'' Conviction '' was officially announced on May 23 , 2007 when Ubisoft released a trailer for the game . The game was due for release on November 16 , 2007 . However , the game missed its initial launch date , and on May 19 , 2008 , it was reported that '' Splinter Cell : Conviction '' was " officially on hold " and that the game had been taken " back to the drawing board " . Ubisoft announced that the game had been pushed back to the 2009 – 10 fiscal year . At E3 2009 , the developers confirmed that the " new " '' Conviction '' had been in development since early 2008 , commenting that " the gameplay has evolved a lot " and " the visual direction is simply much better " . The game 's release date was pushed back several times . On March 18 , 2010 , the demo was released for Xbox 360 . Ubisoft wanted to make the fifth game more accessible . so '' Conviction '' was designed around the new core elements " Mark and Execute " and " Last Known Position " , while stealth elements present in the previous games were omitted , such as the ability to whistle , lock picking , hiding bodies , etc. '' Conviction '' uses a cover system and adds simple interrogation sequences to the series
E3 2009
E3 2009
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell