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Activision: Why we fired Infinity Ward bosses

Activision has explained why it decided to go ahead with the high-profile sacking of Infinity Ward's bosses.

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Elvfam5115874d ago

Does anybody really know how they breach the contract?

NeoBasch5874d ago

They mention the appeal they filed back in April. I'm a little busy to do some digging right now, but hopefully that gets you started.

Christopher5874d ago

It really doesn't matter why they fired the two guys. For the majority of the gaming public, it was all about the money and the only way they'd prove otherwise to the gaming community is if they showed us a long history of discussions into these guys actually trying to break their contract with Activision.

As it is, this came out of nowhere and the biggest losers here are Activision and the gamers for losing the people who made the best selling CoD games.

NeoBasch5874d ago

I agree, but, at the same time, I believe they had their reasons. They would look like fools filing a case without any more objective basis. I feel sorry for the two execs, but I'm under the impression that we're not getting the whole story. Therefore, I'm on no one's side. I'm waiting for that long *** history of discussions. ;)

NeoBasch5874d ago

Granted, this could have been an excuse. Regardless though, it was probably one of the hardest decisions the company has ever made. Kudos to standing up for what they believe in, if in fact they are telling the truth.

Hidden Star5874d ago

So basically, the two IW bosses breached their contract? If that's true then they have to pay the consequences I guess. I'm not sure if I believe it but it could be true. I mean MW2 was a great commercial success so unless they did something wrong - then there is no need to fire them.

karlowma5874d ago

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

I hate mega-corporations, but I have to side with Acti on this one. This is not the first time Zampala and West felt they were bigger than the industry.

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Co-founder claims Activision put "pressure" on Infinity Ward to make game about Iran invading Israel

Chance Glasco, one of the co-founders of Infinity Ward and creators of the Call of Duty franchise, has claimed that Activision once pressured the studio to include an invasion of Israel by Iran.

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL142d ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor142d ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS142d ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead141d ago (Edited 141d ago )

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Microsoft needs to listen or risk irreparable harm to Call of Duty

Windows Central: "The money may keep rolling in, but Microsoft is the custodian of one of the biggest selling video game series in history. If something doesn't change, I fear we'll reach a breaking point and irreparable damage will have been done."

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StoneTitan192d ago

Because ms is so good at managing studios, surely they will get it right

:P

franwex192d ago

In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.

Profchaos192d ago

To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7

bsingle40192d ago

Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD

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1Victor192d ago (Edited 192d ago )

@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
Oh forgot to say
Happy thanksgiving to all the N4G members
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MDTunkown192d ago

Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite

dveio192d ago

Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.

But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.

The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:

Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.

They didn't.

Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.

blacktiger192d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac192d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac192d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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