After weeks of continuous resignation announcements, we are finally getting some legal data on the ongoing battle between Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward and giga-publisher Activision. “The Infinity Ward Employee Group”, 38 plaintiffs either current or former employees at the developer, filed a claim in the Los Angeles Superior Court against Activision. […]
The Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore’s federal government recently announced a financial incentive boost on internal film and video game development, hoping to “[place] an emphasis on projects that are internationally-marketable and scale across media platforms.” Games in particular received 20 million Singapore dollars, roughly equivalent to $14.6 million in investment. The earmarked funds […]
Bonuses be damned. Infinity Ward has been hemorrhaging staff ever since the controversial firing of Vince Zampella and Jason West, but the consistent flow of resignations has surprised even the most liberal reactions to the legal conflict between developer and publisher. Since last week, 10 more have left Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward, bringing […]
The fallout over the contract and back-pay disputes between Activision and former members of Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward has lead to the latter losing over a dozen key personnel, and a new competitor studio formed at rival producer Electronic Arts. Many in the position of prediction had put two and two together in […]