Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent is the name of two , developed and published by . The series, endorsed by American author , follows the character , an agent employed by a black-ops division of the , dubbed . Double Agent was released for the , , and in October 2006. The versions were released in November 2006. A version was released in March 2007. Originally the game was set for a March 2006 release, but Ubisoft moved the release date to October 2006 in order to have more development time. Ubisoft then released their fiscal quarter results for Q1 2006 and announced that Double Agent would be put back at least one month in order to boost Q3 2006 income.
There are two separate versions of Double Agent. One version was made by and , developers of and was released on the Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The other version was made by ( and ) and was released for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube and Wii. The Ubisoft Shanghai version features a completely custom engine while the Ubisoft Montreal version plays more like the classic Splinter Cell games. The games share the same general plot but feature different storylines, plot twists, and levels. They do however, share the same background music, a few cut scenes and all voice actors. The version for mobile phones was developed by
- Received 's award for Best Xbox Action Game of 2006
- Received IGN's award for "Best Original Score of 2006" for the Xbox 360
- Nominated by the for "Best Action/Adventure Game", "Best Male Performance", "Best Sound Design" and "Best Original Music" of 2006
- Won 's "Best Action Game" and "Game of the Year" for the Xbox version