Wow, the news just wont stop pouring in today. Hot on the heels of former Infinity Ward studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella’s lawsuit against Activision comes Activision’s response.
Activision is disappointed that Mr. Zampella and Mr. West have chosen to file a lawsuit, and believes their claims are meritless. Over eight years, Activision shareholders provided these executives with the capital they needed to start Infinity Ward, as well as the financial support, resources and creative independence that helped them flourish and achieve enormous professional success and personal wealth.
In return, Activision legitimately expected them to honor their obligations to Activision, just like any other executives who hold positions of trust in the company. While the company showed enormous patience, it firmly believes that its decision was justified based on their course of conduct and actions. Activision remains committed to the Call of Duty franchise, which it owns, and will continue to produce exciting and innovative games for its millions of fans.
This thing is going to get ugly, what seemed to be a one sided fight is starting to come to light. I think what we have here is Infinity Ward failing to start working on Modern Warfare 3, and Activision being not so happy about that. We can’t wait to see how it all shakes out. Will Infinity Ward make Modern Warfare 3, independently? Will these guys never work in this town again? We can’t wait for the outcome.