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]

Spark Unlimited

Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Video games
Founded	March 2002
Defunct	May 2015
Headquarters	Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Key people	Craig Allen Avi Bachar John Butrovich David Prout
Products	Call of Duty: Finest Hour Turning Point: Fall of Liberty Legendary
Website	sparkunlimited.com

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 to "kill off" Spark.^[3] Activision counter-sued for fraud.^[4][5]

In 2005, Spark announced a deal to develop several games for ad network Massive.^[6]

Games

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