Activision confirms Infinity Ward departures - briefly
(hx) 02:35 AM CET - Mar,03 2010
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Activision and Infinity Ward have both been publicly quiet
about what happened between the two
companies yesterday. It can, however, be confirmed that
both heads of the studio, president Jason West and CEO Vince Zampella,
have confirmed they're no longer with Infinity Ward. Confirmation of
their departure comes through updates to each individual's Linkedin
account. According to a report from BingeGamer,
Activision has not paid royalties to Infinity Ward over the success of
Modern Warfare 2. Sure, Infinity Ward is owned by Activision.
Whatever the reason for the falling out, it seems that the two execs,
West and Zampella were unceremoniously fired. Speculation is, they felt
the studio didn't fairly receive revenue from Modern Warfare 2's
success and this article seems to bear truth to this.
In addition, this press release confirms that
Infinity Ward is developing two downloadable expansions Modern Warfare
2 that will be released later this year. An all new Call of Duty game
from developer Treyarch will be released in the fall of 2010 but no
setting was announced. In 2011 another new Call of Duty game will be
released but no developer for that game was revealed. The publisher
also confirmed that yet another Call of Duty game is in the
works at the newly formed Sledgehammer Games developer, formed by the
former leaders of EA's Visceral Games. Sledgehammer's Call of Duty game
will be an action-adventure title rather than a first person shooter
but no release date was announced. In addition, Activision is chatting
with a number of unnamed partners to bring a Call of Duty game to Asian
countries, presumably as an online-only game.
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