Activision poops all over CoD franchise

[Paladuck]

To sum up the two stories below, basically the two heads of InfinityWard (one of the developers of Call of Duty games, most notably MW and MW2), Jason West and Vince Zampella have been fired by Activision for "insubordination and breach of contract."

West and Zampella are suing Activision, claiming that they basically made up a reason to fire them because they didn't want to pay the two of them royalties they were due from the stellar sales of MW2.

If true, good job Activision for squashing the guys who built InfinityWard from the ground up. At least we have Treyarch?


Sources:

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...nity-ward.aspx

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...ctivision.aspx

[shadowsworn]

As long as they own the name, this isn't going to stop them from making more call of duty games, of course. I mean, how hard can it be to do.

[Jakuza]

You know what's funny? These two same employees worked for EA and were a big part of the Medal of Honor series. They decided to leave after Medal of Honor: Frontlines and created Infinity Ward, which of course led to Call of Duty. Who knows what they will do now?


Get ready for a new company and FPS series, guys.

[TheJESTERJ]

You're worried about the CoD franchise? It's been the same shit Activision has been forcing it to be since forever. I want these guys to get paid and Activision to get ****ed.

[gloomba38]

If true, good job Activision for squashing the guys who built InfinityWard from the ground up. At least we have Treyarch?

Don't forget Sledgehammer Games, who are making an action/adventure COD game according to Joystiq.

[shadowsworn]

You're worried about the CoD franchise? It's been the same shit Activision has been forcing it to be since forever. I want these guys to get paid and Activision to get ****ed.

This exactly. The cod games may be good, but I wouldn't call them innovative. Not anymore anyway. They could just hire anyone they wanted, and as long as they stuck with the formula, they'd do fine.

*hasn't bought a CoD game since cod2*

[Deimos]

pffft who gives a f*ck, CoD is f*cking rubbish now thanks to consolified sequels

all people care about now is rpg elements in their fps games so that they can brag over pointless achievements

stupid yuppies deserve everything they get for buying consoles and paying for cut-corner game franchises that reduce options but increase illusion of choice with every new sequel.

EA did this to westwood and every other game under their control, now its happened to CoD, its the way of things. you cant stop it.

money + impulse buying = crummier games

you people should complain about lack of features instead of complaining about that 360 degree headshot or jump suicide or dropshot or boosting.


call me bitter, but thats like calling sugar sweet. ******s will still buy CoD games though, or whatever the next series is, and thats what the problem is.

if you buy crap they will sell you crap. dont come running to me when PC gaming dies and consoles have nothing to sustain themselves anymore.

[shadowsworn]

I hate games where the focus is so obviously on online play, period. people who play games online (especially shooters) are, mostly, a bunch of pre*****cent ****wits with shrill voices and no sense of wit, with no lives apart from improving their skill at their game of choice

[Mr. First Name Basis]

I hate games where the focus is so obviously on online play, period. people who play games online (especially shooters) are, mostly, a bunch of pre*****cent ****wits with shrill voices and no sense of wit, with no lives apart from improving their skill at their game of choice

Well that's a bit misdirected. Whenever I played games, I typically only played online. (In fact this site was founded on Online games; hence the name). Yes I played shooters, but I didn't have a shrill voice. I did have a life outside of video games though I was good at the style I played. As for the last comment, do you recommend people try to be really good at all types? Being a jack of many trades, master of none gets you nowhere.

[shadowsworn]

it wasn't specifically directed at you, if you aren't like that, well, awesome :]

and I'm suggesting that grinding obsessively at one game till you're amazing at it is something that I, for one, have no time for.

[sinnful]

Bah deathblow for another good online shooter and from the sounds of it since Activision is pushing for yearly releases the games quality will turn to that of other franchises that went for quantity over quality.

[dragster]

Am I the only one one who isn't overly fond of Infinity Ward? COD4 was great, but they basicly took a big shit on the community, considering all the unfixed glitches,elevators, and hacks. I loved WAW to death, maybe cause im a WW2 *****, but Treyarch made the better game, and I will always stand by that statement. MW2 was fun, but unbalnced, and glitchy. I hope IW devs meet much sucsess, but I think COD needs to drop the MW brand.

[kbe2k6]

Activision is sure attracting the lawsuits lately; there's like four Guitar Hero suits against them atm and now this.

[Deimos]

Am I the only one one who isn't overly fond of Infinity Ward? COD4 was great, but they basicly took a big shit on the community, considering all the unfixed glitches,elevators, and hacks. I loved WAW to death, maybe cause im a WW2 *****, but Treyarch made the better game, and I will always stand by that statement. MW2 was fun, but unbalnced, and glitchy. I hope IW devs meet much sucsess, but I think COD needs to drop the MW brand.

dunno man, WAW was eating man c*nts, it was definately a step back when you consider the sp campaign and mp online. i think mw2 had better sp and mp but overall it was like mw1... lacking the original cod spirit. sp was awesome but mp.. too much like the console... game over man, game over.

mw1 and 2 are better than waw simply because they deliver fun mp and fun sp. waw was a travesty of a game... but overall i think the series has lost alot owing to the console wars

anyone who thinks treyarch make a good game needs their sphincter examined with a hellfire

[Jakuza]

WaW was good to me. Of course it wasn't better than MW, but it was Treyarch's leap from CoD3 (which everyone disliked for some reason).

[dragster]

dunno man, WAW was eating man c*nts, it was definately a step back when you consider the sp campaign and mp online. i think mw2 had better sp and mp but overall it was like mw1... lacking the original cod spirit. sp was awesome but mp.. too much like the console... game over man, game over.

mw1 and 2 are better than waw simply because they deliver fun mp and fun sp. waw was a travesty of a game... but overall i think the series has lost alot owing to the console wars

anyone who thinks treyarch make a good game needs their sphincter examined with a hellfire

You have many valid points, but like I stated earlier, I just hate to see people harp on WW2 games in genral, and I have to agree with you in the end. If only IW would make a WW2 game for WW2 whores like me

[Calumet]

pffft who gives a f*ck, CoD is f*cking rubbish now thanks to consolified sequels

all people care about now is rpg elements in their fps games so that they can brag over pointless achievements

stupid yuppies deserve everything they get for buying consoles and paying for cut-corner game franchises that reduce options but increase illusion of choice with every new sequel.

EA did this to westwood and every other game under their control, now its happened to CoD, its the way of things. you cant stop it.

money + impulse buying = crummier games

you people should complain about lack of features instead of complaining about that 360 degree headshot or jump suicide or dropshot or boosting.


call me bitter, but thats like calling sugar sweet. ******s will still buy CoD games though, or whatever the next series is, and thats what the problem is.

if you buy crap they will sell you crap. dont come running to me when PC gaming dies and consoles have nothing to sustain themselves anymore.

exactly, call of duty is way overhyped

[Wicked315]

Good. No more CoD games. I'm tired of having kids in my ear constantly bragging about their 4th prestige and their 10 nukes, of course their girlfriends will always remain at 0.