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Three more team members confirm their departure.

Developer Infinity Ward has lost additional team members today.

Long-time programmer Jon Shiring confirmed to IGN he has resigned from his position at the studio. Shiring made his initial announcement through his Twitter account. Shiring did not give a reason for his resignation or where he'll end up next.

"I'm not trying to create spectacle, I just wanted to avoid the LinkedIn nonsense," he told IGN. "No announcements other than that one." Shiring spent close to six years at Infinity Ward, working on both Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2.

Senior Animator Bruce Ferriz confirmed to IGN he, too, left the studio this month and has now joined Santa Monica-based developer Big Red Button Entertainment. He is currently working on an unannounced project. Ferriz spent just over one year at Infinity Ward.

Lastly, Modern Warfare 2 lead designer Mackey McCandlish has also reportedly left Infinity Ward. According to Kotaku, McCandlish notified his colleagues through Facebook of his decision to leave the studio. McCandlish had been at Infinity Ward since 2002. McCandlish confirmed his departure on his Twitter account.

Earlier this month, Infinity Ward veterans Todd Alderman and Francesco Gigliotti also revealed through LinkedIn the two had left the studio.

In March, Infinity Ward co-founders Vince Zampella and Jason West were fired by publisher Activision. The two announced this morning plans to open a new studio called Respawn Entertainment and signed a new publishing deal with rival Electronic Arts.

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Update: Additional Infinity Ward employees have now left the studio. Lead Designers Steve Fukuda and Zied Reike are no longer employees, Kotaku reports. Programmer Rayme Vinson and lead artist Chris Cherubini have also now left. Cherubini confirmed he has resigned from his position.

good activision can so stick it

Lol,

I would have left also

Update: Additional Infinity Ward employees have now left the studio. Lead Designers Steve Fukuda and Zied Reike are no longer employees, Kotaku reports. Programmer Rayme Vinson and lead artist Chris Cherubini have also now left. Cherubini confirmed he has resigned from his position.

Maybe this will mean no DLC #2. This is weird reading though. We would have never thought that InfinityWard would collapse so soon.

yeh respawn Entertainment ftw

lol damn today too? i heard people left almost a week ago.

Wow, who's left at IW now? I mean how many people is that? 13?

This is sad, Activision screwed this studio over royaly. I mean I'm not an IW fanboy, nor did I like MW2 very much, good game, but not good enough. IMO

Oh man did the MP come out yet for PS3... imma bout to spam all my friends that play it and tell them not to buy the MP because there will be no good/decent support after the MP comes out, or even now. You know activision doesn't give a **** about its studios, and the employees, much less the consumer...

FFS! if you have a PS3 and MW2 DO NOT BUY THE MAP PACK!!!!
RESPAWN FTW...
I think i'll buy whatever game they come out with just to support these guys.

Shit. I would leave too