Over the weekend, a helping hand was extended through the World War Now shooter's "Message of the Day" screen: "EA Chicago: Infinity Ward is hiring. jobs@infinityward.com."
Over the weekend, a helping hand was extended through the World War Now shooter's "Message of the Day" screen: "EA Chicago: Infinity Ward is hiring. jobs@infinityward.com."
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Posted: Nov 12th 2007 8:59PM (Unverified) said
Wow Infinity ward has gain 100+points in the awesome department
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 9:00PM IannCannon said
I think those former EA Chicago employees are too busy being stressed out about having to find a new job to be playing COD4 to notice that that MOTD.
Wheeew, run on.
Wheeew, run on.
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 9:00PM (Unverified) said
sucks for the employees, but that's a good move by infinity
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 9:09PM (Unverified) said
Too bad those Chicago fellas sold their 360's to pay for this weeks beer...
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 9:09PM Ranus Studios said
I officially approve of Infinity Ward.
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 9:11PM (Unverified) said
Nice as hell of them. Maybe I'll be giving COD4 another chance.
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 9:13PM Yuccadude said
Maybe I'd be playing if something wasn't wrong with Live for me, or if Xbox.com were working right now. Either way, I can't sign into either, so I might be working on my SP achievements.
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 9:25PM pukegreenuniform said
Activision (Infinity Ward)> EA
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 9:28PM Fox318 said
Infinity Ward > Awesome
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 9:29PM (Unverified) said
The interview goes something like this:
IW: So, your interested in working for us?
FormerEA: Yes, I'm really excited for the opportunity to take a shit in a box and sell it on the games market again.
IW: Excuse me, what was that?
FEA: Oh, uh, nothing, just my Tourettes.
IW: I have Tourettes, too. Get the F*** out of my office.
IW: So, your interested in working for us?
FormerEA: Yes, I'm really excited for the opportunity to take a shit in a box and sell it on the games market again.
IW: Excuse me, what was that?
FEA: Oh, uh, nothing, just my Tourettes.
IW: I have Tourettes, too. Get the F*** out of my office.
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 10:14PM (Unverified) said
Re:Fox318
The talent you mentioned shouldn't be confused with their attempts at trying to sound cool and be "innovative" with their Def Jam fighting "game".
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The talent you mentioned shouldn't be confused with their attempts at trying to sound cool and be "innovative" with their Def Jam fighting "game".
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 11:24PM (Unverified) said
You know, to be fair, very few people make decisions on what is done at any given studio. It is VERY likely EA told EA Chicago what to do. In fact, since I had friends working there, I can confirm that to be fact.
Many of the people there were talented individuals who's only crime was doing what the man with the paychecks told em to.
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Many of the people there were talented individuals who's only crime was doing what the man with the paychecks told em to.
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 9:33PM jynxycat said
-_- This was the MOTD like the day after release.
slow news day today ?
slow news day today ?
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 9:44PM (Unverified) said
Erm, I'm not sure if I'd interpret this as a kind gesture as much as a shot at EA.
Infinity Ward are made up of EA-exiles, so it's natural that they'd want to express to EA Chicago (and the COD4-playing community), "Hey, EA let you go for a reason that wasn't necessarily connected to the games you're producing as a studio, but due to their poor business practices and losses overall."
It's more of a "told ya" than anything else, I think.
And yeah...old freaking "news," ugh. This has been up for days. Please, Joystiq. Don't give me any more reasons to read the full-of-itself, arrogant Kotaku.
Infinity Ward are made up of EA-exiles, so it's natural that they'd want to express to EA Chicago (and the COD4-playing community), "Hey, EA let you go for a reason that wasn't necessarily connected to the games you're producing as a studio, but due to their poor business practices and losses overall."
It's more of a "told ya" than anything else, I think.
And yeah...old freaking "news," ugh. This has been up for days. Please, Joystiq. Don't give me any more reasons to read the full-of-itself, arrogant Kotaku.
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 10:13PM (Unverified) said
I took it as a shot at the MOH series at first. Sort of like a "heh, COD kicked your asses" kind of thing.
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 10:22PM (Unverified) said
Hmmm...Quite frankly, I think IW could use a helping hand right about now. (!!) If it was meant to be funny, I ain't laughing. Seems COD4 is proving to be trickier to keep online than they thought. I know the PS3 version has had its share of problems, but it would seem to have also single handedly taken away many a 360 gamer's ability to play on XBOX live. Perhaps the key reason why Live is going down for "maintenance" early in the AM.
Posted: Nov 14th 2007 4:16PM WiredKnight said
This is why I'm happy I'm getting into the industry. Once you're in, you're in.
Posted: Nov 12th 2007 10:44PM ThornedVenom said
This is beyond awesome. GO INFINITY WARD!
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 12:03AM Evan Tribley said
I thought it was funny.
I shunned off Call of Duty after all these rehashes of WW games. Finally making the jump to current times made the game a lot more exciting and interesting.
I shunned off Call of Duty after all these rehashes of WW games. Finally making the jump to current times made the game a lot more exciting and interesting.
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 12:52AM (Unverified) said
i just finished the campaign, it was f'ing awesome
i've already played 24 hours of multiplayer though, lol
i've already played 24 hours of multiplayer though, lol
Posted: Nov 13th 2007 2:15AM (Unverified) said
i'm level 40, almost strong enuf to beat sephiroth (lol)
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 10:28AM (Unverified) said
damn I've only played six hours @ level 23. What guns are you using at the higher levels (I've got an M4 w/ACOG Scope--love it).
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Posted: Nov 13th 2007 11:50AM Duke said
Nice Infinity Ward!
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