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Splinter Cell Animated Series Is Canonical To The Games, For The Most Part

Summary by Gamespot
Splinter Cell's dedicated fans have noticed that the new Netflix animated series, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, has been featuring callbacks to the death of Douglas Shetland, a character from the Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory games. Now, Ubisoft has confirmed that Deathwatch is canonical to the world of the video games, with some minor exceptions."[Deathwatch] follows the timeline and characters set by the mainline games," an Ubisoft spokespers…
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Two weeks before the release of Splinter Cell Deathwatch, Ubisoft has officially clarified the series' position in relation to games featuring the adventures of Sam Fisher.

On October 14, Sam Fisher will once again emerge from retirement in a new Netflix animated series based on the iconic Splinter Cell franchise. Ubisoft has officially announced that the Netflix animated series Splinter Cell: Deathwatch will be considered part of the main canon of the games' events. Despite its format and certain artistic decisions, the project was developed as a direct continuation of the core storyline. "[Deathwatch] follows... …

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Gamespot broke the news in United States on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
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