Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell should be the next operator added to Rainbow Six Siege. Back in the Xbox/PS2 era, Splinter Cell was one of the few stealth action franchises that offered true competition to the Metal Gear Solid series. The Tom Clancy-branded game starred Michael Ironside as the covert NSA operative who would save the world by sneaking around and silently taking out targets from the shadows. The latest entry in the series, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, released in 2013, and was criticized for replacing Ironside with new actor Eric Johnson (Smallville, Rookie Blue) who provided not only the voice, but full motion capture performance alongside the rest of the stellar cast. The game failed to meet sales expectations despite a favorable reception from fans and critics, and the franchise was quietly put on indefinite hiatus.
Years later, no new Splinter Cell title is forthcoming, but the character and his world have made cameo appearances in several Ubisoft titles. Both Ghost Recon: Wildlands and Ghost Recon: Breakpoint saw Michael Ironside reprise his role as the elite Fourth Echelon agent to team up with the player character for a one-off mission, and there was a prominent Splinter Cell Easter Egg as part of an Expedition mission in Far Cry: New Dawn.
Rainbow Six Siege should capitalize on the gaming community's hunger for new Splinter Cell content by including Sam Fisher as the next operative. The third season of Year 5 is forthcoming, but information on the new content is being kept under wraps, including the identity and background of any new operatives the update may bring to the popular online game. As reported by Game Rant, an alleged datamine from known ResetEra leaker Komora suggests Sam Fisher may debut in Rainbow Six Siege's upcoming seasons, matching what our own Rob Keyes suspected when visiting Ubisoft Montreal earlier this year during the reveal of Year 5 & 6 for the game. With Ubisoft scheduled to reveal new information about its favorite announced and unannounced games at UbiForward in July, perhaps Sam Fisher's long-awaited return as a playable character in Siege could be tied to cross-promote a bigger announcement for the event....
According to Komora, the mysterious operator for Year 5 Season 3 will be a crossover from another Ubisoft franchise, but stopped short of confirming the inclusion of Sam Fisher. But who else could it be? None of the characters from Ghost Recon are distinct enough to warrant a crossover, save for Jon Bernthal's Cole Walker from a game so few care about.
In terms of continuity, there's nothing preventing Sam Fisher from appearing in Rainbow Six. Both Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six Siege have crossed over with Ghost Recon: Wildlands, and the storytelling potential of a grand "Tom Clancy-verse" could allow the iconic hero to play a key role in any number of military-themed Ubisoft titles going forward. Finally, if Sam Fisher is destined to appear in Rainbow Six Siege, Michael Ironside is the only actor who can voice the character; the cold reception to Blacklist proved audiences won't accept anyone else in the role.
Sources: Game Rant, Komora
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