Something weird happening at Infinity Ward

[SamUK]

It seems Activision have gone in and let some of the main staff go and nobody knows why yet....

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/70291 ... -Out-.html

[fizz]

They required 'bouncer type' people to come in and remove some computer geeks?

[SamUK]

There is different rumours going around.

I dont think IW have paid there loyalties for COD to activision.

I also read a report saying Activision literally only make money out of 3 of there games. Guitar Hero, COD and World of Warcraft.


So i guess if the devs behind one of those games doesnt pay..... Theyll be pretty pi$$ed.

[JohnnyC]

I dont think IW have paid there loyalties for COD to activision.

Sorry, but isn't that supposed to say 'royalties' ?

So i guess if the devs behind one of those games doesnt pay..... Theyll be pretty pi$$ed.

I think you got it the wrong way around.
Activision, as the publisher, get the money from the retailers/distributers - the publisher then pays the developer.

[SamUK]

I dont think IW have paid there loyalties for COD to activision.

Sorry, but isn't that supposed to say 'royalties' ?

So i guess if the devs behind one of those games doesnt pay..... Theyll be pretty pi$$ed.

I think you got it the wrong way around.
Activision, as the publisher, get the money from the retailers/distributers - the publisher then pays the developer.

Yea and probably yea.

lol.

What are royalties exactly then? I thought it was just there share of the games money?

[JohnnyC]

What are royalties exactly then? I thought it was just there share of the games money?

Typically, a publisher pays the developer milestone payments (usually every month) for creating a game for them.

As well as these milestone payments the developer will get royalties, a share of the 'net profit'. Developers don't see these royalties immediately (sometimes never) as they must sell enough to cover the milestone payments that the publisher paid them.

So in reality, most developers actually never see any royalties at all, as 95% of games barely break even

However, as we all know, MW2 has sold rather well

[SamUK]

Must of got the story i read mixed up then

Sure it said that IW had to pay Activision.

[JohnnyC]

Anyway, Activision own IW.

[SamUK]

Bit of an official update.

Today, Activision confirmed in a press release that Jason West and Vince Zampella—the executives behind the Infinity Ward studio that's responsible for the Call of Duty franchise and which Activision bought in 2003—are no longer with the company. The confirmation backs up that the two were ousted from the developer yesterday, after an Activision filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that said the company was investigating "breaches of contract and insubordination by two senior employees at Infinity Ward." Reports flew across the Internet last night that the executives were missing from the company, perhaps having been escorted out by Activision security.

The press release, copied below, gives a rundown on the future of Call of Duty series, saying that Infinity Ward is currently working on two downloadable map packs to be released in this calendar year for the incredibly popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Looking further ahead, Treyarch (which has had the development duties on many "off-year" releases, such as Call of Duty: World at War) is developing a CoD game for release this year.And the release also said that Sledgehammer Games—the Activision-owned studio formed by two former EA development executives behind the Dead Space series—was working on a new game in the CoD series due out in 2011.

It seems that Activision has been working on these moves for some time, because, while ousting executives can be a quick process in the scheme of things, mapping out the development of a major franchise across three studios isn't a hastily arranged process. You can bet there'll be much more on this topic over the coming months, and TeamXbox will bring you the details as soon as we get them.

[Andy Jones]

I read Activision got wind that the 2 guys in question at IW were about to jump ship to Electronic Arts ..... EA had recently announced they're bringing back the Medal of Honor series Coincidence ???

[H3RB]

I read Activision got wind that the 2 guys in question at IW were about to jump ship to Electronic Arts ..... EA had recently announced they're bringing back the Medal of Honor series Coincidence ???

lol indeed and its going to be a medal of honor modern warfare type game lol no more world war 2 lol
well its safe to say without infinity ward working on cod then mw2 will be the last cod game i ever buy. tre arch cant make a cod game to save their lives and they new idea by sledgehammer sounds stupid