Tag Archives: Respawn Entertainment

The team that brought us Call of Duty has a big new game in the works, and if today’s on dit is true, Microsoft will be the only platform holder to benefit from it.

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Respawn Entertainment has remained untouched following a round of lay-offs at EA, and the closure of the publisher’s EA Partners label. It’s “Business as usual,” they say.

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EA has spilled details of its pre-E3 2013 conference in Los Angeles. With next-gen on the horizon you can bet this is going to be a barn-burner.

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Respawn Entertainment has filed a trademark for something called ‘Titan’. Drink your Lucozade because we’re about to go running on the rumour (tread)mill.

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Respawn Entertainment boss Vince Zampella has confirmed the retirement of his long-time colleague and co-founder Jason West.

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Jason West, one half of the team that founded Infinity Ward and created Call of Duty, is said to have left new studio Respawn Entertainment.

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Respawn Entertainment has confirmed it will be in attendance at E3 2013, presumably to show off its first game.

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Respawn boss Vince Zampella has told CVG the announcement for the studio’s first game, published by EA Partners, will be “hopefully soon”.

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EA and Activision have settled out of court over the former’s apparent involvement of insubordination of ex-Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella.

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A date has been set for the trial between Call of Duty publisher Activision and former Infinity Ward leaders Jazon West and Vince Zampella.

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Internet sleuthing has uncovered what seems to be two unannounced games due in the next 12 months, plus a third, much-anticipated project.

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Respawn’s continuing the teasing of its new EA Partners-published game, posting a shot of a mo-cap shoot related to the project. The photos comes from an interview on the studio’s website with mo-cap specialist Mario Perez. There’s a gun in the picture. Guns confirmed.

Thanks, NowGamer.

Respawn Entertainment has released another new image of blurred out concept art from its website of its debut title. The project, which will be published by EA Partners,was first teased with an image back in June when the developer launched its official website. We’ve put the image below the break. It said on Twitter over the weekend the new image was inserted “a few weeks ago,” and that it would probably replace it again.

Respawn was founded in April 2010 by ex-Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella following their dismissals for “insubordination,” according to Activision, from the Modern Warfare studio.

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“In my opinion, the deal we had — had it been honored — was a great deal [with Activision]. But you need control. If you want people to be invested, you have to put something into it. It’s an industry that demands that you put a lot of yourself into it; it’s creative, it’s driven by what you’re going to put into it, the end product. So if you want people to be invested, who are putting their hearts and souls into it, they need to feel like it’s protected, and what they do means something.” – Respawn Entertainment’s Vince Zampella speaking at the 3D Gaming Summit, via Gamasutra.

A Los Angeles judge has finally set a date as to when the lawsuit between Jason West & Vince Zampella against Activision can begin. The run-in to E3 2012 just got a whole lot more interesting.

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Organisers of the 3D Gaming Summit in Hollywood have confirmed that Respawn boss Vince Zampella will be a headline speaker at this year’s event on September 22. Sony WWS 3D boss Mick Hocking will also be attending the event as a feature speaker, giving a talk on “The First Year of 3D on PlayStation 3.” More details on IndustryGamers.

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Former Infinity Ward leads and Call of Duty developers Jason West and Vince Zampella have learned their lesson. The pair are intent on retaining ownership of the new IP Respawn is developing.

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Respawn concept artist Iain McCaig has clarified comments made at Develop, where he said it would be 2015 before the studio’s first game released.

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Respawn concept artist Iain McCaig has said at Develop that the studio’s first game won’t release until at least 2015. 2015.

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Respawn Entertainment has recruited another Hollywood artist to its fold, adding Men in Black and 12 Monkeys veteran Matt Codd as art director.

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