'Splinter Cell' pushed back to 2010

courtesy of Brett Molina of USAToday

Add Splinter Cell: Conviction to the list of games in 2010.

In a report of its first-half fiscal year sales, publisher Ubisoft revealed the long-awaited stealth action game will arrive in the fourth quarter, which falls in early 2010.

"We are disappointed that we have to postpone the release of several major games but we consider that this choice is the best one in the long-term interests of Ubisoft," says CEO Yves Guillemot in a press release.

The publisher is also pushing back the release of Nintendo Wii action game Red Steel 2 to early 2010.

Splinter Cell becomes the latest significant release postponed until next year. Recently, the publishers representing Bayonetta, BioShock 2 and Heavy Rain revealed those titles would move to a stacked 2010 video game lineup.