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What exactly is left of Infinity Ward? The FPS studio that invented the Call of Duty series and birthed the Modern Warfare phenomenon was left in ruins three years ago. A dispute between the publisher and its studio founders over Modern Warfare 2 royalties and planned defections to EA saw …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts built on an upgraded version of current engine, dev reveals
The engine powering Call of Duty: Ghosts has not been built from the ground-up as per previous reports. Does that make it an ‘upgraded’ engine as opposed to a ‘new’ engine? That’s a matter of semantics, argues Infinity Ward’s animation lead Zach Volker. When we’re talking about a new engine …
Read More »Infinity Ward: We could have left Call of Duty
The team that invented Call of Duty said it could have abandoned the series altogether. Instead, developer Infinity Ward chose to leave the Modern Warfare brand behind, and build a whole new Call of Duty with a new engine and new characters. We all really knew we wanted to continue …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts goes official, gets release date; Uses next-gen game engine
The franchise that has defined a generation of gaming is set to raise the bar once again with the all-new Call of Duty: Ghosts.” That’s the opening gambit of Activision’s official announcement of the new Call of Duty. Despite dropping the Modern Warfare subtitle, the game is being developed by …
Read More »Next Call of Duty to drop ‘Modern Warfare’ name, called Call of Duty: Ghosts
Activision’s next Call of Duty will be called Call of Duty: Ghosts. That’s according to a retail listing on Tesco Direct. It could be wrong, of course, but the clearly final product cover image it includes more or less proves its authenticity. It lists the release date as December 31st …
Read More »Develop 100: The curious case of Modern Warfare 3
The Call of Duty mega-hit garnered massive sales but left Infinity Ward off top spot, so what gives?
Read More »Activision payout to COD devs may be $10m+
Jason West and Vince Zampella may have received 'tens of millions', suggests analyst
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Read More »Former Infinity Ward devs settle with Activision
Former Call of Duty developers Jason West and Vince Zampella have settled their lawsuit with Activision. The LA Times reports both parties have reached a settlement under ‘strictly confidential’ terms. "All parties to the litigation have reached a settlement of the dispute, the terms of which are strictly confidential,” a …
Read More »Report: Activision could settle with Zampella/West
Parties 'spent most of the morning talking behind closed doors' causing case delay
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