When taken in tandem with the recent face-clawingly trollsome posts that have come from Ubisoft prior to E3, the whole thing just adds up to a sort of nutty spectacle where Ubisoft can't make a (or re-release) a Splinter Cell game, but seem quite keen to dunk on and prey upon the expectations of that franchise's passionate fanbase. Why is it so hard for Ubisoft to re-invest even a meagre portion of their mammoth resources into this franchise anymore? I've long since given up on hoping for a brand new Splinter Cell title anytime soon, but a remaster of 2013's Splinter Cell: Blacklist with even just some perfunctory contemporary trimmings would be a boon – it would stimulate the current fanbase and bring new players to the series ahead of a brand new instalment. But why? Why is something so simple as that not happening? We get remasters of South Park: Stick of Truth and countless Assassin's Creed games but absolutely nothing when it comes to Splinter Cell. I am, my friends, at a frustrating loss.