Recently, a developer at Ubisoft announced via Twitter a new installment in the popular series Splinter Cell. But in the end, it was probably just epic trolling.
What was tweeted? Julian Gerighty is the Creative Director at Ubisoft’s MMO shooter The Division 2. However, according to a tweet he posted recently, he seems to be involved in a sequel to the beloved Splinter Cell series.
Because Gerighty posted a tweet in which he, along with Ubisoft colleagues Dan Hay (Executive Producer Ubisoft Montreal) and Roman Campos Oriola (Creative Director Ubisoft Montreal), enjoys a few glasses of red wine in Lyon.
It states, “We are working on the new Splinter Cell!” Additionally, it was hinted that the game would be shown at the upcoming E3 2019.
The whole style of the tweet gives the impression that it is indeed a kind of unofficial announcement of a new game. Also, Julian’s follow-up tweet, in which he implies that he shouldn’t have said that, fueled the fans’ expectations.
Is it all just a joke in the end?
This is how Ubisoft reacts: But Ubisoft soon responded and denied everything:
“Julian was obviously just having fun, as Julian tends to do. It seems that our Creative Director is just having a lot of fun. We have no announcements to make at this time.”
According to Ubisoft, Julian probably decided to troll the Splinter Cell fans a bit out of a wine mood, even though there are no plans for a new game in the series.
Is there really no new Splinter Cell? However, speculation about a new game continues to persist. Why didn’t Gerighty simply delete the old tweet? And Ubisoft has only stated that they “currently” do not want to announce anything. Perhaps something related to Splinter Cell will appear at E3 2019 after all.
What do you think? Was the tweet carefully calculated to ignite hype? Or did a developer just have fun at the expense of the fans?
