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It has been confirmed that the CEO and president of Activision Publishing Mike Griffith resigned from both of his roles on April 23rd. The exec, however, will continue to serve as vice chairman of Activision Blizzard. This role sees him take an active part in board and internal strategy meetings. …
Read More »Activision CEO leaves as Infinity Ward fights back
Griffith steps down as legal action from Infinity Ward hits his studio
Read More »Two more IW devs join at Respawn
Senior software engineer Chris Lambert and designer Brent McLeod have joined Respawn Entertainment. Having been part of the recent Infinity Ward exodus, the pair made the announcement of their new jobs on their LinkedIn profiles. Develop has full coverage.
Read More »Infinity Ward departures hit 25
In what has become a slow twist of the knife for publishing powerhouse Activision, a further eight developers have left Modern Warfare 2 studio Infinity Ward. Ongoing embarrassment for the lawsuit-riddled Activision continues, as a total of 25 staff is said to have left the highly prized development outfit. According …
Read More »Infinity-gate: 25 gone
A further eight leave, meaning a quarter of the studio has departed
Read More »Infinity Ward now -18
Activision studio Infinity Ward has now lost close to twenty per cent of Modern Warfare 2 staff since the Zampella and West row, with news that five more have quit the beleaguered outfit. Reports claim that senior designers Mohammad Alavi, Chad Grenier and Brent McLeod have left the group. Joining …
Read More »Infinity Ward in disarray as five more go
Nearly a fifth of Modern Warfare 2 staff are out, reports suggest
Read More »Modern Warfare damaged by IW saga
Modern Warfare will live on, it will continue to sell by the bucket load – but both review scores and overall sales will forever be less than they were due to Activision’s legal spat with Infinity Ward, according to Michael Pachter. I think that it is likely that future games …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2010: Special Recognition for Stackhouse
Roy Stackhouse, Activision’s UK senior sales director, was honoured with our Retail Advisory Board’s Special Recognition prize at the MCV Awards last night. Stackhouse has been at Activision for four years, and has held the role of UK sales boss for two years – he was joined the firm in …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2010: Two key prizes for Activision
Activision took home two of the big MCV Industry Excellence Awards last night. The publisher won the Game Campaign award for its work on Modern Warfare 2 and the prize for overall Game Publisher. The firm’s UK senior sales director Roy Stackhouse also won the Retail Advisory Board’s Special Recognition …
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