Splinter Cell: Conviction delayed

As reported at Gamasutra, Ubisoft announced today that it is pushing the release of Splinter Cell: Conviction into April 2010.

The game was originally scheduled for release on November 16, 2007, but that version was reportedly scrapped in favor of a total revamp.  After issuing a new street date of Fall 2009, Ubisoft delayed the game again - to February 23, 2010 - ostensibly for "minor tweaks [and] balancing."

Ubisoft also revised its projected income for this fiscal year (ending in March 2010) from $101.6 million to a loss of about $72.5 million. That's a hell of a swing, and it could explain Conviction's delay: since FY 2009 is going to be a bust either way, having Conviction's profits on the books for 2010 makes more sense.