Tag Archives: Max Beland

Fri, Apr 16, 2010 | 11:06 BST

Splinter Cell on PS3: “We’ll have to see”

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Ubisoft’s Maxime Béland has told VG247 that as far as Splinter Cell on PlayStation 3 goes in the future, the company is taking a ‘wait and see’ approach.

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Fri, Apr 16, 2010 | 10:37 BST

Ubisoft DRM software “vital to our business”, says Conviction creative lead

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Splinter Cell: Conviction creative director Max Béland has told VG247 that Ubisoft’s DRM software is considered “vital” to the success of its games on PC.

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Fri, Apr 02, 2010 | 21:57 BST

Stealth will be “something you want to use” in Splinter Cell

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Max Beland, Splinter Cell: Conviction’s creative director, has explained to Industry Gamers why the team decided to reboot the franchise, and why the new stealth gameplay mechanic will be something the player “wants” to use.

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Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 14:15 BST

Ubisoft: “Super hardcore” games stopping industry from growing

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Splinter Cell: Conviction creative director Max Beland has said that proper “super hardcore” games will stop bringing growth to the industry.

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Tue, Mar 23, 2010 | 03:20 GMT

Conviction creative director: Previous Splinter Cells too hard, made Sam into a “grandmother”

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Executing a perfect drop-down kill followed by a series of neck-snaps nearly loud enough to wake the (newly) dead? Awesome. The 146 attempts it took you to get it just right? Not so much.

Fortunately, if Splinter Cell Conviction creative director Max Beland’s reassuring words are anything to go by, Sam Fisher’s days of plodding trial-and-error are long gone.

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Mon, Mar 15, 2010 | 13:26 GMT

“Too early” to start thinking DLC for Splinter Cell: Conviction, says Ubisoft

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Splinter Cell: Conviction creative director Max Beland has told Eurogamer its way “too early” to start thinking about DLC for the game.

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Fri, Mar 12, 2010 | 19:02 GMT

Ubisoft confirms Splinter Cell: Conviction demo

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Creative director for Splinter Cell: Conviction Max Beland has confirmed there will be a demo of the game coming before its April release.

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