Spark Unlimited

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Spark Unlimited
Company type Privately held company
Industry Video games
FoundedMarch 2002
DefunctMay 2015
Headquarters Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
Key people
Craig Allen
Avi Bachar
John Butrovich
David Prout
Products Call of Duty: Finest Hour
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
Legendary
Website Spark Unlimited

Spark Unlimited, based in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, was a video game developer founded by former developers from the Medal of Honor video game franchise. The studio's first game was Call of Duty: Finest Hour in 2004. Its last game was Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z in 2014. The company shut down in May 2015. [1]

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History

Spark Unlimited was established by a team of 28 developers who had previously worked on the Medal of Honor series. It signed with Activision to work on a Call of Duty game in December 2003. [2]

In 2005, Spark filed a lawsuit against Activision and accused the company of trying "kill off" Spark. [3] Activision counter-sued for fraud. [4] [5] Spark announced a deal to develop several games for ad network Massive. [6]

Games

TitleYearPlatform(s)Publisher(s)
Call of Duty: Finest Hour 2004PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube		Activision
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty 2008PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Windows		 Codemasters
Legendary 2008PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Windows		 Gamecock Media Group, Atari Europe
Lost Planet 3 2013PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Windows		 Capcom
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z 2014PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Windows		 Koei Tecmo

References

  1. ↑ Moser, Cassidee (May 4, 2015). "Developer Spark Unlimited Closes Down, Lays Off Staff". IGN . Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Parker, Sam (December 1, 2003). "Activision enlists Spark Unlimited". GameSpot. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  3. ↑ Thorsen, Tor (August 31, 2005). "Activision accused of trying to "kill off" indie studio". GameSpot. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  4. ↑ Thorsen, Tor (November 1, 2005). "Activison countersues Finest Hour developer". GameSpot. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  5. ↑ Fleming, Jeffrey (February 22, 2007). "Call of Duty: The Lawsuit". Gamedeveloper.com . Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  6. ↑ Feldman, Curt; Sinclair, Brendan (December 18, 2005). "Massive ad network partners with Spark". GameSpot. Retrieved 2024-02-10.

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