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Bash: 141 Axed
With all the CoD community news being about the goings on at Infinity Ward with Activision, Jockyitch had discussion on Bash: 141:
In this BASH, we are devoting the cast to talk about this week’s decapitation of Infinity Ward’s leadership by their owners, Activision.
Monday evening, we all sat stunned in front of our computer screens as G4TV’s Patrick Klepek broke the story of the firing of IW’s President/Game Director Jason West and the CEO Vince Zampella. Shocking news made even more surreal given that IW’s game sales of MW2 have nearly approached one billion dollars.
What gives? Why were these two men fired? What does it mean for gamers and is this good news or bad news for PC gamers?
My special guest on the program, providing his deep insight into this event, is Game Editor for ArsTechnica.com, Ben Kuchera. <!--more-->
Here's a sampling of some of Ben's articles on ArsTechnica's Opposable Thumbs blog:
[*]Activision announces new Call of Duty titles, lawsuit filed
[*]Insubordination? Infinity Ward cofounder gone from Activision
[*]Snowmobiles are for sissies: a review of Bad Company 2
We explore some of the plausible reasons for Zampella and West's dismissal and discuss the probablity of success of their recently filed lawsuit against Activision.
Should PC gamers celebrate the firing or does Activision have even worse in store for us (you can guess the news won't be good on that score).
Does the appointment of a CoD czar to oversee all Call of Duty business units mean more higher quality and more consistent products for the end user or does spell the end of the franchise?
It's a lively discussion and you are free to comment on it, through the BASH forums, click here.
Are you glad to see them go? Vote here.
Update:
Read the court documents filed by West and Zampella against IW here.
We know probably no love has been lost as far as the PC community is concerned. What are your thoughts on all this? How will this affect this line of the Call of Duty series? Did Activision do everyone a favor or is this the final blow to what we know as CoD? Are there any winners in this situation? Some blame Activision for what has happened to Infinity Ward and CoD and some blame Infinity Ward; is that how it should be looked at or is it a lot of finger pointing and no looking in the mirrors?
You can listen to the webcast from the link below.
Source
In this BASH, we are devoting the cast to talk about this week’s decapitation of Infinity Ward’s leadership by their owners, Activision.
Monday evening, we all sat stunned in front of our computer screens as G4TV’s Patrick Klepek broke the story of the firing of IW’s President/Game Director Jason West and the CEO Vince Zampella. Shocking news made even more surreal given that IW’s game sales of MW2 have nearly approached one billion dollars.
What gives? Why were these two men fired? What does it mean for gamers and is this good news or bad news for PC gamers?
My special guest on the program, providing his deep insight into this event, is Game Editor for ArsTechnica.com, Ben Kuchera. <!--more-->
Here's a sampling of some of Ben's articles on ArsTechnica's Opposable Thumbs blog:
[*]Activision announces new Call of Duty titles, lawsuit filed
[*]Insubordination? Infinity Ward cofounder gone from Activision
[*]Snowmobiles are for sissies: a review of Bad Company 2
We explore some of the plausible reasons for Zampella and West's dismissal and discuss the probablity of success of their recently filed lawsuit against Activision.
Should PC gamers celebrate the firing or does Activision have even worse in store for us (you can guess the news won't be good on that score).
Does the appointment of a CoD czar to oversee all Call of Duty business units mean more higher quality and more consistent products for the end user or does spell the end of the franchise?
It's a lively discussion and you are free to comment on it, through the BASH forums, click here.
Are you glad to see them go? Vote here.
Update:
Read the court documents filed by West and Zampella against IW here.
We know probably no love has been lost as far as the PC community is concerned. What are your thoughts on all this? How will this affect this line of the Call of Duty series? Did Activision do everyone a favor or is this the final blow to what we know as CoD? Are there any winners in this situation? Some blame Activision for what has happened to Infinity Ward and CoD and some blame Infinity Ward; is that how it should be looked at or is it a lot of finger pointing and no looking in the mirrors?
You can listen to the webcast from the link below.
Source