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Jason West has reportedly long since departed developer Respawn Entertainment. As if you needed reminding, Jason West and Vince Zampella were the co-founders of Infinity Ward and oversaw Call of Duty’s rise to global dominance. However, the pair’s fame is more to do with their high-profile departure from IW and …
Read More »First Respawn game dated… for 2015
Iain McCaig, the concept artist behind numerous iconic designs across the film and games industries, has hinted that the hotly anticipated first title from Respawn Entertainment –on which he is currently working– has a target release date of 2015. Speaking at the Develop Conference in Brighton in a session titled …
Read More »Respawn teases first game
Respawn Entertainment has released a teaser image of its first video game. The studio made the reveal on its new website, which also shows off a revised logo, profiles of members of staff and images of the development process. Respawn was formed by ex-Infinity Ward men Vince Zampella and Jason …
Read More »Respawn squaring up to Bungie
Respawn Entertainment will compete in the increasingly populated sci-fi shooter space, a key EA exec has said. EA Games president Frank Gibeau said the newly-formed studio will be used to fill opportunistic gaps” in release schedules and game genres – while two other key EA studios build military-based FPSes. Unlike …
Read More »EA to meet Activision in court
Electronic Arts has lost its bid to be cleared from a bitter and expensive lawsuit between rival Activision and axed Infinity Ward staff. EA’s argument, that accusations thrown at it were without merit, was dismissed this week by a California judge. Activision is suing EA for surreptitiously recruiting two men …
Read More »West and Zampella to appear at QuakeCon
Respawn Entertainment heads Vince Zampella and Jason West are confirmed to appear at QuakeCon 2010. The occasion will mark the first public appearance of the duo since they were fired from Activision-owned Infinity Ward earlier this year. The two men will be appearing in a panel session titled Building Blockbusters” …
Read More »Respawn making sci-fi shooter?
With the expected big time E3 announcement” from Jason West And Vince Zampella’s new studio Respawn failing to materialise, the guessing game surrounding the developer’s huge summer blockbuster” continues. But industry analyst Michael Pachter reckons that the studio is not in fact planning to take on Activision in the crowded …
Read More »Respawn planning big E3 announcement
Having only been born from the ashes of the Activision-Infinity Ward saga in April, new development studio Respawn has promised a big time announcement” at E3 next week. The promise came from the studio’s Facebook page. Described by founders Jason West and Vince Zampella as being in its formative stages” …
Read More »Respawn planning big E3 announcement
Having only been born from the ashes of the Activision-Infinity Ward saga in April, new development studio Respawn has promised a big time announcement” at E3 next week. The promise came from the studio’s Facebook page. Described by founders Jason West and Vince Zampella as being in its formative stages” …
Read More »EA: Modern Warfare damaged
The Modern Warfare franchise may never be the same again – that’s the claim of EA Partners boss David DeMartini who thinks that the world-conquering FPS franchise may never recover from the fallout of Activision and Infinity Ward’s disagreement. I don’t like to see that go on in our industry …
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