With news that the two lead developers at Infinity Ward’s MW2 headquarters have been fired for apparent “attempted corporate espionage” the mood in the office at IW is “terrible” according to an inside source – speaking to Kotaku.
Things have now taken a turn for the worse with Activision, IW’s parent company withholding payments to the less than 100 strong team, which has caused many key devolpers at the studio to defect to former lead developer Jason West and Vince Zampella’s new company Respawn Entertainment – Recently signed by Electronic Arts, Activision’s arch rivals in the games publishing industry.
Modern Warfare 2 has had a string of unfortunate incidents since day one, some terrible corporate decisions and others simply bad luck. Revenue for the title is now tailing off and the multiplayer side of the game is riddled with bugs and hacking issues, Activision will need to get things under control in the IW HQ if they are to secure a future for the title.
Find the court documents for the case against Avtivision, which saw Jason West and Vince Zampella removed from the company here.
