Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction is a stealth action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. Released in 2010, the game is the fifth main installment in the Splinter Cell series and a sequel to Splinter Cell: Double Agent. The game follows the story of Sam Fisher, a highly trained operative working for Third Echelon, a black-ops organization within the National Security Agency (NSA).