Tue, Apr 27, 2010 | 20:47 BST
Shock of the century: More devs leave Infinity Ward
Update 1: The number of staff that have left the developer now stands at 25, according to Kotaku.
Update 2: At least two of the new departures have joined West and Zampella at Respawn. Shock, there.
Update 3: It’s 26 now, apparently.
Original: OK, everyone. No more foreplay. You know the drill.
Infinity Ward. Some people were there. Now they’re not.
Infinity Ward’s deserters du jour are lead character artist Joel Emslie and artists Ryan Lastimosa and Brad Allen, as reported by G4.
This brings the Infinity Ward Leave-O-Meter – which we’ve been using as a stopwatch lately – up to a grand total of 21.
The trio hasn’t flown a Respawn Entertainment flag just yet, but former Infinity Warders setting up shop at Respawn has become as natural as the sun rising each day and the air that we breathe; it is and – for as long as we can remember – always has been true. We no longer question it.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA, Hot
Tags: Brad Allen, infinity ward, Joel Emslie, Respawn Entertainment, Ryan Lastimosa
9 comments
#1
Gskyace
27/04/10, 5:32 am
How many stuff in IW ?I wonder
#2
Anders
27/04/10, 5:54 am
Close to a fourth of the studio, then. My, my.
#3
Erthazus
27/04/10, 6:44 am
I wonder, where is Robert Bowling?
#4
Blerk
27/04/10, 8:38 am
They’ll probably merge whoever’s left in with Treyarch, just to be even more evil.
#5
Newbie101
27/04/10, 8:47 am
Don’t panic everyone… the bowling is still there, all is OK!
#6
endgame
27/04/10, 9:04 am
@3 dude that guy is a f**king douchebag who does nothing but to lie to his community. I hope he doesn’t end up with the staff at Respawn.
@Blerk woaaa that would be the evil of all evils.
anyway I’m glad to hear ppl r leaving like that. it’s wonderful news for Acti. ;p
#7
Captain Fruitloop
27/04/10, 9:50 am
@Blerk. The two studios are very close to each other – more or less facing each other across the same car park, I’ve been told – so it shouldn’t be too hard to relocate staff from one to the other.
#8
Blerk
27/04/10, 10:05 am
/o\
#9
Captain Fruitloop
27/04/10, 10:23 am
Actually, I was misinformed – it’s the Activision Santa Monica HQ that’s more or less across the car park from Treyarch. Infinity Ward are in Encino.
I was also told there was a general culture of mutual loathing between the two studios. That part, I still believe.