And So It Begins: Former Infinity Ward Bosses Sue Activision for "At Least $36 Million"
And So It Begins: Former Infinity Ward Bosses Sue Activision for "At Least $36 Million"
Posted 03/05/2010 at 8:37pm
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Well, we suppose it was inevitable. After being handed their walking papers earlier this week, former Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella have rallied their lawyers for what promises to be the court equivalent of a train wreck colliding with the last two Matrix movies and the remnants of M. Night Shyamalan’s movie career.
“We were shocked by Activision’s decision to terminate our contract,” said West. “We poured our heart and soul into that company, building not only a world class development studio, but assembling a team we’ve been proud to work with for nearly a decade. We think the work we’ve done speaks for itself.”
“After all we have given to Activision, we shouldn’t have to sue to get paid,” Zampella added.
And boy, are they trying to get paid. The duo hopes to come away from the suit with “at least $36 million” in addition to full rights to the Modern Warfare brand.
Activision, meanwhile, has dismissed the lawsuit as “meritless.”
“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,” said a statement from the publisher.
Modern Warfare 3 who? Looks like World War 3’s going to be waged in a courtroom. Grab some popcorn, folks. It’s time for fireworks.
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March 06, 2010 at 10:09am
Activision stateing their dissappointment makes them sound like they made a move they were trying to get away with hoping these two clowns would just take it lying down.
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m1k3_flrs
March 06, 2010 at 12:51am
And boy, are they trying to get paid. The duo hopes to come away from the suit with “at least $36 million” in addition to full rights to the Modern Warfare brand.
I've seen this happen before with music movies and last game I can recall is FEAR 2 which end up getting ruined. Does any one else thinks these 2 will do nothing if they keep the Modern Warfare brand?
KnightXENO
March 06, 2010 at 2:37pm
Well unless I totally missed the boat on how activision/infinity ward exist, 36mill seems very cheap!
My understanding was that those 2 guys were the original owners of inifity ward (the production studio), and activision (the publisher) had them on contract to make games, speficially MW2.... which was ending soon.
So unless part of the contract was activision doing a buyout and having controlling interest in infinity ward stock...... its their company correct? By that standard, its questionable if activision could even legally fire them. They would instead have to break off the currect buisness arrangement with infinity ward, which they obviously don't want to do since the MW brand might belong to infinity ward not activision. So asking for 36million dollars vs an entire production studio you built (and still have a large stake in) seems crazily cheap.
Although I guess, it makes more sense if they already sold controlling interest of their company to activision, and are just salaried employees of infinity ward, a subsidiary of activision. I just didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to hand over wholesale control like that anymore. I mean its not like big publishers are known for being reasonable or fair.... and if you sell totally to them you lose any leverage. Compared to blizz which is semi-independant or the few true independants left.
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March 06, 2010 at 12:36am
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March 05, 2010 at 9:48pm
As many copies of MW 1 & 2 that were sold by on all systems, I'd figure they'd add at least one more 0 to that total.
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