Surprisingly, this has not yet been posted to DigitalBattle. So, here it is, the official Splinter Cell: Conviction announcement.

You are a fugitive and you’re being ruthlessly hunted by the very government you once served. The key to your survival is to improvise, adapt and overcome.Experience original game play based on improvisation where your environment becomes your weapon. You need to react to changing situations and use the environment and the crowds around you to create diversions and deter your enemies.

Splinter Cell Conviction will deliver an adrenaline rush of game play with blood-pumping chase sequences, close combat and intense gun battles. To survive, build an underground network of allies who will help you obtain hi-tech gadgets and stay one step ahead of your pursuers as you struggle to unmask the forces that want you dead.

You’ve never played Splinter Cell like this before.

Set for release during Q4 2007 for the PC and Xbox 360, Conviction takes notes from Assassin’s Creed, having players become part of the crowd to infiltrate or escape. The game will also have players use the game’s world as the inventory – this part comes from Condemned. More details after the jump.

All new improvisation-based game play
Discover a new breed of game play where every object is available to use. Inventory is actually the world around you, for you to decide how you want to use it.

Enemies will actively search for you.
As a fugitive, quick thinking and adaptation are essential to turn the situation to your advantage. However, enemies can also use the environment and resources to track you down.

Use the living crowd
Blend in with a realistic crowd and navigate within a civilian environment, mimic them to go undetected, or instigate panic as a divisive way to become untraceable as you escape danger. Active stealth will force you to think and act quickly. However, you will have to weigh the risk of heavy force is always the other option.

Black Market
Use your underground connections to gain access to black market gadgets and weapons, or use consumer grade gear in ways they were not intended to complete your objectives.

Crowd in Multiplayer
Play with, or against, your friends in the middle of a civilian crowd. But know that they will look like any other person, so your sense of observation and ability to act unnoticed are as important as reacting instantly to an unexpected threat.