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More Infinity Ward staff depart

Two more veteran Call of Duty developers have parted ways with Infinity Ward on APRIL 14, 2010.

hybridtheory125146d ago

I submitted a story recently with a similar story however this occurred today and its not the same story.

blitz06235146d ago

IW is done for. And it's all Activision's fault. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Noctis Aftermath5146d ago

99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall.

98 bottles of beer on the wall, 98 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 97 bottles of beer on the wall.

97 bottles of beer on the wall, 97 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 96 bottles of beer on the wall.

96 bottles of beer on the wall, 96 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 95 bottles of beer on the wall......

qface645146d ago

ohh how many more will leave IW? when? in pairs of 2 again?

TAKING ALL BETS TAKING ALL BETS

Shang-Long5146d ago

I can see them all leaveing and starting a new studio

Raz5146d ago

Cut off the head, and the body will fall. IW's been decapitated, is spurting blood (talent) and it's only a matter of time before it hits the ground.

Till then I'll be munching popcorn and watching avidly.

SixZeroFour5146d ago

its taking long for every person to leave cause of that damn 2 weeks notice, if everyone was in agreement from the start, they would have left from the start, now its all unorganized and some ppl havent gotten the memo yet...lol, just kidding

but on a serious note, activision, why dont you just go ahead and close the studio down, you know the majority of them are going to leave, or atleast the most talented will

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xTruthx5146d ago

lol I'm so happy!, activition needs to go down :D!

PandemicPrawn05146d ago

Activision won’t be going down, and they won’t be giving a crap about this.

They still have the Guitar Hero franchise and Blizzard to keep them afloat.
And they know that most people will still buy COD regardless of who develops it.

They also have new Spiderman and Transformers games coming out, and I bet that they will sell ok as well.

I make it a point not to support Activision. Any games that I want that are developed/published by them I buy preowned. But I doubt the general game buying public are as well informed about the evils of this company as we are.

xTruthx5146d ago

I know ti wont go down lol, but IW leaving will hurt them eventually. They cant just milk the same game over and over and get away with it.

Joe29115146d ago

Yes they can. My dad told me a saying about driving.. "just imagine every other driver around you is an idiot" people may drive, but it doesn't make them good drivers.

You can adopt this in the general gaming market. People may play games, but it doesn't make them gamers. There are a lot of people who play games who aren't gamers as to speak and don't follow gaming news, they just wanna play CoD. They don't know what developing/publishing even means, if it says CoD on the box, they'll buy it.

Lucreto5146d ago

This video shows my feeling towards Activision losing all the talent of IW.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Commando475146d ago

Infinity Ward has less than a hundred people to begin with, so you can imagine how the old trained class can affect Activision. My guess is that at least 50 maximum will leave...TAKING ALL BETS~~!!

GameOn5146d ago

At least 50 maximum? So 50 then. My bet is that you are wrong :).

Commando475146d ago

That 50 was more of wild guess...so far i think 12 people have left.

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How EA & Xbox Are Defining Gaming's Bleak Future

Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.

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Profchaos1d 6h ago (Edited 1d 6h ago )

Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.

Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.

If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard

As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights

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XCOM's Jake Solomon Q&A - Building a Narrative-Driven Life Sim Game at Midsummer Studios

XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns director Jake Solomon has founded a new studio to make a life sim game. Here's a new interview with him.

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Microsoft's quest for short-term $$$ is doing long-term damage to Windows, Surface, Xbox, and beyond

Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.

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Brazz2d ago

"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "

Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.

Xeofate2d ago

"Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware."

It's for the best.

Quit stringing along xbox fans and screwing over PlayStation owners.

crazyCoconuts1d 19h ago

Take good care of those Xboxes if you have 'em ...

outsider16241d 19h ago

An Xbox game on a Playstation. Never in my years of gaming did i ever thought this was gonna happen.

jznrpg1d 14h ago

It is dying anyway so doesn’t make much of a difference

VersusDMC1d 14h ago

No way can they get rid of the hardware as probably 90% of game pass subscribers are hardware users.

Highly doubtful those users will move to PC or Cloud to subscribe there and the competition (Sony and Nin) will never have gamepass on their system.

If they want to keep the current subscribers, they need to keep releasing new hardware.

PSPSA1d 5h ago

I'm not convinced, why then announce that they're actually working on the next-generation Xbox with “the largest technical leap”, and also looking into handhelds now?

Rols1d 4h ago

Not like MS don’t drop things a hot potato if it is not performing. Look at MS history to see products or platforms discontinued. Xbox is not a charity for MS, it needs to make money and the ABK was the last roll of the dice for Xbox.

purple1011d 3h ago

Xbox hardware team members have been incorporated into surface team

This perhaps shows they are not expecting big things from Xbox as a separate entity

Abear211d ago

Seems like they are planning to win next gen. All the acquisitions were this generation and nobody except Xbox fans expect games from the acquisitions any time soon.

I’m sure Microsoft can afford to lose money on the short term, pretty sure they do risk assessment when acquiring many companies and spending billions, they’ll be fine lol.

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gold_drake2d ago

i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.

but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.

S2Killinit1d 22h ago

They wont kill it, but they will go fully PC while keeping xbox as a brand, and go multiplatform for the most part. They will also work tirelessly to diminish console gaming’s importance.

PRIMORDUS1d 19h ago

It would be best if Xbox goes the way of Sega, just make and publish games. I know I myself will not support them at all with buying games from them, you all can. 🙃

ChasterMies1d 18h ago

The Xbox brand will live for the games. I don’t expect Microsoft to entirely drop out of gaming hardware. They make Surface tablets and laptops. They’ll make Xbox branded hardware for those that want it.

shadowT2d ago

"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"

Forza and Starfield next?

ocelot071d 23h ago

I'm hoping for age of empires

Skuletor1d 23h ago

Starfield would be no surprise and there's the rumor that it will come to Playstation after the Shattered Space DLC, Forza (along with Halo and Gears of War) I find less likely but I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually end up on PlayStation too, especially if Xbox give up on hardware and go the Sega route.

shinoff21831d 23h ago

Not to worried about forza. I'd rather see others like what inxile and obsidian are working on. Starfield sounds like it needs more time in the oven so let it cook first imo. If starfield and it's a small if does release on ps it'll be in the fall around the time for dlc or right at the dlc and come packaged with it.

-Foxtrot2d ago

In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year

“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"

S2Killinit1d 22h ago

Yup. MS are a cancer to console gaming.

Aloymetal1d 22h ago

100%!!
I wonder what happened to that dude that was always here posting those court articles with cartoons about MS spending all those billions in studios. He suddenly disappeared, I guess he doesn't like bad news when the green brand is in trouble. No new articles from him as of late...

PRIMORDUS1d 19h ago

Yup, and it's only going to keep spreading.

Outside_ofthe_Box1d 19h ago

Phil Spencer's words always comes back to bite him lol

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