Ubisoft's Jade Raymond revealed that its Toronto studio is currently in the early stages of development on the next installment of the stealth action franchise. Ubisoft Toronto is staffing up to work on Sam Fisher's next adventure with plans to increase from the current 80 animators, concept artist and audio technicians to 800 over the next few years. Splinter Cell 6 development is under the guidance of Patrick Redding, previously in charge of Splinter Cell Conviction's coop mode.