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Lost Planet 3 developer Spark Unlimited shuts down

The developer of Lost Planet 3 and one of the first Call of Duty games has shut down.

Polygon reported today that Spark Unlimited, the maker of console games such as Legendary and Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, is no longer making games and that it has laid off all of its employees. Craig Allen, who was the chief executive there until last fall, said in an email, “My understanding is this is accurate,” when asked if the story was correct.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.