Sam Fisher is back, at least in playable demo form. That's right gang, Xbox Live has become the first place where you can check out the Third Echelon legend's latest misadventures as Ubisoft has delivered a brief taste of Splinter Cell: Conviction. At just under one GB of memory, there's not a whole lot required of you to test out what could arguably be called one of the year's most anticipated sequels.

Chances are that a game this big that's releasing on multiple platforms will have the demo added to the other ports soon, as in tonight with the PlayStation Store update. Although you should remember that Ubi has already announced that PC gamers won't get a shot at this demo, so too bad for you if that's your console of choice. As I type this, the demo has just finished downloading, so if you'll excuse me, I've got some stealth killing to do.