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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
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The sequel to the award winning and best-selling FPS Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
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Uproar: Infinity Ward bosses get tossed out
Infinity Ward heads Vince Zampella and Jason West have both been sacked by Activision - Blizzard and may face a major lawsuit.
Let's start from the top: today the publisher filed its SEC report which contained the following information:
Little later, the sacking of both guys was confirmed when they updated their LinkedIn pages, which clearly showed they were no longer employed at the development studio.
Seeing the statement from Activision in its SEC filing, both men may face a serious lawsuit.
Meanwhile, G4 is reporting that Activision - Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is meeting with the remaining leadership at Infinity Ward and is expected to address the rest of the company later today.
Currently rumours are floating around that there may be some issues with unpaid bonuses as well as that West and Zampella were talking with rival publishers to make a similar deal as IW currently has with Activision but which apparently ends in October.
From Bingegamer.net:
We'll keep you up to date as news comes in.
Let's start from the top: today the publisher filed its SEC report which contained the following information:
The Company is concluding an internal human resources inquiry into breaches of contract and insubordination by two senior employees at Infinity Ward. This matter is expected to involve the departure of key personnel and litigation. At present, the Company does not expect this matter to have a material impact on the Company
Studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella had a meeting with Activision to then go missing in action when security guards stormed the Infinity Ward building.Little later, the sacking of both guys was confirmed when they updated their LinkedIn pages, which clearly showed they were no longer employed at the development studio.
Seeing the statement from Activision in its SEC filing, both men may face a serious lawsuit.
Meanwhile, G4 is reporting that Activision - Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is meeting with the remaining leadership at Infinity Ward and is expected to address the rest of the company later today.
Currently rumours are floating around that there may be some issues with unpaid bonuses as well as that West and Zampella were talking with rival publishers to make a similar deal as IW currently has with Activision but which apparently ends in October.
From Bingegamer.net:
1.) Infinity Ward has yet to be paid a single dime in royalties for Modern Warfare 2
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2.) Their current contractual obligation expires in October, which could explain why Activision has (allegedly) been looking to dump Modern Warfare 3 off to another developer. The probem with this is that Infinity Ward still technically owns the rights to the Call of Duty franchise (at least partially). Some people close to the situation see Activision’s current actions as a power play to try and bully Infinity Ward into either staying with Activision in one capacity or another (buyout or contract extension) or to at least acquire the Call of Duty name
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The short of it: There’s a contract in place regarding Infinity Ward’s principals that expires in October. Basically IW, while technically owned by Activision, is autonomous in the same way Blizzard is.
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3.) Theoretically speaking, after Infinity Ward’s contract expires in October the company is free to rehire both West and Zampella
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4.) SEC paperwork filed by Activision claims that there were “breaches of contract and insubordination by two senior employees at Infinity Ward.” According to a source inside Activision, it is believed that Infinity Ward may have been in discussion with a “rival publisher” about signing a similar publishing agreement that IW currently has with Activision.
How much in the above story by Bingegamer is truth is currently unknown. We know for a fact that since IW is owned by Activision, there probably shouldn't be any "royalties" issue but it could be about bonuses. Bonuses which usually are paid after the end of the fiscal year which means it shouldn't be paid yet as the publisher only just revealed its results....
2.) Their current contractual obligation expires in October, which could explain why Activision has (allegedly) been looking to dump Modern Warfare 3 off to another developer. The probem with this is that Infinity Ward still technically owns the rights to the Call of Duty franchise (at least partially). Some people close to the situation see Activision’s current actions as a power play to try and bully Infinity Ward into either staying with Activision in one capacity or another (buyout or contract extension) or to at least acquire the Call of Duty name
...
The short of it: There’s a contract in place regarding Infinity Ward’s principals that expires in October. Basically IW, while technically owned by Activision, is autonomous in the same way Blizzard is.
...
3.) Theoretically speaking, after Infinity Ward’s contract expires in October the company is free to rehire both West and Zampella
...
4.) SEC paperwork filed by Activision claims that there were “breaches of contract and insubordination by two senior employees at Infinity Ward.” According to a source inside Activision, it is believed that Infinity Ward may have been in discussion with a “rival publisher” about signing a similar publishing agreement that IW currently has with Activision.
We'll keep you up to date as news comes in.
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