Thursday, it was revealed that Activision is now counter-suing the two former executives that were fired from Infinity Ward. This counter-suit comes after a $36 million lawsuit filed by Jason West and Vince Zampella in March after Activision fired the duo without paying royalty fees they were owed.
If the development of the Call of Duty titles were split between Infinity Ward and Treyarch every other year, how could West and Zampella halt the production of titles their studio was not involved with? As always with these sorts of things, there are details that are not publicly mentioned.
We'll have more details as they develop.
Activision's filing seeks to show the firing was justified and claims the men met with a key gaming rival, which it says was one of several violations of their employment contract.
The breach of contract suit claims West and Zampella held up development on other "Call of Duty" games to try to gain more money. The company is seeking to withhold additional payments to the men, who they claim also kept bonuses from Infinity Ward employees.
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.
West and Zampella's attorney, Robert M. Schwartz, called the countersuit's claims "false and outrageous."
The breach of contract suit claims West and Zampella held up development on other "Call of Duty" games to try to gain more money. The company is seeking to withhold additional payments to the men, who they claim also kept bonuses from Infinity Ward employees.
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.
West and Zampella's attorney, Robert M. Schwartz, called the countersuit's claims "false and outrageous."
If the development of the Call of Duty titles were split between Infinity Ward and Treyarch every other year, how could West and Zampella halt the production of titles their studio was not involved with? As always with these sorts of things, there are details that are not publicly mentioned.
We'll have more details as they develop.