Writer Max Chafkin has added some new details to the story, including insights into why West departed Respawn earlier this year, and announced his retirement from game development. Vanity Fair reports that the court documents brought by Activision included revelations that damaged West and Zampella's relationship.

A person close to the company says that revelations about West's erratic behavior at Activision, which came out during the depositions, upset Zampella. "Vince felt that Jason was sabotaging the company," says the source. As the Respawn team scrambled to finish Titanfall, West was barely coming to the office. In March, he officially parted ways with his longtime partner, moving his family to North Carolina and leaving Zampella in control of Respawn. In an interview in April, Zampella refused to elaborate on what had separated them-except to say, "It's hard to work with one person for 15 years." ..

The lawsuit, which contains startlingly similar allegations to those that would be made by Activision a decade later, claims that Zampella began negotiating with EA through an intermediary and organized secret weekly meetings at a local Tex-Mex joint, during which he conceived a plan to leave 2015 and start a competing studio, known as Infinity Ward. Salaries and job titles were planned, the renting of office space was discussed, and a time line was drawn up.

Polygon: New insights reveal West and Zampella's damaged relationship during Infinity Ward fallout

Hrm.. . If anything, from I've seen from Titanfall, is there enough to even warrant a solid Titanfall 2? Put it on PS4, who gives a shit? Is there enough quality content, DLC and co-op wise to warrant a continued franchise in the next five years? They need a solid Season Pass amount of content churned out for the next 2 years. It doesn't even need to be as much content as CoD does, but if its chock full like say 'GTA' does, then that'd probably be worth buying for.