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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (video Game)
''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' is a 2002 stealth game developed by Ubi Soft Montreal and published by Ubi Soft. It is the first game in the '' Splinter Cell'' series. Endorsed by author Tom Clancy, it follows the activities of NSA black ops agent Sam Fisher (voiced by Michael Ironside). The game was inspired by both the ''Metal Gear'' series and games created by Looking Glass Studios, and was built using Unreal Engine 2. Originally released as an Xbox exclusive in 2002, the game was ported to Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, GameCube and Mac OS X in 2003. A side-scrolling adaptation developed by Gameloft was also released in 2003 for Game Boy Advance, mobile phones and N-Gage (the latter with the subtitle ''Team Stealth Action''). A remastered high definition version was released on PlayStation 3 in September 2011, and an Xbox version was made available for Xbox One via backward compatibility in June 2019. ''Splinter Cell'' received critical acclaim on release and is conside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft Divertissements Inc., doing business as Ubisoft Montreal, is a Canadian video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Montreal. The studio was founded in April 1997 as part of Ubisoft's growth into worldwide markets, with subsidies from the governments of Montreal, Quebec, and Canada to help create new multimedia jobs. The studio's initial products were low-profile children's games based on existing intellectual property. Ubisoft Montreal's break-out titles were 2002's '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' and 2003's '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time''. Subsequently, the studio continued to develop sequels and related games in both series, and developing its own intellectual properties such as ''Assassin's Creed'', '' Far Cry'', '' Watch Dogs'', and '' For Honor''. By October 2022, the studio employed over 4,000 staff, making it the largest in the world. The studio helped to establish Montreal as a creative city, and brought other video game developers and publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac OS X
macOS, previously OS X and originally Mac OS X, is a Unix, Unix-based operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 2001. It is the current operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. Within the market of Desktop computer, desktop and laptop computers, it is the Usage share of operating systems#Desktop and laptop computers, second most widely used desktop OS, after Microsoft Windows and ahead of all Linux distributions, including ChromeOS and SteamOS. , the most recent release of macOS is MacOS Sequoia, macOS 15 Sequoia, the 21st major version of macOS. Mac OS X succeeded classic Mac OS, the primary Mac operating systems, Macintosh operating system from 1984 to 2001. Its underlying architecture came from NeXT's NeXTSTEP, as a result of NeXT#1997–2006: Acquisition by Apple, Apple's acquisition of NeXT, which also brought Steve Jobs back to Apple. The first desktop version, Mac OS X 10.0, was released on March 24, 2001. Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking Glass Studios
Looking Glass Studios, Inc. (formerly Blue Sky Productions and LookingGlass Technologies, Inc.) was an American video game developer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was founded by Paul Neurath with Ned Lerner as Blue Sky Productions in 1990, and merged with Lerner's Lerner Research in 1992 to become LookingGlass Technologies. Between 1997 and 1999, the company was part of Intermetrics and was renamed Looking Glass Studios. Following financial issues at Looking Glass, the studio shut down in May 2000. Notable productions by Looking Glass include the '' Ultima Underworld'', ''System Shock'', and '' Thief'' series. History Blue Sky Productions, Lerner Research, and ''Ultima Underworld'' (1990–1992) Co-founders of Looking Glass, Paul Neurath and Ned Lerner, met at Wesleyan University where Lerner was a physics major and Neurath studied environmental science. The two worked together on the game '' Deep Space: Operation Copernicus'' (1987) before Lerner moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Gear
is a Media franchise, franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear (video game), Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX, MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces operative (usually Solid Snake or Big Boss (Metal Gear), Big Boss), who is assigned the task of finding the titular superweapon, "Metal Gear (mecha), Metal Gear", a bipedal mecha, walking tank with the ability to launch nuclear weapons. Several sequels have been released for multiple consoles, which have expanded the original game's plot, adding characters opposing and supporting Snake, while several prequels have explored the origins of Metal Gear and recurring characters. The third game in the series, ''Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game), Metal Gear Solid'' for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation, marked a transition to 3D computer graphics, 3D graphics and gained the series international fame. The series is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ironside
Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), known professionally as Michael Ironside, is a Canadian actor. A prominent character actor with over 270 film and television credits, he is known for playing villains and antiheroes, but has also portrayed sympathetic characters. He is best known for his roles in action and science fiction films, and had his breakthrough performance in the 1981 David Cronenberg film '' Scanners''. Ironside's other notable roles include Overdog in '' Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone'' (1983), "Jester" in '' Top Gun'' (1986), Richter in '' Total Recall'' (1990), and Rasczak in '' Starship Troopers'' (1997). His signature deep voice has been lent to various video games and animated television shows, most notably as Sam Fisher in the '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' franchise and Darkseid in the DC Animated Universe. He is a four-time Gemini Award, a Genie Award, and a Canadian Film Award nominee. Early life Frederick Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell)
Sam Fisher is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' series of video games developed by Ubisoft as well as a series of tie-in novels. He was created by the writer J. T. Petty and designed by artist Martin Caya. Fisher was originally voiced by veteran actor Michael Ironside in the first five installments of the series. In 2013, Eric Johnson (actor), Eric Johnson provided the voice and motion capture for the character in ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist''. Ironside later returned to the role in 2018, participating in a crossover (fiction), crossover downloadable content for ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands'' and again in 2020 for ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint''. He was also added as a playable character in ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'', voiced by Jeff Teravainen, and as a supporting character in ''Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix'', voiced by Nigel Barber. Concept and cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Operation
A covert operation or undercover operation is a military or police operation involving a covert agent or troops acting under an assumed cover to conceal the identity of the party responsible. US law Under US law, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must lead covert operations unless the president finds that another agency should do so and informs Congress. The CIA's authority to conduct covert action comes from the National Security Act of 1947. President Ronald Reagan issued Executive Order 12333 titled ''United States Intelligence Activities'' in 1984. This order defined covert action as "special activities", both political and military, that the US Government could legally deny. The CIA was also designated as the sole authority under the 1991 Intelligence Authorization Act and in Title 50 of the United States Code Section 413(e). The CIA must have a "Presidential Finding" issued by the President in order to conduct these activities under the Hughes-Ryan amendment to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the director of national intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for global intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, specializing in a discipline known as signals intelligence (SIGINT). The NSA is also tasked with the protection of U.S. communications networks and information systems. The NSA relies on a variety of measures to accomplish its mission, the majority of which are clandestine. The NSA has roughly 32,000 employees. Originating as a unit to decipher coded communications in World War II, it was officially formed as the NSA by President Harry S. Truman in 1952. Between then and the end of the Cold War, it became the largest of the U.S. intelligence organizations in terms of personnel and budget. Still, information available as of 2013 indicates that the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Clancy
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science, military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels have been bestsellers and more than 100 million copies of his books have been sold. His name was also used on screenplays written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects occasionally with co-authors, and video games. He was a part-owner of his hometown Major League Baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles, and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees. Originally an insurance agent, Clancy launched his literary career in 1984 when he sold his first military thriller novel ''The Hunt for Red October'' for $5,000 published by the small academic Naval Institute Press of Annapolis, Maryland. ''The Hunt for Red October'', ''Patriot Games'' (1987), ''Clear and Present Danger'' (1989), and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubi Soft
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include ''Anno (video game series), Anno'', ''Assassin's Creed'', ''Driver (series), Driver'', ''Far Cry'', ''Just Dance (video game series), Just Dance'', ''Prince of Persia'', ''Rabbids'', ''Rayman'', ''Tom Clancy's'', and ''Watch Dogs''. Ubisoft first achieved commercial and critical success with their 1995 platform game Rayman (video game), Rayman. In 1996, the company began to expand to other parts of the world, opening studios in Annecy, Shanghai, Montreal and Milan. In recent years, Ubisoft has struggled financially, with a strong decline in revenue in 2024, and laying off 185 employees in 2025. History Origins and first decade (1986–1996) By the 1980s, the Guillemot family had established itself as a support business for farmers in the Brittany province of France and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubi Soft Montreal
Ubisoft Divertissements Inc., doing business as Ubisoft Montreal, is a Canadian video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Montreal. The studio was founded in April 1997 as part of Ubisoft's growth into worldwide markets, with subsidies from the governments of Montreal, Quebec, and Canada to help create new multimedia jobs. The studio's initial products were low-profile children's games based on existing intellectual property. Ubisoft Montreal's break-out titles were 2002's ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (video game), Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' and 2003's ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time''. Subsequently, the studio continued to develop sequels and related games in both series, and developing its own intellectual properties such as ''Assassin's Creed'', ''Far Cry'', ''Watch Dogs'', and ''For Honor''. By October 2022, the studio employed over 4,000 staff, making it the largest in the world. The studio helped to establish Montreal as a creative city, and brought o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stealth Game
A stealth game is a type of video game in which the player primarily uses ''stealth'' to avoid or overcome opponents. Games in the video game genre, genre typically allow the player to remain undetected by hiding, sneaking, or using disguises. Some games allow the player to choose between a stealthy approach or directly attacking antagonists, but rewarding the player for greater use of stealth. The genre has employed espionage, counter-terrorism, and Rogue (vagrant), rogue themes, with protagonists that are special forces operatives, special agents, secret agents, thieves, ninjas, or assassins. Some games have also combined stealth elements with other genres, such as first-person shooters and also platformers. Elements of "stealth" gameplay, by way of avoiding confrontation with enemies, can be attributed to a diverse range of games, including ''Pac-Man'' (1980). Early maze games have been credited with spawning the genre, including ''Manbiki Shounen'' (1979), ''List of Lupin III ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
