EA email: ‘Zampella delayed MW2 DLC for us’

MCV Staff 21st January 2011 Business News

Vince Zampella agreed to delay Call of Duty DLC so EA could release a game unchallenged, an internal email has alleged.

The unverified claim brings new details to Activision’s previous allegation that two ousted Infinity Ward bosses had been dismissed due to acts of ‘insubordination’.

Zampella was discharged from Infinity Ward last year along with fellow studio head Jason West. The two are locked into an ongoing lawsuit against Activision. They now head up Respawn Entertainment which has struck a deal with EA.

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