Multiplayer in the Splinter Cell series first appeared in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, where players took part in a multiplayer mode called Spies vs Mercs. In this mode, players take control of members from one of two teams that face each other in a series of objective-based modes. The stealth-based team of Spies compete against the assault-focused team of Mercenaries, both belonging to different factions, Shadownet and ARGUS, respectively. The multiplayer mode featured 3 game modes: Neutralization, Sabotage and Extraction.