Analyst: Infinity Ward to be “Essentially Closed” after Release of Next MW2 Map Pack
Analyst: Infinity Ward to be “Essentially Closed” after Release of Next MW2 Map Pack
Posted 04/28/2010 at 9:06pm
| by Nathan Grayson
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Firings, lawsuits, and employees quitting right and left – oh my! But it’s not lions, tigers, or bears that Infinity Ward needs to keep an eye out for. Instead, it’s the vultures, which – according to Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey – are circling the Modern Warfare developer while licking their chops with their weird, saliva-free bird tongues.
“Continued defections from their Infinity Ward studio have created meaningful uncertainty around the future of their Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise," Hickey said.
"We expect Infinity Ward studio will be essentially closed after their next map pack release, with development work on Modern Warfare 3 spread between two studios not historically tied to the franchise.”
As of last count, more than 30 employees have departed from Infinity Ward within the last month or so – many of whom resurfaced at former IW heads Jason West and Vince Zampella’s Respawn Entertainment a short while later.
Thus far, there’s been nothing but radio silence as far as the next Modern Warfare 2 map pack goes. It is, however, in the works, according to Activision.
So, for now, Infinity Ward soldiers on. With the developer beheaded and rapidly bleeding employees, though, we're not sure scrambling for cover and waiting a few seconds for the strawberry jelly to disappear from their screen is going to work this time.
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Havok
April 29, 2010 at 11:27am
Only he would use Raspberry!
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savior
April 29, 2010 at 5:14am
after they screwed over the PC community, this company and franchise was dead to me, good riddance
Libbman
April 29, 2010 at 5:05am
Great Movie Reference! As for the game it is fun, but I have always thought that Battlefield was better.
Danthrax66
April 29, 2010 at 4:03am
Once bad company 2 came this game was uninstalled from my pc it was ok too much like modern halo for my taste the realism wasn't there. I could really care less about cod anymore, cod4 was the peak of their game development mw2 was pretty much just a cluster fuck from the beginning.
RAMBO
April 28, 2010 at 11:21pm
This is a classic example why Online Activation Sucks and Most of all should be OUTLAWED. Software Company
goes out of business and you have a Unusable Piece of Software!!!
Buyer Beware; read the find print on the Box or Research the install or operating requirements before you
spend your money. Max PC Help; Spread the Word and Put the Pressure on the Software Industry to STOP
Online Activation and or to Run our Software.
Have them use a different form of Anti-Piracy Schemes..
I don't Buy Software when it's required; Install or to Run. Happen last Night, was looking to Buy Silent Hunter 5
and it said Internet Connection Required to Play Game; Not Multi Player but in General!!! I was Discussed and
put it back on the self and bought something else.
That's How a Long Time Player and Most of All Purchaser of that Franchise is Rewarded.
Havok
April 29, 2010 at 11:26am
I'm happy to hear that you had a discussion with yourself about whether or not to buy SH5, after all, doing some research on a particular game, like you said you did, is pretty hard. It's good to have a supporter to lean on every now and then. Now as for playing devil's advocate... not all games that say on the box "Internet connection Required" actually need an internet connection for solo play. Take Supreme Commander 1 for example. The package clearly says, "Internet Connection needed." But it doesn't say for what. It only needs it for multi player. Case in point, yeah, a little bit of research goes a long way. (Especially in SupCom2 :) )
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