Activision is a police state

It’s hard to believe the darling child of Activision’s game development roster has come down to a series of lawsuits, which claim that working for Activision was like working under a police state. The suit claims that Activision subjected Infinity Ward employees to secret “interrogations” and placed security...

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Infinity Ward – falling to pieces

Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward started life as a developer in refuge from the overlords at EA after working on their first title, Medal of Honour. After some time with Activision and creating one of the worlds most popular FPS titles, it appears history is repeating itself. Originally Activision sacked the studio heads for...

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More employees leave Activision

A while ago we reported on Activision sacking insubordinate Modern Warfare devs, and now it seems the problem persists as more and more development staff leave the outfit to join their two ex-honchos in a new studio. Lead designers Zied Reike and Steve Fukuda, as well as programmer Rayme Vinson have left for the new studio, called...

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MW2 makes a cameo on Family Guy

Robert Bowling (fourzerotwo)makes a nice little cameo in the latest episode of Family Guy but only in his GamerTag form. Take a look at the...

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Modern Warfare 2 Mapathy Trailer

Fun, and as light hearted as it is light on footage, the Stimulus map pack ‘Mapathy Trailer’ popped up on webs last night. The trailer features some sufferers of Infinity Wards fictional ‘Mapathy’ syndrome and some mild hilarity ensues. What they don’t play up is the crazy price the maps are going to...

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