{"id":4466,"date":"2022-07-21T17:27:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T22:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2022-07-21T17:27:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T22:27:30","slug":"ubisoft-is-cancelling-splinter-cell-vr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/ubisoft-is-cancelling-splinter-cell-vr\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft is cancelling Splinter Cell VR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When Ubisoft announced a new <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/were-officially-getting-a-new-splinter-cell-in-2020-2021\/\">VR-focused Splinter Cell<\/a>, I was skeptical. I didn&#8217;t see Splinter Cell working well in a VR environment, especially given the aging fanbase for the series and general VR adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turns out, Ubisoft didn&#8217;t see it working well either, and they&#8217;ve canned the project after complete radio silence post-announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It took 2 years after a major public announcement before we heard anything, and we&#8217;re finding this out via a <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2022\/07\/ubisoft-cancels-frontline-splinter-cell-vr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">financial call<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course Splinter Cell VR isn&#8217;t the only game hitting the chopping block: We&#8217;re also completely not shocked that Ghost Recon Frontline (<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/ghost-recon-frontline-how-it-shouldve-been-announced\/\">which had an incredibly tone-deaf reveal<\/a>) is going bye-bye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Splinter Cell remake is supposedly still in the works, but after 2 games that went through major promotional efforts at announcement have disappeared, I&#8217;m not getting my hopes up there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Ubisoft announced a new VR-focused Splinter Cell, I was skeptical. 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