Infinity Ward lead designer now Respawn lead designer [update]

Secretly the entire Finite Ward team is moving to Respawn slowly. It's all a conspiracy to deceive us!!

@Activision

You may have the golden goose but EA's got the eggs baby!

Hey, If 2D Boy can do it with three guys, I'm sure Respawn will be fine.

Good, Respawn Entertainment FTW!

what exactly are they supposed to do?

wallow in their own filth in order to win a lawsuit?

no, they go one with their lives and do what they do best.

No. In what i'd read about the contract between the two companies, IW was only to be owned by Activision for a set amount of time and if they wanted to "renew" the agreement they could. It would be considered bad business managment if they were'nt looking ahead of time to where they may want to go.

Todd Alderman isn't the only one who joined up with Respawn. As I was taking a peek around NeoGAF's IW Bailout thread, someone posted up some juciy infor from G4.

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/704164/

Five ex-IW heads are now at Respawn.

Nobody at Infinity Ward wants to take blame for all the MW2 glitches so they are all leaving.

You mean 1 person to do all the work, while West and Zampella stand and watch, and then take credit for it.

Proof that they were collaborating? They got fired, and then went and formed their own two man studio. Employees loyal to them and sick of having bonuses withheld are now coming to join them. Far from proof of any shady dealings going on while they still worked at Activision.

We don't know all the facts, and I doubt we ever will, but every piece of news about Activision and bonuses having not been paid tends to give credence to the claims against Activision.

Hey, if 1 person can make an MMO on his own, I'm sure a lead designer and two guys who are used to running things will be perfectly able to make a single player game.

what a crazy random happenstance!

Add six to the mix. G4tv.com has been on the clock with the info. As of now 6 Ex-IW guys have been anounce as part of Respawn Entertaiment.

comment on joystiq on april 12th:

"Apr 12th 2010 6:01PM
inb4 todd alderman, ex lead multiplayer design of IW joins Respawn team."

ROFLOL...and Dan Americh was just talking about how they are going to be okay...well...if you don't think top technical leadership is important, than IW will be just fine...lol. I give IW another 6 months, and Activision will fold them into a new organization.

Oh this is just fantastic :]

Imagine if the entirety of IW left and went to join Respawn..

It'd be the biggest and best F*CK YOU to Activision, and a sweet thing to witness.

"Each person only has to work on one "A.""

Fantastic!

now who will be the next biggest company once they purchase this studio

They set up a two man company. Anyone can incorporate a business, and it's not that difficult a process for someone that already has experience doing it. It's not like they had office space ready, company logos, and a detailed business plan.

As for "theft of property" I have no idea what you are talking about. Do you mean stealing ideas from Activision? They certainly didn't steal any technology from them, and any "ideas" would have been in their heads (and not owned by Activision).

To understand what is happening, you have to understand the history of IW. They created a MOH game for EA, and then left to create Call of Duty at Activision. The same group of guys that left EA for Activision back then are now leaving Activision for EA. It's not some malicious plan to steal technology or ideas from Activision, it is literally just a group of friends wanting to continue working together.

Think of it this way; If your employer refused to pay your contractually obligated bonuses, gave control of the IP you worked on to two other studios, and then refused to give you any creative freedom over the next game, wouldn't you be looking at other options? It's not against the law, nor is it unethical, to seek other employment while you are still employed at a company.

Looks like the talent at Infinity Ward is about to...

*puts on sunglasses*

...Respawn.

YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Are you stupid? Do I need to give you an Internet Slap™?

The sooner you people realize that nobody with anything resembling a real life cares about this kind of stuff the better off we will all be. Oh, this dork left that company for this other one! NOBODY CARES!!!!!!!!