Spark Unlimited has been the big focus the last week or so as well, with multiple theories and even one person, “confirming” on his own that they are the developers. I decided that I would send off an email of my own to Spark Unlimited and I received an email back from one of their Chief Technology Officers.

Now, while I didn’t receive back a confirmation email, he didn’t deny the fact either. You can interpret his response in any way you see fit, I’m taking it as a good thing and not giving up hope.

Here’s what he had to say:

“Everyone keeps asking. Unfortunately, our NDA’s (non-disclosure agreement) with publishers prevents us from talking about the products we work on. It’s is up the publisher and their marketing/PR engine to determine what information is given out and when. Word on that game really has to come straight from Lucas Arts. You do have to realize that publishers have a plan – be it good or bad – to release information. These days a publisher will typically wait to after the holidays to announce a game. They don’t want to cannibalize their holiday sales. So, it if it going to be announced, I would it will be during the announcement season of March through June.”

So, what do you think? Do you think he’s quietly hinting that it will be announced sometime in Spring 2011?

I’ll be interested to hear everyone’s opinion on this!

Here some info on the Pandemic Studios closing, courtesy of Kotaku.com

Pandemic Studios – the developers behind Star Wars: Battlefront and Mercenaries – will today be closed down by owners Electronic Arts, according to several sources close to the situation.

Remember, as of yet, this is all unconfirmed; we’d expect an official announcement on the closure later today. We’ve contacted Electronic Arts for an official statement and will update this post when and if they respond.

Here’s an updated post from Joystiq.com stating that even though Pandemic is closing all the IP’s, including Star Wars Battelfront will “live on”.

We’ve got a little more perspective on the closing of Pandemic, which was rumored earlier today. Though the studio will physically close, and the majority of its staff (some 200 people) will be sacked, the brand and IPs (like Mercenaries, Star Wars: Battlefront and The Saboteur) will continue, EA representative Holly Rockwood told Joystiq. Founders Josh Resnick, Andrew Goldman, Greg Borrud will leave the company.

A lucky few from Pandemic will continue the studio’s work under the EALA roof in Playa Vista, reporting to GM Sean Decker. Here’s hoping that those who aren’t as fortunate won’t have to go too long without work.

On the plus side, LucasArts is currently looking for a Multiplayer/Networking Engineer, which could be good news if they’re planning on developing a new Battlefront game for us. The job description includes the following:

The Multiplayer Engineer will focus on multiplayer programming for upcoming LucasArts games. 3+ years experience in the area of Network & Multiplayer engineering specifically for console games, and prior programming experience on XBOX360 or PS3 is required. Broad understanding of computer and game networking systems, including DNS, NAT, firewall, security methods, peer-to-peer and client server models also a must.

Check out the job advertisment here.

Thanks for all the comments in the last post about the Battlefront 3 leaked footage and the Elite Squadron footage, and i’m not blind thank you, the footage looked similar to me. Keep the comments coming!

Here is the post from Kotaku:

LucasArts Games promsies to unveil a new and exciting game based on an existing franchise on Monday.

When Free Radical gave up the ghost last year, concept art for some pretty spectacular Star Wars Battlefront III ideas shook loose.

Kotaku source: http://twitter.com/lucasartsgames