The studio that sprung from infamous circumstances, Respawn Entertainment, made big news when it signed up with Electronic Arts’ EA Partners label late last year. But according Danny Bilson, Head of Core Games over at THQ, the studio heads at Respawn came pretty close to signing with them before going elsewhere. Supposedly, negotiations fell through […]
The problem with running a lawsuit, a related counter-suit, and defending against a third, is that the costs tend to add up. Vince Zampella and Jason West, former Infinity Ward heads fighting the grounds of their leaving 10 months after the fact, have told the courts that they “are paying for this litigation from our […]
2010 couldn’t finish without a return to one of the year’s biggest news stories. Activision has filed a $400 million lawsuit against Electronic Arts in response to their acquiring a contract with ex-Infinity Ward employees Vince Zampella and Jason West. The litigation seeks damages for what Activision alleges was illegal coaxing of the studio heads […]
Combined with his comments concerning Tim Schafer, Activision head Bobby Kotick appears to be cleaning house on all the former headlines his company has faced. Again speaking to Edge magazine [via Develop] (the front lines in his battle with both Schafer and Electronic Arts), Kotick spoke on former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince […]