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• EA calls Activision/IW situation a “disappointment”

  0 CommentsPosted by Jerard Hooks on March 11, 2010 under General
  Chief operating officer for EA John Schappert said at GDC that Jason West and Vince Zampella being in a legal dispute instead of making a game is ‘not a win’ for the industry. “I’m disappointed on a couple of fronts,” he said. “I’m disappointed because I think Jason and Vince, on the human side, are two great guys, I know them personally, they’ve done great things. And I think... more.

• Ex-IW bosses’ lawsuit: Activision iterrogated IW employees to tears

  0 CommentsPosted by Jerard Hooks on March 6, 2010 under General
  The lawsuit filed against Activision by Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampellacontains a description of events that led up to their firings this Monday. The court documents, released by West and Zampella’s attorneys, single out Bobby Kotick as someone who “prefers to pay his lawyers instead of his employees.” “This lawsuit is solely and regrettably the result of the astonishin... more.

• Activision mentions subscription-based Call of Duty again

  0 CommentsPosted by Jerard Hooks on February 11, 2010 under General
  After confirming that the series will stay on an annual release schedule, Activision  indicated that the Call of Duty franchise is headed towards a subscription-based model. “Our strategy continues to be to annualize our key franchises. We’ve indicated before that Call of Duty is on a two year development cycle given the content and work that needs to go into a high-quality game experien... more.