Back in 2020, we learned that Ubisoft was teaming up with Netflix to produce an animated Splinter Cell TV series adaptation. Now, five years later, that adaptation, titled Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, will finally premiere this coming October 14, 2025. But as far as a new game in the series is concerned, or even when the previously announced remake is coming? Your guess is as good as mine.
Netflix debuted the first official trailer for Splinter Cell: Deathwatch yesterday, alongside its release date, featuring an older Sam Fisher getting back into his three-eyed night vision goggles alongside a new Splinter Cell agent for a new generation, Zinnia McKenna. Fisher is being voiced by Liev Schreiber instead of his original voice actor, Michael Ironside, while McKenna is played by Kirby Howell-Baptiste.
The story of Deathwatch follows Fisher getting back into the fight thanks to a personal connection, after McKenna seeks his help. A larger plot unfolds, and a much older Fisher than the one we knew in the core games finds himself back in the thick of it.
It seems like a fairly solid foundation for an interesting story, but that's not all fans of the Splinter Cell franchise are looking for. A new animated show is great, but everyone is waiting on a new game.
Stealth games like the original Splinter Cell series are few and far between nowadays, and a new game in the series is well overdue. Hopefully, we'll actually hear something about a new game in the series within the next year, or at the very least the coming remake, if we're not going to get a brand new entry in the series.
In the meantime, Splinter Cell fans who are taking whatever morsels of information they can, can try to tide themselves over with the coming animated series.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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