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    Founded by ex-2015 employees, Infinity Ward is a game development company known for its highly acclaimed Call of Duty franchise.

    Full lawsuit filed by Infinity Ward heads posted

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    #51  Edited By gazel_ministry

    Would like to see what "false and trivial charges" Activision is claiming. Would also like to see the Employment Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding. It sounds like Activision just went on a witch hunt for evidence to remove them. Should be insteresting to see what the accusations are.  

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    #52  Edited By goatmilk

    The filing doesn't read very well. It's almost like it was written by someone fresh out of law school.

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    #53  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    I hope Infinity Ward win this one, they deserve too.

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    #55  Edited By Computerplayer1

    Am I the only one who if after a lovely mid-afternoon brunch bumped into Kotick whilst walking home in the fresh spring air, would shake his hand before pulling him in and kneeing him in the balls, punching him in the throat on the way down.
     
    And perhaps, teabagged him for irony.

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    @Gamer_152 said:
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    I hope Infinity Ward win this one, they deserve too.

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    This isn't Activision vs Infinity ward, West an Zampella arre no longer part of IW, IW is owned by activision.
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    #57  Edited By Sh4ft3d

    Holy crap. This may be the most biting piece of commentary on the way a corporation practices business that I've ever seen. Good luck West and Zampella!

    @DystopiaX

    For real. This lawyer is worth every freaking cent they're paying him/her.

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    #58  Edited By Hishighness

     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." Kotick later stated he tries to promote an atmosphere of "skepticism, pessimism, and fear"- Bobby Kotick's Wikipedia Page

     
    ... now THERE'S a guy you wanna work for. Sounds to me like he got beat up as a kid and is taking it out on the world now. Scum like him should be purged from the Earth.
     
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    #59  Edited By teptom

    It would be nice to see them win this.

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    #60  Edited By JoelTGM
    @Jeust said:
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    " Getting mad at Activision for this kind of thing is like getting mad at an ape for throwing feces. just how the beast communicates." 
     Tim Shafer "
    LOL
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    #61  Edited By JDDrewes

    idk, there's got to be something more to this. i'm on the side of IW, but i really doubt that it's this black and white

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    #62  Edited By NakAttack
    @Axxol: you sir, are full of win.
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    #63  Edited By OldManLollipop

    Ye gods. This is what I get for skipping out on video game news for a week.

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    #64  Edited By oldschool

    If I ever slightly cared about their games, let alone ever have an remote interest in playing one of them, I may care more, but as a matter of principle alone - I hope Activision lose.  Big companies like this are inherently evil.

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    #65  Edited By Brians
    @oldschool: two great movies to watch to increase your depression.
    One is the Corporation about how companies clawed some of the basic rights of people for themselves. 
    The other was about money with a name I forget and how a lot of money is created out of thin air. 
     
    Anyway thanks to US Supreme Court, here in America soon the entire Bill of Rights and Constitution will apply to corporations.
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    #66  Edited By Juvarial

    Writing was simply amazing, DAMN Good lawyer.

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    #67  Edited By Druminator

    All I want to know is, should I keep supporting IW or what? What is going on?

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    #68  Edited By ch13696
    @Druminator said:
    " All I want to know is, should I keep supporting IW or what? What is going on? "
    Of course. Activision haven't shown any reason why they fired them. They just put down insubordination. But they didn't say what they did. 
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    #69  Edited By Druminator
    @Druminator: Actually, I'm not very sober right now. I'm sorry if I make no since. Please kill me for trying to act cool.
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    #70  Edited By apathylad
    @ch13696 said:
    " @Druminator said:
    " All I want to know is, should I keep supporting IW or what? What is going on? "
    Of course. Activision haven't shown any reason why they fired them. They just put down insubordination. But they didn't say what they did.  "
    I've heard a couple podcasts with a neutral stance on this, pointing out the possibility that West and Zampella were thinking about moving to EA or something because they were fed up with Activision. This whole thing feels shady on Activision's part, though, especially after the document claims the heads at Infinity Ward were entitled to bonuses. 
    Or, I suppose another possibility was that Activision came to Infinity Ward and told them they wanted to pull a Guitar Hero on the Call of Duty series.
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    #71  Edited By mrfizzy

    You know the one thing that would make this better? If IW was represented in court by Jack Thompson. I would pay good money to see that. 

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    #72  Edited By Rowr
    @Andorski said:
    "When referring to the allegations made by Activision...

     Such actions are not surprising, given that Activision is run by a CEO who has been publicly quoted as believing that the best way to run a videogame studio is to engander a culture of "skepticism, pessimism, and fear," and who prefers to pay his lawyers instead of his employees.

      This... this is just awesome. "
    I am so fucking glad that has come back to bite.
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    #73  Edited By nick69

    I hope the IW wins, but chances of that happening are slim.

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