Modern Warfare Studio Loses Two More Key Members

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Modern Warfare Studio Loses Two More Key Members

Uros "Vader" Pavlovic

07:17 am EDT @ April 06th, 2010

Filed under: MODERN WARFARE 2, INFINITY WARD, CALL OF DUTY, ACTIVISION

Kotaku has dug up some pretty interesting info. Apart from Jason West and Vince Zampella, it appears that other key members of Infinity Ward -- creators of the Call of Duty shooter series -- left the company last week.

Linkedin profiles of Todd Alderman and Francesco Gigliotti (here's a snapshot) show that they have both left Infinity Ward. Alderman was a Lead Designer and one of the key people involved in Modern Warfare's multiplayer and also worked on Modern Warfare 2's story, while Francesco Gigliotti was Infinity Ward's lead software engineer.

These guys were working at IW for a long time - Alderman for eight years and Gigliotti for seven years.

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	vikasreddyd	[mail] Apr 06 2010, 08:46 am EDT
	Reply I don't care what's going on, I just wanna know in my lifetime what the hell is going on

	tarang231994	[mail] Apr 06 2010, 08:48 am EDT
	Reply nic now go join DICE
	InsanePotato: Nah, i dont want their stink on Dice Roland19: lulz, implying DICE doesn't stink already

	Breedy_Mcfluff	[mail] Apr 06 2010, 02:29 pm EDT
	Reply Infinity Ward losing people, I like that. Maybe the leaving members can find another company where they can put real good effort into games rather than bullshitting the game with the constant repetition of multiplayer. Go to DICE? Hell no. They need programmers for AI, not lead designers and crap.

	Terminator	[mail] Apr 06 2010, 02:47 pm EDT
	Reply Run you slaves, RUN!

	Ftmch	[mail] Apr 06 2010, 03:11 pm EDT
	Reply Wait a minute, where's that picture from? I don't remember that from MW2 Edit: Oh nevermind, it's that oil-rig level, right?

	Cheddar	[mail] Apr 06 2010, 03:24 pm EDT
	Reply The more IW falls apart, the better. Activision was gearing up for some utterly shameless long-term milkage of the CoD franchise (a new game every 6-12 months), and so I'm pleased to see such plans coming unraveled. Of course the video-game industry is a business, but it shouldn't ever be forgotten that it's also just as much an artistic medium. And if profit-margin obsessed publishers like Activision get their way, artistry will be shoved off the shelf completely.

	albundyhere	[mail] Apr 06 2010, 04:40 pm EDT
	Reply haha! crap company disrespecting its workers...seen it a million times already. companies are much easier to replace than the people working in them. if someone paid me better, i'd give my 1 hour notice and tell my boss i;m taking a 1 hour vacation. 2 weeks notice is so 1990's.

	Jedrus	[mail] Apr 06 2010, 04:41 pm EDT
	Reply This is somewhat interesting. “Robert Kotick's mother dates his compulsive capitalism to toddlerhood, when young Bobby sold her ashtray to a friend who had come over for a playdate. He netted $3.” (‘Activision’s Unlikely Hero’ - forbes.com) You gotta look at that ‘toddler’ still smiling down to this day. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0202/052.html