Ubisoft revealed a new screenshot of Splinter Cell: Blacklist on the game's official Facebook page and said that new footage will be rolling out soon.
"We heard a rumour that you were looking for something a little darker in your Splinter Cell. How's this?" Ubisoft said.
"PS. New gameplay footage is coming very soon!"
The screenshot showed a dark interior environment, suggesting that the game might feature levels similar to the older titles of Splinter Cell.
The title is planned for a 2013 release and will come to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows.
Meanwhile, Patrick Redding, director of Splinter Cell, spoke at Toronto's Gamercamp festival about the movement patterns in the games industry that is moving away from the linearly designed blockbuster AAA projects to more open world titles like Minecraft.
"The market as a whole is going to undergo a critical shift in priorities, a shift away from the absolute primacy of graphics and production values and content creation toward systemic depth," he explained. "This trend is going to trigger a reality check for developers like me who work on established franchises with a large succession of sequels, and it's also going to be a call-to-arms for smaller game creators."
Redding said that the main factor for "aaa games" is that the player wins a game using the tools provided to him, with developers giving the player many possibilities rather than a single condition. These types of games will remove authorial controls from developers and publishers, giving players the ability to chart their own direction for victory, PCGamer reported.