Battlefront III is still on!
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:35 am
I heard the news that Spark Unlimited's secret project was Lost Planet 3 this morning. I was heartbroken, as I'm sure many of you are. I; however, decided to dig a little further and have found some encouraging information...
1) Previously, Spark Unlimited has released two different games in the same year. Legendary and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty were both released in/around 2008, meaning that Spark Unlimited has the production capacity to work on two titles simultaneously.
2) It is my understanding that the Lost Planet games are produced by Capcom, which does not explain Spark Unlimited's meeting with Lucasarts.
3) Spark Unlimited responded to a tweet by Alex Wolf(3081wolfa) about Spark Unlimited's alleged development of Battlefront III with another tweet saying "there is another." at 9:17 AM April 10th, 2012. This is a direct quote from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back by Yoda.
[as Luke leaves before completing his training]
Yoda: Told you I did. Reckless is he. Now, matters are worse.
Obi-Wan: That boy is our last hope.
Yoda: No. There is another.[/color]
I know Spark Unlimited has already made multiple Star Wars references in its tweets before, so this may or may not be helpful; however, if Spark Unlimited had been "trolling" before this announcement, there is little reason for them to continue making these references unless their second project really is Battlefront III
4) So far I have not seen Spark Unlimited explicitly state they are not working on Battlefront III, only that one of their two projects is Lost Planet 3 rather than Battlefront III.
I hope these reasons point to something good in the Battlefront series' future...
I also posted this as a comment elsewhere but I put it here as well... I wasn't sure if the comment posted properly and I didn't want this information to go unnoticed.
1) Previously, Spark Unlimited has released two different games in the same year. Legendary and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty were both released in/around 2008, meaning that Spark Unlimited has the production capacity to work on two titles simultaneously.
2) It is my understanding that the Lost Planet games are produced by Capcom, which does not explain Spark Unlimited's meeting with Lucasarts.
3) Spark Unlimited responded to a tweet by Alex Wolf(3081wolfa) about Spark Unlimited's alleged development of Battlefront III with another tweet saying "there is another." at 9:17 AM April 10th, 2012. This is a direct quote from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back by Yoda.
[as Luke leaves before completing his training]
Yoda: Told you I did. Reckless is he. Now, matters are worse.
Obi-Wan: That boy is our last hope.
Yoda: No. There is another.[/color]
I know Spark Unlimited has already made multiple Star Wars references in its tweets before, so this may or may not be helpful; however, if Spark Unlimited had been "trolling" before this announcement, there is little reason for them to continue making these references unless their second project really is Battlefront III
4) So far I have not seen Spark Unlimited explicitly state they are not working on Battlefront III, only that one of their two projects is Lost Planet 3 rather than Battlefront III.
I hope these reasons point to something good in the Battlefront series' future...

I also posted this as a comment elsewhere but I put it here as well... I wasn't sure if the comment posted properly and I didn't want this information to go unnoticed.