Ubisoft, one of the world's leading video game publishers, today announced that its new adrenaline-boosted stealth action game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3, developed by its Montreal studios, won Best PC Game, Best Action/Adventure and Best Commendation for Graphics as part of the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2004. The Game Critics Awards are voted on by representatives from 35 leading media outlets that cover games.
Said Rob Smith, Co-Chairman, Game Critics Awards and Editor-in-Chief, Official Xbox Magazine, "You have to work hard to keep improving on a winning formula. With the original Splinter Cell, stealth action received a sensational redefinition in a thoroughly captivating gaming experience. The franchise leapt over its own high bar with the sequel, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, thanks to an amazingly innovative multiplayer mode that rightly captivated gamers. With a strong field of candidates in the Best PC Game category, innovation was a key factor, and Splinter Cell 3 delivered. Its graphical fidelity was impressive on its own, helping construct stunningly realistic environments for skulking and stalking. But the standout was the fresh cooperative multiplayer options. Two spies working together, pulling each other into new locations, using each other's skills to access different areas and hanging in the shadows to avoid detection - it's a thing of beauty, standing proudly above the PC gaming competition as the Best PC game of E3 2004."