Judge rules West and Zampella have enough evidence against Activision to go to trial

Woohoo. Televize it!

I don’t like it when mommy and daddy fight

@2 But Daddy was drunk when hit a mom when there was not necessary

i thought this trial was supposed to have already happened in may O__o

Activision needs to learn the hard way that their extreme greed has consequences. I hope that they lose this case.

Well I’ll be damned…

If Acti loses the case. Will Bobby get fired? no? Fire him anyway :<

YES FUCK THEM UP WOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Wonder if they’ll take it all the way, or settle out of court for a serious chunk of change?

Gotta love that meta-RPG people have set up where Activision is the evil eye of Sauron

Looks like a bit of a stalemate. It stands to reason that Activision will have a harder time proving that they were scheming with EA, than Z-Dubya will have making the claim that they fulfilled all the requirements for those bonuses.

Regardless, Infinity Ward gets to prove whether they can carry on Modern Warfare without them, and Z-Dubya get to make the games they want. That’s a win and win in my book.

@10 they are not just going after the unpaid bonuses but also taking away the Modern Warfare name away from Activision.

but cod sells extremely well, even without the modern warfare name. so that wont really bother activision

@11 It’s a possibility, but they would literally need the judge to agree with every single thing they say. You always aim for more than you’re likely to get in a lawsuit, that way you definitely won’t end up with less than what you’re owed.

@12 Sure, but where would that leave them if Respawn signs the brand off to EA? It’s an interesting hypothesis, but I strongly doubt that they’ll get the brand. They signed to EA mighty fast.

It seems like BF3 is really raining on MW parade …. LMAO

Take them for everything they have!! Go Go West and Zampella.

LoL, I’d be very happy if they could rip acti from CoD IP ownership, would laugh until I explode or die from stomachache..

@17

They aren’t going for the Call of Duty name just the Modern Warfare title. Yes there is a difference.

Oh, sorry I usually observe well before make a comment, my bad

Yeap, Acti gonna put the money on the wood!!!! ya’ll gonna bleed so bad like a PIG!!!

@12 but, who invented cod in the first place?

@17 The only place they have it in writing is in an MOU, which might as well be called an I-O-U slip, since it’s not legally binding.

Essentially that’s so weak that they’ll need to somehow convince the judge that they’ve been screwed over so bad, that Activision need to give up the brand to compensate for it.

I’m not a lawyer, but to me it looks like a tall order, and more of a question of how many dollars and cents they’re likely to get, and even that may depend on what Activision knows about their dealings with EA.