News Tagged: infinity ward

Activision Blizzard officially added a new target in its lawsuit against two former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella; namely, EA. Activision has put a price tag on its claim for the first time, seeking $400 million. By the way, the ex-Infinity Ward dudes now lead a dev...

It turns out the Infinity Ward, the development team behind games like Modern Warfare 2, is suing publisher Activision for breach of contract, including failing to pay due bonuses and a number of other things. The plaintiffs carry the name Infinity Ward Employee Group (IWEG) and were described as "a significant portion of the members of the creative team" behind MW2...

Jason West and Vince Zampella, creators of the Call of Duty franchise, announced the formation of a new development studio called Respawn Entertainment. According to the press release, "the move positions the Respawn Entertainment leadership team as the owners of the intellectual property they create...

When Infinity Ward team leads Jason West and Vince Zampella left their positions at the company, they filed a lawsuit against their former employers -- Activision -- claiming for "breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, wrong termination in violation of public policy, and declaratory relief...

Well, who doesn't? According to a former Infinity Ward employee (ah, their number ever increases as time goes by), the sacked studio founder Vince Zampella is a "visionary." Hm, that sounds nice. Not only that, the guy claims EA wishes to hire Zampella for $1 million...

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...

Having left Activision, Call of Duty series developer Infinity Ward co-founders Vince Zampella and Jason West have signed on to be represented by Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists, according to The Los Angeles Times. The story says: "Most video game developers are hired hands for publishers and not represented by talent agents...

That's right. Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling tweets about how many people are playing the shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: "... we JUST hit 25 MILLION unique players on Modern Warfare 2. Insanity! Also, got a lot of #MW2 DLC details coming this week! FINALLY!" The update was followed by a clarification: "That's 25 million unique across all platforms. Most on Xbox 360, then a close 2nd goes to PS3, will millions more on PC." Thanks, Blue.

As we've reported yesterday, Infinity Ward team leads Jason West and Vince Zampella. filed a lawsuit against Activision. The suit claims for "breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, wrong termination in violation of public policy, and declaratory relief...

And so it begins. Enough said: O'Melveny & Myers LLP today filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court a lawsuit against Activision Publishing, Inc., on behalf of video game developers Jason West and Vince Zampella. West and Zampella developed two of the most ...

After stories of clashes between Activision executives and key people from Infinity Ward, Activision outlined its plans for its Call of Duty license. Fall 2010 will see a new Cod game, currently dubbed Call of Duty 7, which is in the hands of Call of Duty 3 and World at War devs - Teryarch...

The Internet is abuzz with reports of Infinity Ward studio heads Vince Zampella and Jason West supposedly meeting with Activision and then disappearing after non-uniformed "bouncers" showed up, that's according to G4. The latest development is that Activision filed a Securities and Exchange Commission report...

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At present Infinity Ward doesn't have a very clear idea of what their next project's gonna be. While it seems they're keen on developing something completely new (not related to the MW franchise), they also plan to wrap things up with the DLC for Modern Warfare 2, which, by the way, is scheduled to arrive this Spring...