SPLINTER CELL will grant players access to the highest echelons of national security, where shadowy operatives have the freedom to do whatever it takes to safeguard America . In SPLINTER CELL, the player controls Sam Fisher, a field operative of a secretive "black-ops" NSA sub-agency called Third Echelon. Sam Fisher gears up to infiltrate high-security strongholds, seize critical intelligence, destroy threatening data and neutralize the enemy -- all without leaving a trace. Developed by Ubi Soft's Montreal Studio in Canada, SPLINTER CELL is a unique experience that will have the player thinly skate on the fine line that separates fact from fiction.