Infinity Ward

A little while back there was some talk of Activision head Bobby Kotick talking about subscription services for Call of Duty. While the original quote had him wishing that he could charge for the game “tomorrow” everyone believed that it was something that would have to wait to be implemented into future titles (potentially the MMO they’d talked about in the past).

Well, the hemorrhaging over at Infinity Ward hasn't stopped yet and things are going from exodus to mass exodus. Another few ex-employees from IW just joined West and Zampella's fireteam and spawned to Respawn's location (yeah, that's technically a Battlefield reference) and these guys aren't small fry either. 

When Jason West and Vince Zampella were relieved of duty at Activision, via a dishonourable discharge, there was a lot of speculation about who would go and who would stay. Obviously there would be loyalists to the founding fathers of Call of Duty, and now we’re starting to get a peek at where the line was drawn.

Welcome to the QuarterSave Podcast for Monday March the 8th! This week’s podcast sees the return of the new hosting duo of Casey and Corey who sit down to discuss a little of the drama that has been going on throughout the whole of the last week. Included within this week’s podcast is some talk of Halo Reach, a rage-induced tirade from Corey about the PS3 shutdown, talk of the shake-up over at Infinity War, and recap of the events from Friday regarding the Illfonic Team being taking out of their building in cuffs at gun-point!

In case you’ve been avoiding the latest gaming news today or woke up in the past hour here’s the lowdown: some major sh!t went on at Infinity Ward yesterday such as Activision firing the two heads of the company due to “insubordination” issues. The full extent of how Infinity Ward’s Vince Zampella and Jason West were insubordinate is still a bit hazy but reports indicate that the studio wanted to create a new IP before moving on to Modern Warfare 3.

Even though their last two games were some of the biggest hits this generation it looks like some shake ups have happened at Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward that could forever change the company.  Details are still coming in and further confirmations are still pending but it looks like Activision has given the boot to Infinity Ward bosses Vince Zampella and Jason West. Yup, the two top dogs at the company that made one of the most acclaimed fps games ever made have been fired.

I don’t know if this is good or bad news but VG247 is reporting a rumor that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward will not be handling the next installment of the Modern Warfare series. Instead Infinity Ward is reported to be working on something entirely different while a new developer steps in to take over Modern Warfare 3.

Next week the most anticipated game of the year drops in the form of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.  Gamers will finally be able to get their hands on a game that promises to have a compelling single-player experience and a multiplayer mode that is filled to the brim with new content.

I honestly thought we had seen or at least were informed of all the big additions in Modern Warfare 2. Aside from further revealing the perks, weapons, and the single-player levels it seemed like Infinity Ward and Activsion had shown us most of the goodness that’s in store for us. Well, that could be farther from the truth based on yet another bootleg video that has surfaced today.

After seeing a string of leaked trailers we finally have a brand spanking new trailer for Modern Warfare 2 straight from Infinity Ward.  This new trailer for the game focuses on the single-player mode of the game and while we've seen a few of the locales in the game such as the South American slums this latest trailer shows a level that will no doubt shock many.  We all knew MW2 was going to be a crazy and intense game but this trailer truly shows off how big the scope of the game will be.

If you were a hardcore player of Modern Warfare's multiplayer mode then this latest video from Modern Warfare 2 may make it a bit harder to wait until November 17. Today a new 10 minute video showcasing a CTF match has been released which shows that MW2 will probably become the go to game for multiplayer action just like Modern Warfare was.

It's somewhat surprising so many videos are leaking for Modern Warfare 2.  We've seen a few short vids leaked from the single-player campaign and a few days ago we had that quite awesome looking Spec Ops footage leak.  If you thought the game has been lacking an extended look from the single-player campaign then today you should be happy as someone leaked an 8 minute clip from a SP level.

So far we’ve seen a nice amount of footage from Modern Warfare 2. E3 served as the debut for the single-player mode while last week held the multiplayer debut event which got a lot of people hyped up while raising a few questions about the new gameplay additions.  Today we have an extended look at some gameplay from the new Spec Ops mode in Modern Warfare 2.