In the final game, only the location is given: Mirawa, Iraq. The camp in the beta was labeled as “ Jadid Basecamp”. The level itself was unchanged during development other than who inhabits the camp and level introduction. The second major change is the plot: in the beta the group known as The Engineers are a quasi-league of nations rather than a borderless terrorist group that has the national backing of twelve unnamed nations found in the final game. That scene is not there any more,” said producer Andrew Wilson “The first thing I’d say about that is that possibly there was missing context – and in an unabridged snapshot, it seemed like pretty tough material.” “Definitely we are not going to see when the game’s coming out that there are torture scenes in it. Splinter Cell Blacklist explores moral choices and dark themes through the concept of the Fifth Freedom a recurring theme in the franchise.” Splinter Cell Blacklist, like previous Splinter Cell titles, has always tried to keep the topics and themes relevant and current. Based on how the game has progressed, we felt that this scene no longer fit in the context of the game, so we decided to remove it. “As with other game features, the storyline evolves as part of the standard development process.

Ubisoft responded with an official statement regarding the removal of the controversial scene:

After a major uproar from critics, it was announced by the creative director of the game, Maxime Béland that the now dubbed “interrogation” sequences are rendered cutscenes and the only choice made by the player is to either let the target live or die.

One major difference is the plot and interactive torture sequence in the beta. As we can read on Wikipedia, in November 2010 Jade Raymond from Ubisoft Toronto announced that the studio was developing a new Splinter Cell game.ĭuring the Microsoft’s press conference at E3 2012, Splinter Cell: Blacklist was officially revealed with a beta video that you can see below. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist is an action / stealth game developed by Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Shanghai, published for PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 and PC in 2013.

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