Post: Infinity Ward Founders' Refused to Work With Treyarch
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12-23-2010, 01:10 AM
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CLM
[b]They say sorry Mr. West is..[/b]
Infinity Ward Founders' Refused to Work With Treyarch
Activision, the Call of Duty publisher that got EA into a $400m lawsuit has just made more claims about ex-Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella, the two that were famously 'stormed' out of Infinity Ward's offices by Activision security.
Activision's suit alleges that:
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"emboldened by their secret alliance with Electronic Arts, [West and Zampella] refused to adhere to even the minimal standards of behavior required of any employee or executive."
They're being specifically accused for being uncooperative and allegedly refusing to work with Treyarch on a "unified brand".
Activsion's lawsuit doesn't stop there though. It talks about the tension between the pair and developer Treyarch, which created Call Of Duty: World at War and Black Ops. Stating the following:
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"On the same day that Treyarch released a video trailer promoting a follow-on product - a map pack or downloadable content - designed for players of Treyarch's game Call of Duty: World at War, West and Zampella released a marketing video for Modern Warfare 2 with the purpose of hurting Treyarch's and Activision's marketing efforts.
"Far from being remorseful, West attempted to justify his actions on the grounds that Treyarch had insufficiently coordinated with Infinity Ward by stating: 'We released on the same day as you because we had no clue you were releasing anything. We are not happy about it.' The real truth, however, was revealed by a series of text messages between."
"Far from being remorseful, West attempted to justify his actions on the grounds that Treyarch had insufficiently coordinated with Infinity Ward by stating: 'We released on the same day as you because we had no clue you were releasing anything. We are not happy about it.' The real truth, however, was revealed by a series of text messages between."
Take a look at their text message conversation:
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"The employee texted West that 'treyarch released their mp dlc video.' West responded: 'Super nice? We release our video? Crush and destroy with our video.' The employee answered: 'We already did. And . . . we already did.' West's following comment: 'Nice.' Thus, West's own words reveal his intentional strategy to "crush and destroy" his fellow developers at Treyarch."
In more allegations Activison accuses West and Zampella of "adamantly refusing" to tell the names of employees set to receive bonuses, so that they'd be more likely to follow the pair when they left Activision for EA.
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"In order to make it unlikely that these employees of Activision's Infinity Ward studio would remain with Activision, West and Zampella attempted to block those employees from receiving significant equity grants and/or other compensation, suggesting instead that Activision provide the additional compensation to West and Zampella alone, not to the many valued employees to whom Activision was offering this extra compensation."
Jason West and Vince Zampella are now under EA and formed new developer Respawn Entertainment taking handfuls of Infinity Ward employees with them.
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12-23-2010, 03:42 AM
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Originally posted by iRapeNoobz
I didn't know a Iw couldn't release a video, because of Treyarch. It like not being able to walk, because someone else is running. It kinda stupid in my opinion
They released it the same day Treyarch released their promotional ad. They wanted to out do Treyarch and promote Mw2 more than Treyarch's upcoming DLC
12-23-2010, 03:50 AM
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12-23-2010, 04:12 AM
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12-23-2010, 09:38 AM
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12-23-2010, 11:11 AM
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Originally posted by ClutchTinyTim
Infinity Ward Founders' Refused to Work With Treyarch
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Jason West and Vince Zampella are now under EA and formed new developer Respawn Entertainment taking handfuls of Infinity Ward employees with them.
EA needs to watch out for these 2.
They are in 100% for themselves and will screw their own employees to keep their power.
I was on their side originally, thinking that Activision was trying to keep all of the money, but it is becoming more apparent that these two have become out of control.
This is a multi billion dollar business now and contractual agreements should not be entered into if you can't act like a professional.
They make kids games but the business is no kids game!!!
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