Tag Archives: Jason West

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 | 04:05 GMT

Activision seeking $400 million in damages from West, Zampella, and EA as Black Ops exceeds $1 billion in sales

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Activision has put a hefty $400 million price tag on the amount of damages it’s seeking from not only Jason West and Vince Zampella for breach of contract, but EA as well for supposedly luring the duo away from the company.

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Mon, Sep 27, 2010 | 13:02 BST

Kotick “betrayed” by Zampella and West

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Activision boss Bobby Kotick has told Edge he felt “betrayed” by ex-Infinity Ward heads Vince Zampella and Jason West.

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Sun, Sep 26, 2010 | 03:00 BST

Respawn hiring for multiplatform art and audios leads

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Tue, Sep 07, 2010 | 16:08 BST

Respawn title “starting at absolute zero,” says DeMartini

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Ziltch. Zero. 0. Get that?

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Wed, Aug 25, 2010 | 14:20 BST

EA Partners is “highly, highly confident” of Respawn’s first game

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It will have guns. It will have men. And, obviously, EA Partners GM David DeMartini reckons Respawn’s first EA game is going to be amazing.

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Fri, Aug 20, 2010 | 17:54 BST

EA: Respawn’s game is a ways off

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EA Partners boss David DeMartini has said it’ll be a while before we can expect anything from Respawn.

In fact, the developer’s debut is further off than what Insomniac are working on for the publisher.

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Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 18:29 BST

Respawn’s Vince Zampella and Jason West at QuakeCon – not very much happened

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Following on from Todd Hollenshead and John Carmack’s DOOM 4-less QuakeCon keynote last night, ex-Infinity Ward bosses Vince Zampella and Jason West took to the Texan stage this morning to talk about making blockbuster games.

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Sat, Jul 31, 2010 | 20:08 BST

Jason West and Vince Zampella to speak at QuakeCon

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Bethesda’s just revealed that ex-Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella are to speak at QuakeCon this year.

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Sat, Jul 10, 2010 | 17:30 BST

Report: Infinity Ward Lawsuit claims “Police State” atmosphere at Activision

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Legal proceedings between Activision and Infinity Ward moved forward yesterday, with lawyers for the Infinity Ward Employee Group filing an amendment to the lawsuit.

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Thu, Jul 01, 2010 | 10:44 BST

Bilson: THQ “had very serious conversations” with Respawn

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THQ was in “serious conversations” with Respawn’s Jason West and Vince Zampella following their exit from Infinity Ward, Danny Bilson, the publisher’s VP of core games, has confirmed.

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Mon, Jun 28, 2010 | 11:29 BST

Activision: Reborn Infinity Ward “can build great new franchises”

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Activision’s EVP of studios, Dave Stohl, has told VG247 that “great new franchises” can emerge from a rebuilt Infinity Ward.

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Wed, Jun 09, 2010 | 06:39 BST

EA: Respawn’s skipping E3 this year

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What’s wrong with this picture: Weeks ago, Jason West and Vince Zampella barely had enough employees to throw together a TI-83 calculator sidescrolling version of Modern Warfare, and now they’re blowing the lid off a brand new blockbuster game?

The answer: everything. Which makes sense, because none of it’s true.

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Tue, Jun 08, 2010 | 06:24 BST

Respawn planning “big time announcement” at E3

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See them hills? Run. Respawn Entertainment is set to make a massive “big time announcement” at E3 next week.

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Thu, May 27, 2010 | 16:38 BST

Infinity Ward situation is “unfortunate”, says Treyarch

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Treyarch community manager Josh Olin has said that the situation that’s currently ongoing at Infinity Ward is “unfortunate”.

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Thu, May 06, 2010 | 23:26 BST

ActiBlizz Q1 2010 financials: Kotick – Acti had “no choice but to fire” Zampella and West

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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has just said in the company’s Q1 financial call that the firm had “no choice but to fire” ex-heads at Infinity Ward Vince Zampella and Jason West.

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Thu, May 06, 2010 | 21:41 BST

ActiBlizz Q1 2010 financials: Infinity Ward “remain an important process” to Call of Duty

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Activision president Bobby Kotick’s just said that despite its latest troubles, Infinity Ward “remains an important process” to the Call of Duty IP.

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Fri, Apr 30, 2010 | 14:37 BST

IW attorney: Activision covered up its horns with a Halo

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Looks like before Jason West and Vince Zampella were fired from Activision, the duo were looking to get a deal from the publisher similar to what Bungie got.

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Fri, Apr 23, 2010 | 21:53 BST

Eight ex-Infinity Ward staff join Respawn Entertainment [Update]

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Update 2: Apparently, the number has risen to eight, according to G4. Lead software engineer, Francesco Gigliotti, updated his Linkedin profile overnight to reflect his new position with Respawn. The title of this post has been changed to reflect the update.

Update 1: The number is now at seven. Programmer Jon Shirling and lead designer Mackey McCandlish have now joined up.

Original: Like we never seen this coming. Five people who recently left Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward have now joined up with its ex-bosses Vince Zampella and Jason West over at Respawn Entertainment.

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Thu, Apr 22, 2010 | 15:28 BST

West and Zampella’s bonuses handed out to remaining Infinity Ward staff

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Actvision has handed out the bonuses due to Jason West and Vince Zampella to the Infinity Ward staff that are still with the company.

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Sat, Apr 17, 2010 | 19:34 BST

Infinity Ward staffer: “We are not dead”

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An anonymous Infinity Ward staffer has that yesterday’s claim of the studio being “dead” is not exactly the case.

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