Activision boss Bobby Kotick has told Edge he felt “betrayed” by ex-Infinity Ward heads Vince Zampella and Jason West.
West and Zampella were famously fired from the Modern Warfare developer in March for “insubordination.”
The pair went on to form Respawn Entertainment, who have teamed up with EA Partners for its first game, which seems to be a multi-plat title.
But Kotick says what they apparently did “shook my belief in two specific people.”
“The frustrating thing about that is, the stuff that these guys did, I never would have expected them to do,” he told Edge.
“We’re a public company, we’ve got ethics obligations, and the things they did were… I would go to jail if I did them.”
He added he knew several staff would leave Infinity Ward following what happened, but Kotick says the team is still “focused and engaged,” with 70 people still at the studio and over 5,000 resumes sent in from those who’d like to work at the studio.
Infinity Ward is currently working on another Call of Duty title, speculated to be Modern Warfare 3.
Via EG.
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