Activision vs. Infinity ward

G4 wrote:Things are heating up in the legal case between game publisher Activision and Call of Duty creators and Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella. In a brief filed today by Activision's representative, the company amended their initial counter-claim to add Electronic Arts, asserting that EA "conspired" with West and Zampella to "derail Activision's Call of Duty franchise, disrupt its Infinity Ward development studio, and inflict serious harm on the company." The suit alleges a systematic "pattern of deception" by EA to "hijack Activision's assets for personal greed and corporate gain."

Activision is seeking $400 million in damages from EA, West and Zampella.


According to Activision, the allegations in their pleading are "supported by documentary evidence supplied from West’s and Zampella’s own communications, from Electronic Arts’s own records and from the files of the talent agents and attorneys who conspired in the scheme to harm Activision."



The suit categorizes talks between EA, West and their representatives as a "scheme," in which Electronic Arts "elicited and received confidential and proprietary Activision information from West and Zampella," and goes on to describe the founders of Infinity Ward as "small-minded executives almost obsessed by jealousy of other developers and the thought that another Activision game or studio might share their spotlight."

More on internal, Activision conflict detailed by the brief:

"Motivated by envy and personal greed, West and Zampella went so far as to deliberately undermine the efforts of other developers within the Activision family and then lied about their conduct. On the same day that Treyarch released a video trailer promoting a follow-on product – a 'map' pack or 'downloadable content' – designed for players of Treyarch’s game Call of Duty: World at War, West and Zampella released a marketing video for Modern Warfare 2 with the purpose of hurting Treyarch’s and Activision’s marketing efforts."



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Red-X wrote:

G4 wrote:Things are heating up in the legal case between game publisher Activision and Call of Duty creators and Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella. In a brief filed today by Activision's representative, the company amended their initial counter-claim to add Electronic Arts, asserting that EA "conspired" with West and Zampella to "derail Activision's Call of Duty franchise, disrupt its Infinity Ward development studio, and inflict serious harm on the company." The suit alleges a systematic "pattern of deception" by EA to "hijack Activision's assets for personal greed and corporate gain."

Activision is seeking $400 million in damages from EA, West and Zampella.


According to Activision, the allegations in their pleading are "supported by documentary evidence supplied from West’s and Zampella’s own communications, from Electronic Arts’s own records and from the files of the talent agents and attorneys who conspired in the scheme to harm Activision."



The suit categorizes talks between EA, West and their representatives as a "scheme," in which Electronic Arts "elicited and received confidential and proprietary Activision information from West and Zampella," and goes on to describe the founders of Infinity Ward as "small-minded executives almost obsessed by jealousy of other developers and the thought that another Activision game or studio might share their spotlight."

More on internal, Activision conflict detailed by the brief:

"Motivated by envy and personal greed, West and Zampella went so far as to deliberately undermine the efforts of other developers within the Activision family and then lied about their conduct. On the same day that Treyarch released a video trailer promoting a follow-on product – a 'map' pack or 'downloadable content' – designed for players of Treyarch’s game Call of Duty: World at War, West and Zampella released a marketing video for Modern Warfare 2 with the purpose of hurting Treyarch’s and Activision’s marketing efforts."



Read more: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/709353/activision-adds-electronic-arts-to-infinity-ward-lawsuit.html#ixzz18o1h2TBR