Gamers who were hoping to get their hands on the Splinter Cell: Conviction which was originally due to drop on February 23, of 2010 will be disappointed. Ubisoft chose to delay the release once again (being the second since 2007), pushing this latest installment of Sam Fishers' adventures into the next fiscal quarter, which means there is a possibility that it may finally be released in April.

There was no reason given for the delay, however, viewing the current release dates of other titles, Conviction would have had to compete with Heavy Rain on release day, Aliens vs Predator the week prior, and Final Fantasy 13 two weeks after. These all being possible great titles could cause a difficult choice for those who are lacking a significant sized piggy bank.