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Long before former Infinity Ward owners Jason West and Vince Zampella fell out with Activision, the pair once walked away from EA and its Medal of Honor franchise. And the pair’s return to EA at the helm of new independent studio Respawn Entertainment is not without a sense of incongruity, …
Read More »Respawns first game to be huge summer blockbuster
It’s got to be a first person shooter. But a contemporary war game? Multiplayer only? The long-rumoured sci-fi shooter? What form Jason West and Vince Zampella’s first game under the guise of Respawn Entertainment will take is anyone’s guess, but you can be sure it’ll be big. Speaking to the …
Read More »Respawn Entertainment reading between the lines
It’s already one of the bloodiest sagas in the history of modern games development, but the feud between sacked Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella has been taken to a whole new dimension with the news that the pair have opened a new studio and aligned themselves with …
Read More »EA signs West and Zampella
The very public fight between Activision and Infinity Ward’s former bosses has taken an interesting twist. Jason West and Vince Zampella have formed Respawn Entertainment – and the kicker for Activision is that they have a publishing deal with Electronic Arts. The two were ousted for the studio in early …
Read More »West and Zampella respond
Fired Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella might be back in games development sooner than you think. Although the two are embroiled in an ugly suit-countersuit with former employer Activision, their lawyer has said the two ‘plan to have an announcement very soon’ detailing their next move. It …
Read More »West & Zampella to unveil future plans ‘very soon’
They might be fired from Activision, but Infinity Ward's founders will 'regain control over their creative future'
Read More »Activision ‘has lost sight of reality’ says lawyer
Ex-IW bosses' attorney says publisher is 'misguided, inaccurate'
Read More »IW fight ‘delayed Modern Warfare 3’ development
Activision accuses West & Zampella of trying to poach staff and damaging the publisher
Read More »Activision: ex-IW bosses ‘self-serving schemers’
Case between publisher and former Infinity Ward execs gets even uglier in countersuit
Read More »Activision countersues West and Zampella
The bitter saga enveloping Activision and the former owners of developer Infinity Ward has taken a further turn with the publisher confirming it is to countersue both Jason West and Vincent Zampella. The pair filed a lawsuit of their own last month claiming that they were owed money, that they …
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