Strange Happenings At Infinity Ward, Company Vets Booted

by Mike Bendel on March 2, 2010 @ 12:09 pm


Strange times for Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward. According to a G4 report that surfaced last night, a “bunch of bouncer-types” showed up at the studio unannounced and would not explain their presence to nearby employees. To make matters even more puzzling, IW co-founders Vince Zampella and Jason West had not been seen on the premises since Monday, following an internal meeting with parent company Activision.

More circumstantial evidence points to an SEC filing published today by Activision. Specifically, it denotes that the company has been actively conducting “an internal human resources inquiry into breaches of contract and insubordination by two senior employees at Infinity Ward,” further noting that the investigation is expected to “involve the departure of key personnel and litigation.”

Additionally, a Facebook wall post by Jason West talks of  unemployment. Likewise, both West and Zempella have updated their LinkedIn profiles to indicate that their involvement with the studio ceased in March 2010. There’s still no word on what exactly led Activision to pursue such charges against the duo, or what contractual agreements were broken. It is safe to say that their ties to IW have been permanently severed, however.

Security Appears At Infinity Ward, Studio Heads Missing, Activision Investigating “Insubordination” [G4]

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rianchio23 says:

Fuck activision....where would they be with the cod series without infinity ward? Activision can suck my balls....i hope their empire falls with the loss of these guys. Just like america to let somebody work to death to create something great and then have it just taken away by somebody that didn't do shit but take the credit. Activision ur games are gonna suck now and go to shit just like the tony hawk franchise biiiiiitch

PR0fessor Burnt says:

I thought MW2 was the last cod game that IW was going to make anyways

cory1492 says:

PR0fessor Burnt, I wouldn't doubt if that was the source of the disagreement with the parent company...

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