E3 2018: Every Missing Video Game

2. Splinter Cell: Apocalypse

Splinter Cell
Ubisoft

For all intents and purposes, Ubisoft had a decent E3. Demos for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, The Division 2 and Beyond Good and Evil 2 all looked convincing, and with a clear passion for the industry evident from the start of the conference to its end, to say it wasn't a good time would be absurd.

That said, by the time everything was wrapped up, it did feel as though the company had missed an open goal of sorts. The game that had been on everyone's lips in the run up to the conference was a new Splinter Cell, with Michael Ironside having reprised the role for a sequel-teasing DLC in Ghost Recon: Wildlands, and the usual rumours surrounding a follow-up to Blacklist before every Ubisoft event.

For one reason or another, Sam Fisher just wasn't destined to make his current gen debut this event. The disappointment was immediately evident across social media, with "No Splinter Cell" trending within an hour of the conference's close.

Though there was The Division to keep the Clancy brand going this year, the distinct lack of Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell was pretty frustrating. Those three series' pretty much built Clancy's gaming brand, and with fans desperate for a reunion with Michael Ironside's Sam Fisher ten years since he last reprised the role proper, the thought of another year without those green goggles is difficult to contemplate.

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