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We're At Eight -- Yet Another Ex-Infinity Ward Developer Enlists At Respawn

The count continues. Former Infinity Ward lead software engineer Francesco Gigliotti updated his Linkedin profile overnight to reflect his newfound employment at Respawn Entertainment. Gigliotti joins seven others who have publicly declared joining up with former Infinity Ward leadership Vince Zampella and Jason West at their new startup,...

Posted April 23, 2010
Activision Files Lawsuit Against Ex-Infinity Ward Leadership -- Hint: They're Upset

Activision is not taking kindly to the legal accusations from the former heads of Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward. The LA Times acquired the Activision counterargument, filed this morning, and it shows a publisher fully prepared to take on both Vince Zampella and Jason West. The suit, which says Activision will withhold future royalty...

Posted April 9, 2010
Infinity Ward Loses Two More -- One Lead Designer, One Software Engineer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward, who recently lost leadership over an internal dispute with publisher Activision that's now in litigation, has last two more employees. Kotaku originally broke the news, citing the Linkedin profiles of lead designer Todd Alderman and software engineer Francesco Gigliotti. Both Linkedin...

Posted April 7, 2010
Call Of Duty 2011 Isn't Sledgehammer's "Action-Adventure" Call Of Duty Game

There's some understandable confusion about what's happening to Call of Duty after the Treyarch-developed Call of Duty is released later in 2010. I've obtained an internal memo sent to Activision employees at the same time today's news release went out that better clarifies what's happening to Call of Duty. Here's how it breaks down. Treyarch...

Posted March 2, 2010
Internal Activision Memo Says Infinity Ward "Central To Call Of Duty's Future"

I've obtained an internal memo penned by Activision Publishing president and CEO Mike Griffith that just released to Activision employees at the same time as the press release about the future of Infinity Ward and Call of Duty. It's largely the same as the release that's available in detail here, but there's a key distinction in the internal...

Posted March 2, 2010
Activision Announces "New Direction" For Call Of Duty, Confirms Infinity Ward Changes

Activision has now officially responded to the reported shakeup at Infinity Ward. The publisher has confirmed studio heads Vince Zampella and Jason West have left the company, but issued no other comment related to their departure. There was no mention of "insubordination" or "breach of contract" in Activision's...

Posted March 2, 2010
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Scheduled To Meet With Infinity Ward Momentarily

The future of Infinity Ward might be determined in the next few hours. I'm told by a source close to the studio that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick will address the development leads at Infinity Ward in a meeting in just a few minutes -- noon, to be exact. It's unclear what the meeting will be about, but it is likely related to the apparent...

Posted March 2, 2010
Infinity Ward Leadership Confirm Leaving Company

Activision and Infinity Ward have both been publicly quiet about what happened between the two companies yesterday. It can, however, be confirmed that both heads of the studio, president Jason West and CEO Vince Zampella, have confirmed they're no longer with Infinity Ward. Confirmation of their departure comes through updates to each...

Posted March 2, 2010
Just Before L4D2, Activision Brings Call Of Duty (And Zombies) To iPhone

What timing you have, Activision! With just hours until Left 4 Dead 2 unlocks on Steam and goes on sale at retail (check back later tonight for my complete review of Valve's latest), Activision has announced the release of Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies...for the iPhone. What? Remember the popular zombie mode from Call of Duty: World at...

Posted November 16, 2009
Infinity Ward "Doesn't Feel Tied" To Call Of Duty Franchise Forever

Call of Duty was released in 2003. Infinity Ward has been making new entries in the Call of Duty series ever since, but the studio told Develop it doesn't feel obligated to continue making new entries in the Call of Duty franchise. That doesn't mean we won't see further Call of Duty games from Infinity Ward, but there's no guarantee the company...

Posted November 3, 2009
Call of Duty Movie Further Along In Development

It's no secret that Activision is trying to leverage its brand name video games into feature films -- it would be crazy not to. There have been rumors that the company is actively working to bring Call of Duty to the big screen, but as yet, Activision hasn't said anything about it. Last week, though, a trademark request was filed for the words...

Posted October 6, 2009
'Mario Kart Wii': 2008's Worldwide Best-Seller

According to combined sales data from GfK, ChartTrack, Enterbrain and the NPD Group, the worldwide best-selling video game in 2008 was Mario Kart Wii! Nintendo cleaned up in the charts: A full three of the top five games were from the Japanese company, proving that Universal appeal trumps hardcore gamer opinion. Here's the rest of the...

Posted February 2, 2009| 137 Comments
Sessler's Soapbox: Adam Sessler's Crystal Ball

A New Year brings us many things; resolutions you will never keep, sales that don't really save you any money, and predictions for the next year that hardly ever come true. Enter Adam Sessler! Joining in with the rest of the games journalism community, Adam has decided to dig deep into that giant brain of his and predict what he thinks will...

Posted January 7, 2009| 61 Comments
X-Play's Best of 2008 Awards!

X-Play is proud to present its Best of 2008 Awards on Tuesday, December 9th, at 8PM ET. This sixth annual awards program will highlight the best in gaming throughout the year. ' "It seems commonplace to expect and find every year to improve on the one before," says Adam Sessler, Host and Managing Editor, "X-Play." "But...

Posted December 5, 2008| 219 Comments
'Call of Duty' Rivalry Good for Fans

The alternating development licensing of the Call of Duty franchise has created some heat between the developers running each project, but some say that's a healthy sibling rivalry that leads to good work from both studios. Like Michael and Janet Jackson, one will always be slightly less famous, while the other is only marginally more manly...

Posted November 12, 2008| 31 Comments