Ubisoft today announced that a demo for the long awaited Splinter Cell: Conviction will be released before the game is launched on April 16.

The single player demo for the Xbox 360 game will feature the opening segment of the Michigan Avenue Reservoir level and serve as an introduction to the game’s core gameplay mechanics for Splinter Cell fans.  Gamers will have the opportunity to find out for themselves why brand-new innovative features such as Mark and Execute and Last Known Position have made Conviction one of the most anticipated games of the year.

The Xbox 360 demo of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction will appear on Xbox LIVE for download beginning on March 18, 2010.

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction will ship in South Africa on April 16, 2010 for Xbox 360 and Windows PC.

“Splinter Cell was the franchise that defined third person action adventure games on the Xbox and we believe that Conviction will revolutionize the genre on Xbox 360,” said Tony Key, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft.  “We are thrilled gamers will be able to get a little taste of why we are so excited about Conviction’s release in April,” says Ubisoft.