Splinter Cell Update Causes XBoxs to Freeze

It looks like Ubisoft is encountering even more problems with their newest game, Splinter Cell: Conviction. The latest game in the Tom Clancy series has received quite a bit of praise and acquired over 9,000 (closer to 300,000) preorders before it's release today. The demo that was released back in March and can be downloaded on the XBox Live marketplace.
It appears that an XBox Live update released at the game's launch is causing players' XBoxs to freeze during the single player campaign. Because Microsoft does not allow gamers to sign into XBox Live without downloading title updates, many Tom Clancy enthusiasts have been stuck playing offline.
Ubisoft has addressed this problem for the time being by removing the update from XBox Live. They made this statement on their forum:
“We are currently investigating a freezing issue seen in the title update that was released for Splinter Cell: Conviction on the Xbox 360 this morning. This issue only happens after installing the update and we have asked Microsoft to remove the update for the time being until we can determine the cause and fix the issue. If you have installed the update please remove it and play through the impacted mission again.”