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Post by **GeneralChaz9** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:41 pm

I think LA chose Spark, as a small company, to develop BF3. Honestly, what GREAT games has Pandemic had before BF? Or Rebellion Studios before the Squadron titles? Havok and Krome Studios before they made the console/portable versions of TFU? TTgames before LSW? Have any of those companies had any popular titles before Star Wars games? I think LA likes choosing small studios to make games for them and turn them into great studios! Just another reason why Spark may be making BF3!

Post by **gamerguymanthing** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:33 pm

I guess your right. it does seem obvious, Lucas arts seem to be taking the small (bad) developers and turning them into big (good) developers

Post by **iceytoa1** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:12 pm

TT had many games before LEGO Star Wars, they use to have a weird creature sat on a toadstool with a stick as their logo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller%27s_Tales

Post by **spartan64** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:29 pm

iceytoa1 wrote:TT had many games before LEGO Star Wars, they use to have a weird creature sat on a toadstool with a stick as their logo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller%27s_Tales

I loved their Toy Story 2 game

Post by **drunken hutt** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:38 pm

GeneralChaz9 wrote:I think LA chose Spark, as a small company, to develop BF3. Honestly, what GREAT games has Pandemic had before BF? Or Rebellion Studios before the Squadron titles? Havok and Krome Studios before they made the console/portable versions of TFU? TTgames before LSW? Have any of those companies had any popular titles before Star Wars games? I think LA likes choosing small studios to make games for them and turn them into great studios! Just another reason why Spark may be making BF3!

While that would indeed be a benevolent act on Lucas Arts' part, the reality is that 'small companies' are cheaper to contract than the bigger ones (such as Gearbox, Epic, BioWare etc). If LA had more resources, it would not have hired Spark to develop B3 (assuming they are) because Spark's previous games have been woeful and LA know that.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/legendary
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360 ... of-liberty

Post by **Terrabyte20xx** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:18 pm

GeneralChaz9 wrote:I think LA chose Spark, as a small company, to develop BF3. Honestly, what GREAT games has Pandemic had before BF? Or Rebellion Studios before the Squadron titles? Havok and Krome Studios before they made the console/portable versions of TFU? TTgames before LSW? Have any of those companies had any popular titles before Star Wars games? I think LA likes choosing small studios to make games for them and turn them into great studios! Just another reason why Spark may be making BF3!

I wish I had that clip form Doctor Who. You know, the one where the cyberman said "There is logic in what he says."

spartan64 wrote: I loved their Toy Story 2 game

I agree.

Post by **Scott** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:42 pm

GeneralChaz9 wrote:I think LA chose Spark, as a small company, to develop BF3. Honestly, what GREAT games has Pandemic had before BF? Or Rebellion Studios before the Squadron titles? Havok and Krome Studios before they made the console/portable versions of TFU? TTgames before LSW? Have any of those companies had any popular titles before Star Wars games? I think LA likes choosing small studios to make games for them and turn them into great studios! Just another reason why Spark may be making BF3!

[cough]It's because LA throws lots of money at the devs to hire new people and take more time in order to make the finished game the best they can; like a publisher is supposed to.[/cough]

Post by **Terrabyte20xx** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:18 pm

Scott wrote:
GeneralChaz9 wrote:I think LA chose Spark, as a small company, to develop BF3. Honestly, what GREAT games has Pandemic had before BF? Or Rebellion Studios before the Squadron titles? Havok and Krome Studios before they made the console/portable versions of TFU? TTgames before LSW? Have any of those companies had any popular titles before Star Wars games? I think LA likes choosing small studios to make games for them and turn them into great studios! Just another reason why Spark may be making BF3!
[cough]It's because LA throws lots of money at the devs to hire new people and take more time in order to make the finished game the best they can; like a publisher is supposed to.[/cough]

So does that make LA the guys who come along help you, and as soon as you're on your feet, go about their business?

Post by **Scott** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:23 pm

Terrabyte20xx wrote:
Scott wrote:
GeneralChaz9 wrote:I think LA chose Spark, as a small company, to develop BF3. Honestly, what GREAT games has Pandemic had before BF? Or Rebellion Studios before the Squadron titles? Havok and Krome Studios before they made the console/portable versions of TFU? TTgames before LSW? Have any of those companies had any popular titles before Star Wars games? I think LA likes choosing small studios to make games for them and turn them into great studios! Just another reason why Spark may be making BF3!
[cough]It's because LA throws lots of money at the devs to hire new people and take more time in order to make the finished game the best they can; like a publisher is supposed to.[/cough]
So does that make LA the guys who come along help you, and as soon as you're on your feet, go about their business?

Like most publishers who don't have a long time contract with their developers, yes. If they stop being an asset and become a liability and you have the opportunity to get rid of them, do it. That's the way they see it.

Post by **drunken hutt** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:05 am

Terrabyte20xx wrote:
Scott wrote:
GeneralChaz9 wrote:I think LA chose Spark, as a small company, to develop BF3. Honestly, what GREAT games has Pandemic had before BF? Or Rebellion Studios before the Squadron titles? Havok and Krome Studios before they made the console/portable versions of TFU? TTgames before LSW? Have any of those companies had any popular titles before Star Wars games? I think LA likes choosing small studios to make games for them and turn them into great studios! Just another reason why Spark may be making BF3!
[cough]It's because LA throws lots of money at the devs to hire new people and take more time in order to make the finished game the best they can; like a publisher is supposed to.[/cough]
So does that make LA the guys who come along help you, and as soon as you're on your feet, go about their business?

A former developer called Free Radical comes to mind...

Post by **Terrabyte20xx** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:10 am

drunken hutt wrote:
Terrabyte20xx wrote:
Scott wrote:
[cough]It's because LA throws lots of money at the devs to hire new people and take more time in order to make the finished game the best they can; like a publisher is supposed to.[/cough]
So does that make LA the guys who come along help you, and as soon as you're on your feet, go about their business?
A former developer called Free Radical comes to mind...

Let's not start that again... J/K

But in all seriousness, I see where you're going with this.

Post by **P4KISTAN** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:29 pm

You can see a parallel trend when LA got along with Factor 5.The only hits they made were the SW games,well at least Rogue Sq. 1 and Rouge Sq. 2.

Post by **MarkSolo** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:42 pm

Ok, So, I E-Mailed Spark Unlimited asking on behalf of the Battlefront III fans that he would tell us if their unannounced project is Battlefront III and this is one of the employees Reply.....

"Thanks for taking the time to write to us. Unfortunately, we are under a strict non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with our publisher and all I can do is reply with a generic response:

We are the solely the developer of games. The publisher is the owner of said properties. All announcements, information and/or materials must come from or coordinated through the publisher. If you want word on Battlefront, you need to contact LucasArts.

At this time, we are prohibited from talking about who we are working with or working on either through affirmation or processes of elimination. So, I can neither confirm nor deny what we are working on or whom we are working for.

Thanks for inquiring. Sorry we can't divulge nor hint at what is going on here.

Regards,

John

P.s. At this time, there are no announced plans to as to when to announced the game."

.......So the P.S. ^^^ kinda makes it seem that if Spark is making Battlefront III it will be a while before we see it announced. But I think it is Battlefront III because of a Youtube video I recently found.....(I know that Youtube isn't all that reliable, but this guy had Facts to back up his statements..........Here it is.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDBpIRXB4aE Hope you enjoy it!

Post by **Kelevra** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:51 pm

Ok, So, I E-Mailed Spark Unlimited asking on behalf of the Battlefront III fans that he would tell us if their unannounced project is Battlefront III and this is one of the employees Reply.....

Did you seriously expect a different response this time? Out of the dozens of times that same email response has been pasted here before? Be friggen patient.

Post by **drunken hutt** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:40 am

MarkSolo wrote:Ok, So, I E-Mailed Spark Unlimited asking on behalf of the Battlefront III fans that he would tell us if their unannounced project is Battlefront III and this is one of the employees Reply.....

If you agreed to keep a secret for your best friend, would you go around afterwards blurting it out so everyone would hear it, knowing you would be breaking your promise?