UPDATE:

Spark Unlimited's John Butrovich responded to IGN's information request with the following statement:

"Yes, Spark Unlimited is closing as a video game developer. The ongoing opportunities for smaller mobile development doesn't service the needs nor desires of Spark as an entity," he said. "As such, Spark as we know will cease operations with various splinter efforts focusing on some new dynamic projects inside and outside of game development."

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Developer Spark Unlimited has officially laid off its entire staff and will no longer be making games.The news was first discovered when a member of NeoGAF spotted Spark Unlimited's assets being auctioned off on asset liquidation site CMA Auctions Spark Unlimited has been the developer on several games since being founded in 2002, including Call of Duty: Finest Hour Lost Planet 3 , and 2014's Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z IGN has reached out for additional information and extends its well wishes to those affected by the layoffs.

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