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Tuesday
Mar022010
Trouble Brewing at Infinity Ward - Co-Founder Gone!
Alex Tretrop
The image above paints you a picture of what's been going on at Infinity Ward in the past day or so; Jason West, President of Infinity Ward, has been let go along with Vince Zampella!
Check out the full story after the break
Uh oh, G4 has updated their website to inform us that a developer close to Modern Warfare 2 had seen a "bunch of bouncer-types" show up unannounced to Infinity Ward's offices. When approached by employees the "bouncers" wouldn't disclose why they were there. According to G4's source the studio heads Vince Zampella and Jason West had met with Activision this morning and hadn't been seen in the office since. The source claimed that the relationship between the two companies has been "tense" at best.
The story has been developing throughout the weekend and many things have surfaced, including that both Vince and West have been let go with Bobby Kotick preparing to address the entire Infinity Ward team in just a few minutes. I've also included a picture of Jason's Facebook profile (shown above) telling us that "Jason West is drinking. Also, unemployed" with his Linkedin profile being updated to show that he was let go after 9 years at the company.
It's crazy to think that Activision and Infinity Ward are having problems, especially considering that Modern Warfare 2 has sold a bajillion copies and it's still steadily rising.
As this is most certainly a developing story, with Bobby Kotick adressing the company right now, stay tuned for more information, if we ever get the full story!
