon sequence

  • bad09 #24 3 months ago

    @Tyrhinis

    To be fair to Ubi things are sort of getting better. They are still slightly cloak and dagger about their DRMs by not giving customer full details of what malware they might include, and it is a shame they are sticking to the russian roulette tactics with DRM where on one hand you'll have a wonderfully refreshing DRM free Rayman and on other things like the Anno hardware changing mess but it just means researching DRM before purchase which smart PC gamers tend to do anyway.

    They have certainly vastly improved since the birth of their malware but there is still lots of room for improvement.

  • rudedudejude #25 3 months ago

    Revelations is great

  • evarofzentral #26 3 months ago

    I thought AC3 was already confirmed for this year. Oh well, I still enjoyed Revelations very much (probably more than Brotherhood) although I think they will certainly need a break to freshen things up after finishing off Desmond's story. Looking forward to Far Cry 3 as well.

  • UncleLou #27 3 months ago

    For a second there, I thought it was just one game:

    Assassin's Creed 3: Splinter Cell: Retribution

  • Jimjamyaha #28 3 months ago

    It's a shame that I'll probably play Assassin's Creed 3 despite them giving Ezio (a fantastic character) a poor send off. Whilst continuing the story of Desmond who absolute opposite.

    At least 16 was a little bit interesting.

  • CYPRIOTCleANER #29 3 months ago

    nice! shit load of stuff.

  • NiolK #30 3 months ago

    Desmond Miles is a horrendously boring character. I hope he has some sort of Animus brain-melt and gets stuck in the past leaping between different ancestors.

  • wattsn26 #31 3 months ago

    @MaxxGForce Nope never...I assume it was because of Microsoft and their moneyhatting since even the very early "next gen" Splinter Cell came out on PS3..

    Please let AC3 have a new engine and a new setting and/or time frame

  • QotSAfan #32 3 months ago

    Cannot wait for Far Cry 3. That trailer and the villain look so promising.

  • juliankennedy23 #33 3 months ago

    I still have Assassins Creed 2 in my need to play Que. I need a least another year to catch up.

  • CaptMagic #34 3 months ago

    I think that they're set with Assassins Creed games, the last ones were good, so why would they want to patiently ruin the series.

  • DRUNK3N-_-DRAGON #35 3 months ago

    the definition of insanity is buying farcry2 all over again!

  • brider #36 3 months ago

    Ubi games are on a big downward spiral as far as im concerned I thought splinter cell chaos theory and pandora had some of the best multiplayer ever it was nerve shredding waiting in the shadows for a merc to pass by so you could grab him or pull him off a ledge. now though the multiplayer is just boring you can basicly just run round like an idiot shooting everything with no stealth needed.

    as for assasins creed the first 2 were great brotherhood had good multiplayer except the daft scoring system and now reverlations is just bland an boring where every character has the exact same assasination moves :(

  • wayne997 #37 3 months ago

    they want to release ghost recon and farcry and trials evolution first . bet a pound to a penny they are delayed to march 2013

  • acsuperfan #38 3 months ago

    @sonicyoda Ubisoft has been working in AC3 for three years now as of February 15 2012

  • acsuperfan #39 3 months ago

    @Doctor_What Depends on your love for the saga, I also doubted if getting Revelations or not.. but I finally got it and I loved it, the bad thing is that the story is not... to good... but it's a good game... for me