May 10^th, 2004 (12:00am) - With the fresh release of Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow earning rave reviews on both Xbox and PC platforms, Ubisoft has announced that Ubisoft Montreal, the developers behind the original Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, are back with a third installment in the Splinter Cell franchise, tentatively named Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3. Splinter Cell 3 will be shown for the first time ever in a theater-style demo at Ubisoft’s E3 booth - #1046 in the South Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center, and is scheduled for a PC launch in late 2004. Details on other platforms will be forthcoming.

With the first Splinter Cell, Ubisoft redefined stealth action and set new standards for dynamic lighting; Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow delivered an online multiplayer experience that awed even jaded gamers, and Splinter Cell 3 will continue the tradition of pushing the interactive and technological possibilities of video gaming. It will offer the best graphics in this generation of games, a completely immersive and interactive environment, innovative gameplay and a completely unique collaborative multiplayer experience. Splinter Cell 3’s features - all courtesy of cutting edge visual and sound technologies - will set an industry benchmark once again.

"With Splinter Cell 3, the series evolves to give gamers a new kind of gameplay that ensures the Splinter Cell franchise will continue to set standards for the industry," said Yves Guillemot, President and CEO of Ubisoft. "We expect Splinter Cell 3 to be the best-looking game on any platform, period, thanks to Ubisoft’s incredible command of the latest technologies and visionary creativity - after all, we created the first Splinter Cell, which completely redefined stealth action."

About Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3
The year is 2008. Information Warfare has evolved into the most dangerous threat to global stability. You are Sam Fisher, Third Echelon’s most skilled Splinter Cell operative. You are assigned to execute a hazardous series of operations to investigate and eliminate a new source of information attacks, originating in North Korea. To succeed, you will employ a host of unconventional counterintelligence activities to gather intel, disrupt enemy operations and neutralize adversary targets.

As Information Warfare evolves, so must the Splinter Cell. You must penetrate deeper into hostile territory and operate undetected, closer to the enemy than ever before. At your disposal is a lethal array of tactics ranging from Combat Knife techniques, experimental prototype weapons skills, and more radical hand-to-hand techniques such as the Inverted Chokehold. Experience the thrill of acting as a lone operative fighting tomorrow’s threats in the field, and of cooperating online with a partner to accomplish crucial missions. Die in action, and the free world dies with you.

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