Spark Unlimited
Appearance
Company type | Privately held company |
---|---|
Industry | Video games |
Founded | March 2002 |
Defunct | May 2015 |
Headquarters | Sherman Oaks, California, USA |
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, California was a video game developer founded by former developers from the Medal of Honor PC and console franchise. They were most known for the Call of Duty: Finest Hour console game.
The studio finished working on the first-person shooter Legendary using the Unreal Engine 3 for Gamecock Media Group. The company was wholly owned by employees.
Spark Unlimited has a game average Metacritic score of 53 out of 100.[1] Spark has officially laid off all of their staff, and closed down in May 2015.[2]
Games by Spark Unlimited
Game title | Year released | Platforms released | Metacritic review average |
---|---|---|---|
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z | 2014 | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 PC |
43%[3] |
Lost Planet 3 | 2013 | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 PC |
58%[4] |
Legendary | 2008 | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 PC |
47%[5] |
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty | 2008 | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 PC |
42%[6] |
Call of Duty: Finest Hour | 2004 | PlayStation 2 Xbox GameCube |
73%[7] |
References
- ^ http://www.metacritic.com/company/spark-unlimited
- ^ Moser, Cassidee (May 4, 2015). "Developer Spark Unlimited Closes Down, Lays Off Staff". IGN. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ^ "Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Legendary Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
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- Defunct video game companies of the United States
- Video game development companies
- Video game companies established in 2002
- Video game companies disestablished in 2015
- 2002 establishments in California
- 2015 disestablishments in California
- Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles
- United States video game company stubs