Set six months after the events of Splinter Cell: Conviction led to the shuttering of the Third Echelon, Blacklist finds Fisher heading up the new Fourth Echelon agency as they use stealth, high-powered weapons, and advanced technology to track down terrorists know as The Engineers.Īs was the case with Conviction, Blacklist is designed to be more fluid and conducive to action than the first four games in the series, typified by the new Killing in Motion mechanic that lets players highlight and dispatch several targets while running.
Ubisoft's original stealth series returns for its sixth installment as gamers once again take control of grizzled operative Sam Fisher while he attempts to thwart a group of rogue states that have banded together to unleash a series of escalating terror attacks on U.S.
