

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials 2006
Developed by Ubisoft Montreal
- Shooter, Strategy, Adventure, Action
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials is an action-adventure video game with heavy emphasis on stealth. It is part of the Splinter Cell series and was released for the PlayStation Portable handheld system. It was developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft on March 21, 2006 in North America. It is the fourth entry in the series and was powered by Unreal Engine 2.
ShooterStrategyAdventureActionScience fictionStealthmodern warfarehelicopterpost-apocalypticcyberpunkbloodymurderdeathcompilationespionagespecial forceshostagesartificial intelligencePlayStation Portable
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- Platforms
- PlayStation Portable
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher
- Ubisoft Entertainment
- Released
- April 6, 2006
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 2
IGDB rating 6.0/10 from 11 ratings.
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