The ever-elusive Sam Fisher is at it again. Just when gamers thought the long-awaited Splinter Cell: Conviction had finally been nailed down for a November 17 launch, Ubisoft again delayed the oft-postponed revamp for the stealth action series. The game will now ship sometime during the first quarter of 2010.

Sam Fisher's march to release looks suspiciously like a leisurely stroll.

Unfortunately, Sam Fisher wasn't the only one pulling a disappearing act. The Wii first-person shooter-slasher Red Steel 2 will now be joining it in the first quarter of next year--the last quarter of Ubisoft's fiscal year.

Possibly making room for those two titles, Ubisoft pushed another pair of games into its next fiscal year, which begins April 1, 2010. The next installment of the tactical shooter series Ghost Recon and the new intellectual property I Am Alive were previously expected in early 2010, but are now set for sometime in the publisher's fiscal 2010-2011 year, which ends March 31, 2011.

While gamers are just finding out about the Splinter Cell and Red Steel delays today, Ubisoft has apparently known about them for some time. In the quarterly financial report announcing the slips, the Paris-based publisher maintained its sales target for the second half of its fiscal year, saying the postponements had already been factored in to its previously issued revenue guidance.

Originally announced at Microsoft's X06 conference, Splinter Cell: Conviction initially had a 2007 release window before being pushed to early 2008, then further into that year, and most recently this November. The release date isn't the only thing to change about the game; Conviction was also expected to arrive on the PC, as well as the 360, but has since become a console-exclusive title.

I Am Alive is another repeat offender when it comes to Ubisoft delays. The game had been announced at E3 2008 with a spring 2009 release date, but it was pushed back as development switched from developer Darkworks to Ubisoft's Shanghai studio.

This is the first postponement for Red Steel 2 and the new Ghost Recon. The long-rumored follow-up to the Wii launch title and the still-untitled installment in the durable tactical shooter franchise were both announced in April.

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Not sure if this was common knowledge but I didn't know that the PC version had been dropped so I'm assuming there are others as well.

Oops... I didn't want to name the thread that. Anyone know how I can change it? It's supposed to be how SC:Conviction is apparently a 360 exclusive (no PC version).

What? There's a new Ghost Recon?! o_O

What. The. Hell.

EVERY game is coming out first quarter 2010. Just hope they don't bitch whenever they all get crappy sales due to ALL being released in the same damn week.

Apparently! I'm excited for it. Ghost Recon is an amazing series. I'm kind of hoping they go back to the last gen style though. The Advanced Warfighter games were good but they were way over the top in action sequences while the series was initially a lot more planted in reality and realistic gameplay. I think Rainbow Six takes care of the action oriented tactical gameplay so I hope they go back to a more realistic approach with the new GR game.

UMMM there's a thread on this already... Lock it.

Read my second post. This isn't supposed to be about the delay. It's supposed to be about how SC: Conviction is 360 only now just like Alan Wake. I don't know how to change the title though. Help?

Ghost Recon 4 was announced for first half of 2010 either way.

There's no way to change the title... but you need tomake sure before the mods think it's something...or you know... start all over again

ARGH! not Red Steel and Splinter Cell....