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As the Infinity Ward exodus continues, Activision is finally speaking out.
Activision COO and CFO Thomas Tippl recently spoke with the LA Times about the continued turmoil at the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare developer and what it means for Activision's future.
"Infinity Ward still has nearly 100 people," explained Tippl, responding to the continued wave of resignations. "They’ve built a deep bench, and the change of guard will provide an opportunity for some of the rising stars to put their own stamp on the Call of Duty franchise. In addition, we will provide them with all the resources internally and recruit talent from the outside."
More people may leave Infinity Ward before the internal storm calms, but Tippl doesn't believe it will affect Infinity Ward or Activision's ability to recruit top talent for future game development.
"We treat our developers extremely well," he said. "We have an independent studio model that provides them a lot of creative freedom while we take care of the back office stuff so they can focus on making games. [...] We ensure your work will reach a wide audience. Therefore, we have attracted, and we will continue to attract, the top talent in this industry."
It's believed Activision wants Infinity Ward to immediately move forward with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, a game whose troubled pre-production status is mentioned in the current lawsuit between former Infinity Ward leadership, now the founders of Respawn Entertainment, and Activision.
Source: LA Times
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deedubya
"We treat our talent like sheep to a slaughter. We smile and nod and pat them on them on the head... and when the going gets tough, off to the slaughter they go...."
Fixed.
krypto74
We treat our people real well, they get paid to do work and if they whine or cry, we fire em and hire somebody else to do it. Geez, it's like the industrial revolution in here.
greeknerd
I wonder what Tim Schafer has to say about this.
steveredd
treating devolpers well? I dont believe it for second. I think activison needs to get rid of a few GREEDY CEOS.
codename76
Here are some memorable quotes from Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision: "We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games." and lets not forget, "I think we definitely have been able to instill the culture, the skepticism and pessimism and fear that you should have in an economy like we are in today. And so, while generally people talk about the recession, we are pretty good at keeping people focused on the deep depression." I'm not saying EA is any better but these publishers are out of touch with the common gamer and are more driven towards squeezing the last penny by becoming cross-selling whores.
PersonaShin
LIES! LIES I SAY!
scottyrob82
They must be leaving because they can't contain the joy they feel.
Fyzban
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA its the quote of the year . Activision is ruinin gaming industry, we are lucky other publisher arent stupid like Activision. For my part beside Call of Duty , Activision never did games that apeal to me.
qwekefka
Off subject question...
So did activision buy blizzard? or did blizzard buy activision? or did they just merge?
dsa0224x
they treat you well if they dont have to pay you as a developer
SpigotBlister
"They ve built a deep bench, and the change of guard will provide an opportunity for some of the rising stars to put their own stamp on the Call of Duty franchise."
Have fun doing that when you've lost the rights to the series. I'm boycotting Activision games since their rape of Call of Duty.
Socalmic47
Treat them well? Does that mean you were kind enough to use lube before you jammed your whole fist up there? How thoughtful. Reminds me of this one time I was hanging out at the Vatican...
CustosIntusSilentium
Sorry Gran Narcissist, your treatment of employees is not for you to decide. I can call myself a nice guy to others 'til I'm blue in the face, but it isn't true if I'm holding a bloodied whip and a fist full of cash.
Canid117
Activision Claims They "Treat Developers Extremely Well" by firing them when they don't do what Activision tells them to.
3dmunt
Coming from a company ran by Kotick that wants to take all the fun out of making games and only produce games that have potential to be exploited with a sequel year by year(ex. Guitar Hero). I don't believe this for a moment.
Revshawn
"We treat our developers extremely well."
Then why did they leave?
THE SK1TZ
Activision had better not be moving forward with MW3. That is Respawns game. None of us want to play the Infinity Ward (Activision/Blizzard) version now. There are much more Inappropriate things Id like to say about that greedy Capitalist publisher. However this is not the correct venue for that kind of statement.
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gravy666
Okay then, what happened to the Modern Warfare 2 royalties?
BONERJAM
Just like they treat us gamers extremely well.
"Oh, you like Guitar Hero huh? Well we will release one every 3 months that dont transfer content to each other."
"You guys like Tony Hawk Pro Skater too huh? Well we will come out with a new game ever year but we wont really change anything until we get killed by a competitor"
Yes these are actual quotes.
ezeraeze
...SURE YOU DO. THAT IS WHY, EVEN AFTER FIRING THE TOP GUYS(FOR MAKING A GAME THAT SUCCESSFUL) THE REST KEEP FLEEING. YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT HELP IF YOU COULD STOP LYING. BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU ALREADY SEE US AS FOOLS. YOU CHARGED US FOR MAPS THAT AREN'T WORTH IT, THEN PUT UP A VERY SILLY COMMERCIAL CALLED 'EVERYONE'S DOING IT'. YOUR GRREED KNOWS NO BOUND, YOU WENT AS FAR AS USING FAMILY GUY TO ADVERTISE MW2.
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