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In what is fast becoming a stabbing PR attack on the biggest game publisher in the world, a group of ex-Infinity Ward employees have rushed to join Zampella and West’s Respawn Entertainment – the indie studio formed out of a high-profile and ferocious legal row with Activision. In a perfect …
Read More »Acti predicts more IW walkouts
Speaking on a Facebook page called ‘Gamers Against Bobby Kotick and Activision’, an Activision’s media manager Dan Amrich has insisted claims that Activision sacked former Infinity Ward owners Jason West and Vince Zampella to avoid honouring bonus payments outlined in their contracts are untrue. Instead, he insists the money once …
Read More »Change of guard at Infinity Ward
Activision’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer Thomas Tippl has insisted that Infinity Ward can recover from its current woes, outlining that a new management structure has already been put in place. We have interim leadership in place,” he told the LA Times. We have two senior execs currently …
Read More »Infinity Ward is not dead
Though the flow of departures seems to have stopped – for the time being at least – tough times still lay ahead for Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward, but one insider has insisted that the studio is not dead”. The statement comes in response to comments made by ‘a source …
Read More »Activision shot the IW race horse
Though job losses are no laughing matter, it’s impossible to believe that EA isn’t taking at least a little pleasure from the current firestorm engulfing Modern Warfare developer and Activision-owned developer Infinity Ward – particularly as the two men at the heart of it are now members of camp EA. …
Read More »Infinity Ward in disarray
In what is in danger of becoming a daily ritual at the Activision owned developer Infinity Ward, two more key staff members have walked out on the studio, bringing the total number of departures to 11. If you include ousted bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella, that number now stands …
Read More »New wave of Infinity Ward walkouts
The reputation of Infinity Ward continues to sink to new lows as more staff announce their departure from the Modern Warfare outfit. Activision’s billion-dollar cash cow has seen its workforce chip away after sacking the studio’s co-founders and launching a bitter legal row against them. Yesterday saw two separate revelations …
Read More »More devs quit Infinity Ward
Infinity Ward has for the fourth time in a month been the subject of news items regarding staff departures. Senior Animator Bruce Ferriz has confirmed to IGN that he left the All of Duty studio this month, and has now joined Santa Monica-based developer Big Red Button Entertainment. The announcement …
Read More »More walkouts at Infinity Ward
Another two longstanding Infinity Ward employees have left the beleaguered Modern Warfare studio. Experienced programmer Jon Shiring and lead designer Mackey McCandlish have separately confirmed they have quit the studio – with both departing in the wake of a destructive legal row between Activision and two Infinity Ward co-founders. Shiring …
Read More »EA: Treyarch CoD titles are B-team
The inevitable war of words between West and Zampella’s new best friends EA and their less amicable acquaintances Activision has kicked off with EA Partners boss David DeMartini claiming that Activision has blown up” Infinity Ward. Who knows what’s going to happen with Infinity Ward now that they’ve decided to …
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