Tag Archives: Respawn Entertainment
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 | 13:02 BST
Kotick “betrayed” by Zampella and West
Activision boss Bobby Kotick has told Edge he felt “betrayed” by ex-Infinity Ward heads Vince Zampella and Jason West.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA, Hot
Tags: Bobby Kotick, infinity ward, Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Sun, Sep 26, 2010 | 03:00 BST
Respawn hiring for multiplatform art and audios leads
Two job listings posted for Respawn Entertainment has the firm hiring for a multiplatform game in development.
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Posted in: Development, EA, Jobs, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: David DeMartini, Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 | 16:08 BST
Respawn title “starting at absolute zero,” says DeMartini
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: David DeMartini, ea partners, Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 | 14:20 BST
EA Partners is “highly, highly confident” of Respawn’s first game
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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Posted in: Action, Development, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 18:29 BST
Respawn’s Vince Zampella and Jason West at QuakeCon – not very much happened
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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Posted in: Bethesda, EA, Hot, QuakeCon 2010
Tags: Bethesda Games Studios, id software, Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, tim willits, todd howard, vince zampella
Sat, Jul 31, 2010 | 20:08 BST
Jason West and Vince Zampella to speak at QuakeCon
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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Posted in: Hot, QuakeCon 2010
Tags: Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 | 20:03 BST
Schappert: 3DS will “sell like hot cakes”
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Posted in: 3DS, Activision Blizzard, EA, Hot, PSP
Tags: ea partners, infinity ward, John Schappert, Respawn Entertainment
Mon, Jul 12, 2010 | 15:54 BST
Pachter: Respawn creating space shooter
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted Respawn Entertainment’s first title will take place in space. With space guns.
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Posted in: Shooter
Tags: michael pachter, Respawn Entertainment
Thu, Jul 01, 2010 | 10:44 BST
Bilson: THQ “had very serious conversations” with Respawn
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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Posted in: Development, EA, Hot, THQ
Tags: danny bilson, Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, THQ Partners, vince zampella
Mon, Jun 28, 2010 | 11:29 BST
Activision: Reborn Infinity Ward “can build great new franchises”
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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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, E3 2010, Hot
Tags: dave stohl, infinity ward, Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 | 06:39 BST
EA: Respawn’s skipping E3 this year
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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Posted in: E3 2010, EA, Hot
Tags: E3 2010, ea, Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 | 06:24 BST
Respawn planning “big time announcement” at E3
See them hills? Run. Respawn Entertainment is set to make a massive “big time announcement” at E3 next week.
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Posted in: E3 2010, EA, Hot
Tags: ea partners, Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, Vince Zampela
Thu, May 27, 2010 | 16:38 BST
Infinity Ward situation is “unfortunate”, says Treyarch
Treyarch community manager Josh Olin has said that the situation that’s currently ongoing at Infinity Ward is “unfortunate”.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, Hot, Shooter
Tags: Call of Duty: Black Ops, infinity ward, Jason West, josh olin, Respawn Entertainment, treyarch, vince zampella
Wed, May 05, 2010 | 16:23 BST
Ex-Infinity Ward HR manager joins Respawn
Add another one to the tally of ex-Infinity Ward staff heading to Respawn Entertainment: a former human resources rep from the Modern Warfare developer has joined the upstart.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA
Tags: infinity ward, Kristin Cotterell, Respawn Entertainment
Fri, Apr 30, 2010 | 21:37 BST
Four more ex-Infinity Ward vets join Respawn Entertainment
Four more ex-staffers from Infinity Ward have now joined up the ranks of Respawn Entertainment and Jason West & Vince Zampella.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA, Hot
Tags: Chad Genier, infinity ward, Preston Glenn, Respawn Entertainment, Sean Slayback, Zied Rieke
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 | 06:47 BST
More ex-IW vets join Respawn Entertainment
Respawn Entertainment’s poached two more ex-Infinity Ward staffers to its studio, its been discovered. They really should make some sort of connected tunnel between the two developers.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, EA, Hot
Tags: Brent McLeod, Chris Lambert, infinity ward, Respawn Entertainment
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.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA, Hot
Tags: Brad Allen, infinity ward, Joel Emslie, Respawn Entertainment, Ryan Lastimosa
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 | 08:17 BST
Four more team members leave Infinity Ward [Update]
Update: Another one’s gone, apparently. Brent McLeod has also jumped ship. This takes the total number of departures to 18.
Original: Four more members of Infinity Ward have stepped out through the doors of Activision.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Jobs
Tags: Chad Grenier, Chris Lambert, infnity ward, Jason McCord, Mohammad Alavi, Respawn Entertainment
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 | 10:29 BST
Pachter: Call of Duty to see lower sales due to EA, Respawn competition
Michael Pachter has predicted that Call of Duty sales will see lowered sales down to competition in future games from EA Games and Battlefield developers DICE, as well as upstart Respawn Entertainment.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, EA, Hot
Tags: call of duty, dice, infinity ward, michael pachter, Respawn Entertainment, wedbush morgan
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 | 21:53 BST
Eight ex-Infinity Ward staff join Respawn Entertainment [Update]
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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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, EA, Hot
Tags: infinity ward, Jason West, JP Messerly, Mark Grigsby, Respawn Entertainment, Todd Alderman, vince zampella
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