Ubisoft giveth and Ubisoft taketh away. While we may have just been given the happy news that a second Rainbow Six Vegas game is on the way, it has surfaced that both Haze and Splinter Cell Conviction have slipped.

Ubisoft's earnings report for the first half of fiscal 2007-2008 tells us:



For "fourth fiscal quarter" you can read "after Christmas, before the end of March".

It seems that the delays haven't taken Ubisoft by surprise, either. The publisher also tells us, "The targets previously announced by Ubisoft remain unchanged as they already took into account the possible impact of these delays as a preventive measure".

For Conviction, the words, "will now form part of a stronger line-up for fiscal 2008-09" suggest that the game has been pushed back for financial reasons.

For Haze, however, the reasoning is unclear. It's only been just over a week since a Ubisoft release schedule told us that Haze had slipped out of November and back to December 14th. Another slip, so soon after, suggests that touch ups to the game may be in order.

SPOnG has contacted Ubisoft to find out more, but no comment was available at the time of press.