Series of resignations at Infinity Ward

Posted by herald On April - 15 - 2010

Though Modern Warfare 2 was the most successul launch in the history of role playing games, but the developer failed to hold tight its team of designers.
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The latest report comes that the two lead designers of Infinity Ward tabled their resignations.

Last month the founders of Infinity Ward, Vince Zampella and Jason West, sued their parent company Blizzard-Activision. They were earlier fired by the company for breach of contract.

After the sacking of Vince and Jason, Infinity Ward has bled about 11 staff members in protest. Most of the employees were the important part of the company.

More interesting is that the staff members continued quitting the organization even after Activision promised to distribute bonuses to those who remain employed.

The drama further speaks different story. The two founding fathers of Infinity Ward are on the way working hard on next venture, aptly named “Respawn Entertainment”.

The twist continues. Electronic Arts, the rival of Activision, recently announced of an official deal to be the sole distributor for Respawn Entertainment.

Interview: Vince Zampella, CEO Infinity Ward

Posted by herald On October - 12 - 2009

Take a look to an interview of the head of Infinity Ward, the CEO Vince Zampella. The video is an extended cut of GTTV.

Infinity Ward wanted to make CoD6 look like action movie

Posted by herald On June - 11 - 2009

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Call of Duty has always been known for its slight tweak’s to realism. We all know this. At least it for those gamers who have played the previous games. It says about a heroic journey of a soldier. Modern Warfare was a bit different than the other Call of Duty games. It took this slight tweak and developed it in a huge way by creating one of the best games that any console has ever seen in past few years in the gaming industry on the global platform.

The Modern Warfare is back now with the recent hits such as Killzone 2. Vince Zampella from Infinity Wart lately told to the media, the official magazine of PlayStation that they are going for authenticity and not realism. He said that they are not making a sim, but they are making entertainment. According to him, they want it to look real like that of an action movie.

Zampella also mentioned that they are well aware of the fact that that action movies look good, but they are many times way off from the true thing.

He said that Modern Warefare 2 will be looking to do the same thing. He also said that there is not any mandate that every level has to be a wide open sandbox.

The most awaited game in the history of video games is Infinity Ward’s COD6 and the final touch of it is in full swing at the developers end. They are working dedicatedly and sincerely on this game also known as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (MW2). Activision has already launched a teaser web site of the game along with a teaser trailer and also logo. Brand manager Simon Wells said in a press brief recently that it is expected this game will become the highest selling in the history of video games.

The game is going to be launched on November 10th this year and such statement of Simon Wells comes when the NPD group released a sales report of video games that the March revenues for the video game industry has dropped by 17% as compared to last year.

CEO of Infinity Ward, Vince Zampella, said to the media on the MW2 that no detail is too small for the Infinity Ward and every imaginable finishing touch is on the way to make COD6 to be the best ever game till date. He also added further that he cannot make the fans world wide to wait further after November 10th to play it.

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Mentioning about the team Zampella said that each and every member in the team is laser focused on making the most gripping experience that they have ever created.

Modern Warfare 2 launching pad November 10

Posted by herald On April - 10 - 2009

At the Game Developers Conference last week, the developer and publisher of Modern Warefare 2 unveiled a short trailer of the game. Modern Warefare 2 is the official title of the game announced. The developers have dropped the tag of Call of Duty.

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Modern Warfare 2 has been scheduled to arrive later this year, on 10th of November.

Below is the extract of press release of Modern Warefare 2 of the official announcement in the presss conference:

Get prepared for the ultimate invasion! The most anticipated and the most awaited game of 2009 and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time in the history of gaming industry.

Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2 will be striking the market globally on 10the of November this year. Activision Publishing, Inc. will be releasing the newest installment in the groundbreaking and record-setting follow-up to the Call of Duty 2007 blockbuster, which has sold over twelve million copies globally, to date.

Vince Zampella, the CEO of Infinity Ward said that everyone in the team is laser focused on making the most gripping experience that they have ever created. He also added that no detail is too small in the game and every finishing touch imaginable is underway to make this game to be their best ever.

This October comes the challenge of Modern Warfare and Battlefield: Bad Company. Medal of Honor of Electronic Arts is being released on October 12 and it will challenge both the games for the top spot in the FPS genre.

Last week at E3 gaming event the stills and multi-player footage were released. The footage bound to bring comparison with the MW2 and BBC2.

The styles of the game is similar to the MW2 and BBC2, but MoH appears to concentrate on points and not focus on kills as MW2 does.

Below is the footage of Medal of Honor:

Is Medal of Honor a threat to MW2 and BBC2

Posted by herald