Weird shit going down at Activision/Infinity Ward...

**Humphrey_Lee** · 03-01-2010, 09:07 PM

http://kotaku.com/5483348/report-str...-infinity-ward

I don't know what the hell all this means, but if it furthers the demise of the sinking ship that Activision is becoming and shits in the cereal of career douchebag Bobby Kotick, more power to it. I don't even really care for the Modern Warfare games, but Infinity Ward is too good to be saddled with such a shitty company and boss.

**JamesV** · 03-01-2010, 09:17 PM

There seems to be two thoughts at the moment:

One this is a PR stunt to tease something and distract from Bad Company

or

Two, Bobby Kotick needed to eat some faces today.

**Ashwin Pande** · 03-01-2010, 09:20 PM

If their top brass or staff is fired they really shouldn't be too worried. I mean, they only made, what, the best selling, most critically acclaimed game of all time? People will be lined up to invest in them.

**Fygar** · 03-01-2010, 09:21 PM

That's pretty messed up right there.

**Humphrey_Lee** · 03-01-2010, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by JamesV

There seems to be two thoughts at the moment:

One this is a PR stunt to tease something and distract from Bad Company

or

Two, Bobby Kotick needed to eat some faces today.

Given the current climate of the company, the fact that it was pretty much always understood IW was going to break off on their own at some point, and the jabs that IW has always taken at Kotick, I think shit just finally came to a head. I would personally love this, because I like watching Activision fail. Too bad as long as WoW is around, they will always survive on it alone.

**Humphrey_Lee** · 03-01-2010, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by ashwin

If their top brass or staff is fired they really shouldn't be too worried. I mean, they only made, what, the best selling, most critically acclaimed game of all time? People will be lined up to invest in them.

Yeah, exactly. Like I said, I don't get MW, it's not my bag, but the guys at IW are obviously talented and deserve better than to deal with Kotick's bullshit. If shit's coming to a head early, it's probably all the better for them.

**Briomega** · 03-01-2010, 09:26 PM

If it's a response to the glitched up/hacked up/fucked up mess that MW2 online multiplayer is, I don't blame Activision at all.

Can't really think of any reason why something like this would be going on, other than that.

**JamesV** · 03-01-2010, 10:05 PM

Kotaku updated with this:

Update: And now things are stranger. Kotaku commenter VasectomyOmega dropped the following into the discussion below.

That's supposedly from Modern Warfare 2 game director and Infinity Ward president Jason West's Facebook page. We're trying to verify.

West's LinkedIn profile indicates he is no longer working at Infinity Ward as of March 2010. Could Infinity Ward's top brass been given the heave ho?

**Briomega** · 03-01-2010, 10:30 PM

From the original story on G4:

UPDATE 11:20 PM: It turns out Activision may have showed their hand in this matter earlier today.

In an SEC filing made earlier today, Activision cited a human resources investigation into "into breaches of contract and insubordination by two senior employees at Infinity Ward."

Based on the information we currently have, at least one of those employees may have included Infinity Ward CTO Jason West. It's possible Vince Zampella is the other unmentioned employee.

"This matter is expected to involve the departure of key personnel and litigation," read the Activision's filing. "At present, the Company does not expect this matter to have a material impact on the Company."