If you've been looking forward to the next instalment in the Splinter Cell series as much as we have you'll be glad to hear that the Xbox Live demo for Splinter Cell Conviction is now available to download.

The full game is due for release on 16th, April 2010.

Ubisoft tells us more:

You are a fugitive and you’re being ruthlessly hunted by the very government you once served. The key to your survival is to improvise, adapt and overcome.

Experience original game play based on improvisation where your environment becomes your weapon. You need to react to changing situations and use the environment and the crowds around you to create diversions and deter your enemies.

Splinter Cell Conviction will deliver an adrenaline rush of game play with blood-pumping chase sequences, close combat and intense gun battles. To survive, build an underground network of allies who will help you obtain hi-tech gadgets and stay one step ahead of your pursuers as you struggle to unmask the forces that want you dead.