Wow. Just wow.

Activision just completely screwed themselves. Really, how do you go from publishing the second best-selling game ever to this? And in such a short period of time, too.

What was Activision thinking when they tried to pull this @#$%!?

Long Live Respawn Ent.! Now Respawn make something else besides a COD or MW or FPS in general. IW is dead!

I called this when the 2nd set of employees left. GO RESPAWN!!

This is like a lumberjack cutting a tree, and having it fall on him....multiple times....that is made of nothing but used needles.

r.i.p. infinity ward. activision, meanwhile, is a public company i believe. i'd be surprised if the board didn't move on kotick, given the harm to one of their biggest cash cows. no, this isn't over by a longshot.

not that this should surprise anyone, but this comes from its most recent annual report filed 3/1/10 with the sec:

"Due to this dependence on a limited number of franchises, the failure to achieve anticipated results by one or more products based on these franchises may significantly harm our business and financial results."

"If we do not continue to attract and retain key personnel, we will be unable to effectively conduct our business. Our success depends to a significant extent on our ability to identify, hire, and retain skilled personnel, particularly personnel with the specialized skills needed to create the high-quality "hit" titles upon which our business is substantially dependent."

i also read that vivendi owns activision/blizzard. they therefore choose many of the board's nominees. as the principal shareholder, vivendi (or the board) might view the above risks as cause for corporate action. oh to be a fly on the boardroom wall.

Wow activision really shot themselves in the foot

It's a sad fate for such a sucessful developer, but best of luck to Respawn Ward, I mean Infinity Entertainment, I'm sorry Respawn Entertainment.

Activision has seemed to have shot themselves in the foot.  This was a mistake on their part.  If they hadn't wanted to screw themselves over like this, they should have waited until after the 3rd Modern Warfare.  Which, yes, I believe was in the making.  Now, this whole situation has left them in some trouble.  It kind of makes me happy to see the idiocracy of people sometimes.  As for Respawn, good choice to all the people who decide to become a part of that.

@ Gabriel360
By screwing over your employees.

Respawn Entertainment + EA = Activisions Fall

Well this is just getting old, really old, but I wouldn't say MW is dead, you can't tell me if a team was put together to make MW3 that people wouldn't look at buying it, the game has sold a lot, I know it won't be the same people who made it before, but if you got something that big, you don't just let it die, you try to bring life to it.  I wouldn't doubt it if they build up a team to work on MW3.  

HA! What goes around comes around.

nice pic

Too bad, so sad. It all started with two people now a lot more. Seems to me that Infinity Ward is gonna fall down...

The price they paid for being greedy

Activision is not only falling apart and hated, they are classless to. Wow.

I'm looking forward to West and Zampella's new project with EA, show be awesome. Too bad though I was really looking forward to how they were going to rap up the MWs with MW 3. Guess i'll leave it up to my imagination since MW 3 will suck now.

"This is kind of like announcing: The race horse I shot last month has won the Triple Crown!"

- Jeff Brown, Director of Communications, EA on Activision vs. West and Zampella (later known as Infinity Ward)

There's only one thing to do at a time like this!

Cry! ;(