Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward is now home to a very strange, currently very unclear story, as G4 reports that security guards have stormed the developer, with studio heads currently missing in action.

While that all sounds like scary stuff, there's very little in the way of actual detail here. Infinity Ward leads Vince Zampella and Jason West are reported to have met with Activision earlier today, but have not been seen since by G4's sources. The original report describes a rumored level of tension between Infinity Ward and its owner/publisher, but does not explain the source of that friction.

Look, we don't know what's up yet, but we've reached out to Activision PR and Infinity Ward's main communicator Robert Bowling for comment on G4's report. The latter has been uncharacteristically quiet on his Twitter account today, if that means anything.

We're well aware by now that Activision isn't shy about bringing the hammer down on its owned development studios, with Infinity Ward's Call of Duty games still bringing in the billions, we can't imagine why Bobby Kotick and company would be so displeased with its star studio. Put your rumor protective gear on until we hear more.

SOURCE: http://kotaku.com/5483348/report-strang ... ent-ousted

Jason West and Vince Zampella, two lead developers at Infinity Ward, met with Activision earlier today. Then they seemed to disappear and "bouncer-types" showed up at the studio. This Activision filing might explain why.

"The Company is concluding an internal human resources inquiry into breaches of contract and insubordination by two senior employees at Infinity Ward," Acitivsion states in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. "This matter is expected to involve the departure of key personnel and litigation. At present, the Company does not expect this matter to have a material impact on the Company."

Activision also adds that it will be releasing another Call of Duty game this year. That game is believed to be developed Treyarch.

According to West's Facebook and Linked In pages, he is currently no longer working for Infinity Ward.

SOURCE: http://kotaku.com/5483427/activision-ci ... ordination

This doesn't look like it could end well for Infinity Ward, and perhaps even the future of CoD, which may have some of you rejoicing, and some rather upset, myself included.

weak man, hope they keep going to reach comes out

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I thought this thread was gonna be for trash talking infinity ward.

Very Interesting indeed.

trash talking is against the code of conduct

and they have made a good game, with a few niggles that have been sorted and are being sorted

i just hope im as good at reach as i am at MW2, because im much better at MW2 than i am at halo

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That's cos CoD's easy.

Noes someone beats me to the scoop
ow well it was bound to happen

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trash talking is against the code of conduct

and they have made a good game, with a few niggles that have been sorted and are being sorted

i just hope im as good at reach as i am at MW2, because im much better at MW2 than i am at halo

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A few niggles? First of all...few? It's the most glitched game I've EVER played. Second of all....niggles? Besides sounding like some new racial lingo, it also fails to accurately describe all of the glitches, mods, inconsistencies, and imbalances I've seen during my own personal gameplay. The ONLY reason I still play that "game" is because everyone else on my friends list is. Actually, as soon as my vagabond brother returns from college, I'm taking back my copy of CoD 4.
/rant

That being said, I really hope nothing bad happens to the CoD series. As much as I detest CoD 6, CoD 4 was simply a masterpiece and I would hate to lose the opportunity for such games in the future.

Infinity Ward still make better games than Treyarch.

MW2 - I really dont see too many of the glitches during my daily tour of duty. However, it certainly is one of the centres for verbal duchebaggery I have ever encountered.

Still the game, and when reach comes out i will still have this very close by to the xbox.

And - just to update you....

All the legal documents have been released and Activision are basically being naughty naughty people....

Naughty Activision people

And if you missed the "gallery" on that page These are the actually legal documents make sure to click on high res for some decent reading material..


Enjoy

I've been following this news for a few days... And even before this BS I had already decided that Activision is evil and they will do anything for a buck.

Perfect Example... Guitar Hero: Smash Hits. They could have easily re-released all of those songs as DLC but instead they package it up (basically as exactly the same game as World Tour) and slap a $60 price tag on it. As far as the music games go I think Rock Band is doing it right. Instead of putting out 2-3 games out a year with their brand on it they are putting out a lot of DLC giving us, the consumer, the ability to pick the music they really want. (Instead of buying a $60 game to play 5 songs they like...)

As for Call of Duty... Activision has added a third game studio to make COD games. yep... because 1 game a year just isn't enough. (http://investor.activision.com/released ... eID=448656) Also, it's rumored that Activision will have a pay to play service, similar to what they do for World of Warcraft, where on top of our XBL fees we pay extra to get the most out of the game (extra content/maps/weapons/perks/playlists that the people not paying the premium won't get access to)

I really think it's lame what they're doing to IF after all they've done for Activison. They've made, arguably, the best game ever and they're bending IF over and them.

But what are we to do? I've seen discussion of a boycott but what good would it do? They own some of the best/most popular game franchises and who's going to quit playing those games? I hate giving Activison my money but a large portion of my friends list is playing their game and I enjoy the game too.

From what I've seen, Bungie really does it all right. I love everything they do from the bottom up. I think Bungie's fans are enjoying their independance as much as they are.

Perhaps Infinity Ward could drop away from Activision like Bungie became independant of Microsoft. But then how much of the Modern Warfare brand would they retain? Would they have to start from scratch on the game engine, features, etc? Maybe starting over would be good for them. I think they've made a big enough name for themselves that they would succeed away from Activision.