
"The move positions the Respawn Entertainment leadership team as the owners of the intellectual property they create. The company will focus on creating state-of-the-art gaming experiences for global audiences." Interesting news considering yesterday's countersuit by Activision.
"The men 'morphed from valued, responsible executives into insubordinate and self-serving schemers who attempted to hijack Activision's assets for their own personal gain and whose actions threatened both the future of the Call of Duty franchise and future of Activision's (Infinity Ward) studio,' the complaint states." Time for things to get personal, it seems.
As mentioned three days ago, Jack West and Vince Zampella (now officially confirmed ousted as well) have been dismissed from their roles in Infinity Ward due to "breaching of contract" relating to "insubordination" which have now decided to retaliate against the mammoth publisher in regaining owed "substatial royalty payments" that Activision apparently have yet to redeem from their contractual agreement: Read on