A Response From Spark
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:00 pm
I had sent a message to Spark, and this is what I wrote.
"As you can not tell us what this unannounced game is,are you allowed to tell us who the publisher is of the unannounced game? If you can not tell us who the publisher is,is this because you(or them)feel it will give the title away before being officially announced?"
Now this is his response.
"You are correct.
As I mentioned in the generic response in an earlier email, it is all up to the publisher. The publisher dictates what and when information is released. Most of the time, a game is in development before a public announcement.
A publisher may delay announcing the product because it would prove a distraction to its other products and will wait for a clear opportunity to market the product. Sometimes a publisher will delay announcing because the development is taking on new challenges and they want to wait to make sure the new features are viable before announcing them. Those are a couple reasons a publisher will not divulge a game in development.
But to our position on the matter. We have a contract with the publisher. They have contractually bound us not to talk about what we are doing. It’s their product they have every right demand silence from us. We will remain silent about what we are doing until allowed to do otherwise. And then we will only speak to the topics that we are allowed to. We can’t mention the publisher because people will immediately know the product. So, at this time, we are prohibited from saying anything more about the product or the publisher."
I hope that answer your questions.
Regards,
John
Now I found a couple things that might lead to their game being SWBF3
1) John said it would be a distraction to the publishers other products so that's why they're not announcing it, and as we know LucasArts is practically done with Lego Star Wars III, and they're in the making of the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic.
2) John said if they said who the publisher was it would give the product away, and the only rumored product is SWBF3, and the only rumored publisher is LucasArts so they are right when they say it would give the product away.
3) When John said they might delay the announcement of the game because "the development is taking on new challenges and they want to wait to make sure the new features are viable before announcing them." And we all know that LucasArts would want to work through this game carefully because they would want to make this game as amazing as possible and not make a silly or horrible mistake.
I hope this helps and gives you more hope!
Hope still rises so trust in the Force!
"As you can not tell us what this unannounced game is,are you allowed to tell us who the publisher is of the unannounced game? If you can not tell us who the publisher is,is this because you(or them)feel it will give the title away before being officially announced?"
Now this is his response.
"You are correct.
As I mentioned in the generic response in an earlier email, it is all up to the publisher. The publisher dictates what and when information is released. Most of the time, a game is in development before a public announcement.
A publisher may delay announcing the product because it would prove a distraction to its other products and will wait for a clear opportunity to market the product. Sometimes a publisher will delay announcing because the development is taking on new challenges and they want to wait to make sure the new features are viable before announcing them. Those are a couple reasons a publisher will not divulge a game in development.
But to our position on the matter. We have a contract with the publisher. They have contractually bound us not to talk about what we are doing. It’s their product they have every right demand silence from us. We will remain silent about what we are doing until allowed to do otherwise. And then we will only speak to the topics that we are allowed to. We can’t mention the publisher because people will immediately know the product. So, at this time, we are prohibited from saying anything more about the product or the publisher."
I hope that answer your questions.
Regards,
John
Now I found a couple things that might lead to their game being SWBF3
1) John said it would be a distraction to the publishers other products so that's why they're not announcing it, and as we know LucasArts is practically done with Lego Star Wars III, and they're in the making of the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic.
2) John said if they said who the publisher was it would give the product away, and the only rumored product is SWBF3, and the only rumored publisher is LucasArts so they are right when they say it would give the product away.
3) When John said they might delay the announcement of the game because "the development is taking on new challenges and they want to wait to make sure the new features are viable before announcing them." And we all know that LucasArts would want to work through this game carefully because they would want to make this game as amazing as possible and not make a silly or horrible mistake.
I hope this helps and gives you more hope!
Hope still rises so trust in the Force!
He probably gets tones of e-mails every day.