Gaming Twitter briefly blew up this afternoon when out of nowhere, Ubisoft’s Julian Gerighty, the creative director ofThe Division 2, tweeted out that himself and fellow Ubisoft directors Dan Hay and Roman Campos-Oriola were all working on anewSplinter Cellgame. He then added that he, “Can’t wait for E3,” and also posted some pictures of himself and the other directors who all looked to be drinking.
As you’re able to imagine, the Internet immediately started freaking out not only because a newSplinter Cellgame finally seemed to have been announced, but because of the way in which it was unveiled was so lackluster. The only problem with this story is that Gerighty is surely just screwing with people, no matter how evil that might be.
Not only would Gerighty have the foresight to know that he would be in major trouble if he were to reveal something like this, but the entire idea of what he’s trying to present makes no sense. Ubisoft would not consolidate directors fromThe Division 2,For Honor, andFar Cryonto a single project like this, even if fans wanted it to happen.
A representative from Ubisoft ended up essentially confirming toUS Gamerthe same thing, saying that Gerighty was just joking:
“Julian was obviously joking as Julian likes to do. It looks like our creative directors are having fun right now. We do not have any announcements to make at this time.”
So, to make a long story short, no, Ubisoft isn’t making a newSplinter Cell. At least not right now. Gerighty was just trying to play a joke on fans and it clearly worked. I’ll have to admit though, it was pretty funny watching everyone freak out in real time about this supposed announcement.
We’ll likely get a newSplinter Cellgame at some point in the future, but this is by no means the proof that there is a game in development. We’ll be sure to wake you up from hibernation though in the future if that announcement ever does come about.
