Maybe Activision will learn that while their plans for a running a business make money, their human relations needs some work. Because without good relations with your employees, there goes your money...

This whole thing is just a tad ridiculous but good luck to them all anyway.

Wow. The list just keeps getting deeper and deeper. I just hope the best of luck to Respawn Entertainment. I'm also thinking with all of the drama at activision these employees are headed to EA also. This just goes to show you as a publisher you have to keep your TALENT happy...

There goes the call of duty franchise unless Sledgehammer is any good at all

WOW. So IW's just kinda done now, huh?

do you guys not remember world at war was made by trey-arch so you will still get decent cod games every other year.  

Activision has managed to turn the entire world against them in a mere few months. Good show boys.

So much can be said about the business relations between owners and employees but this been a creative entertainment media, it's plain sad that a company stooped to this level to make more money.

Shouldn't they all get a piece of the cake if they are doing the work?

@ funkymonk61:

It's probably for the best that the CoD franchise from IW goes out on a well recieved note instead of being run into the ground like the Spyro games were.  MW2 was so hyped up before its release, and yet Activision killed people's enjoyment of the game with no beta testing, leading to fun-yet-flawed multiplayer where glitches abound! Hopefully, Respawn can get their titles properly tested and QA'd, and we as consumers and gamers won't have to see this sort of thing happen.

It is a shame they are going down because there are some people (like West and Zempella) who really deserve better than Bobby Kotick, but good riddance to IW.

Call me harsh but release the same game twice for preposterous amounts of money and you should feel ashamed. CoD 4 was good, I'm glad we're all in agreement here. A slight graphical update and some new guns would be nice, yay for you. But make billions of dollars off of what is essentially a copy paste of a good game and you are getting dangerously close to the point of no return. CoD 4 was good. CoD 6 was not worth 60 dollars, see how this works? Make something new and I will be first in line to buy it.

West and Zampella have Respawn now, and if these former IWers head over there, I am going to pre-order their new game immediatly. They are good, just stop milking and start innovating! I know you can do it!

Ladies and gentlemen...the end of MW2. Forget about Map Packs and Add-ons, fixes and patches. This game is done, and  once again, you can all thank...Activision.

nobody from IW to work in the CODivision sounds to me like a recipe for the destruction of a once great franchise

Basically a ceo hording all the cash, probably has never played a video game in his life.  Terrible that Activision has turned into this

Is this getting to you yet Kotick?  Do you understand yet?  Or are you still ignorant of the business you are in?  Doesn't matter, both customers and developers refuse to support you.

What the hell was/is Activision thinking?  I just...I don't understand.  There had to be at least one sane, rational person in a position to say, "We are screwing up in a very big way.  Do not let this happen."  Or do we live in a world where that person was fired for disloyalty a long, long time ago?

Screw Activision!!! Who's going to buy Starcraft II? Not me!!! Until Modern Warfare finds a new publisher, consider me gone!!!

Hrmm Kotick makes yet another industry blunder. Wonder if the clock is ticking on his position there.

All I can say is "Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa *deep inhale* aaaaaaaaaaaaaa..."

Oh well Activision, at least you still have Treyarch right? *struggles to hold back laughter*
Wait, Guitar Hero is cool right? ...oh right... Rock Band...
Well Tony Hawk is still doin' good right? ooooh yea... Ride.... eeeek
Welp... good luck!

They sure made a smart move joining forces with Blizzard... I can imagine investor confidence would not be so good right now, otherwise.

Bobby Kotick is hanging by a dandelion off a cliff and it's getting ready to snap at any moment.

RESPAWN ENTERTAINMENT + EA = J!ZZ IN YOUR PANTS