Kotick Shenanigans

I honestly wish this is the end of kotick at activision
 
“Activision is disappointed that Mr. Zampella and Mr. West have chosen to file a lawsuit, and believes their claims are meritless. Over eight years, Activision shareholders provided these executives with the capital they needed to start Infinity Ward, as well as the financial support, resources and creative independence that helped them flourish and achieve enormous professional success and personal wealth.“In return, Activision legitimately expected them to honor their obligations to Activision, just like any other executives who hold positions of trust in the company. While the company showed enormous patience, it firmly believes that its decision was justified based on their course of conduct and actions. Activision remains committed to the Call of Duty franchise, which it owns, and will continue to produce exciting and innovative games for its millions of fans.”
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Moar.
 
lolwut

"Activision conducted the investigation in a manner designed to maximize the inconvenience and anxiety it would cause W and Z. On little notice, Activision insisted on conducting interviews over the Presidents' Day holiday weekend; W and Z were interrogated for over six hours in a windowless conference room; Activision brought other IW employees to tears in their questioning and accusations and threatened W and Z with "insubordination" if they attempted to console them; Activision's outside counsel demanded that W and Z surrender their personal computers, phones and communication devoices to Activision for review by Activision's outside counsel and, when W and Z asserted their legally protected privacy rights, Activision's counsel said that doing so constituted further acts of insubordination."
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Summary of the lawsuit filed here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20105236&postcount=1

Keep in mind that this is just one side of the story, designed solely to make Activision looks as bad as possible. But even if only half of it's true it's still pretty shocking. But not really all that surprising.
 
Me and a friend of mine were talking about this tonight, and we decided that, while we want to play their games, will no longer purchase them in ways that support Activision. Rent/buy used copies of the game for consoles, and you know what for pc games.

And I know someone will come in and say "but you're hurting the devs too," to which I say, it is indeed regrettable, but as the saying goes, things need to get worse before they get better. Activision needs to start losing money before they change for the better, and the only way is to not support them. Hopefully developers can weather through it, or find a new publisher, because **** Activision and **** Kotick.
 
Krynn72 said:
Me and a friend of mine were talking about this tonight, and we decided that, while we want to play their games, will no longer purchase them in ways that support Activision. Rent/buy used copies of the game for consoles, and you know what for pc games.

And I know someone will come in and say "but you're hurting the devs too," to which I say, it is indeed regrettable, but as the saying goes, things need to get worse before they get better. Activision needs to start losing money before they change for the better, and the only way is to not support them. Hopefully developers can weather through it, or find a new publisher, because **** Activision and **** Kotick.
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What the dog says. F*ck their shit.
 
I just love this story, because it has made me believe again, things that go around do come around.
 
Krynn72 said:
Me and a friend of mine were talking about this tonight, and we decided that, while we want to play their games, will no longer purchase them in ways that support Activision. Rent/buy used copies of the game for consoles, and you know what for pc games.

And I know someone will come in and say "but you're hurting the devs too," to which I say, it is indeed regrettable, but as the saying goes, things need to get worse before they get better. Activision needs to start losing money before they change for the better, and the only way is to not support them. Hopefully developers can weather through it, or find a new publisher, because **** Activision and **** Kotick.
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Absolutely this.
 
ha ha, holy shit, guys. What is going on? EA is looking like the good guys!

I hope EA picks up the two lead developers from Infinity Ward and drops a neutron bomb in the form of Medal of Honor: Modern Warfare.

Maybe IW did do something wrong, or maybe it was Activision with the wrong-doing, but you can't deny that this would be amusing.
 
VirusType2 said:
ha ha, holy shit, guys. What is going on? EA is looking like the good guys!

I hope EA picks up the two lead developers from Infinity Ward and drops a neutron bomb in the form of Medal of Honor: Modern Warfare.

Maybe IW did do something wrong, or maybe it was Activision with the wrong-doing, but you can't deny that this would be amusing.
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An "Medal of Honor: Modern Warfare" is already in full-scale development.. It takes place in Afghanistan.
 
VirusType2 said:
ha ha, holy shit, guys. What is going on? EA is looking like the good guys!

I hope EA picks up the two lead developers from Infinity Ward and drops a neutron bomb in the form of Medal of Honor: Modern Warfare.

Maybe IW did do something wrong, or maybe it was Activision with the wrong-doing, but you can't deny that this would be amusing.
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It's too late for that...it's almost done :LOL:
 
I know they are rebooting MoH. The new part was the developers and IW's IP - the name. Yes, I meant that literally - MoH:MW
 
I never liked Activision anyway.
 
VirusType2 said:
ha ha, holy shit, guys. What is going on? EA is looking like the good guys!

I hope EA picks up the two lead developers from Infinity Ward and drops a neutron bomb in the form of Medal of Honor: Modern Warfare.

Maybe IW did do something wrong, or maybe it was Activision with the wrong-doing, but you can't deny that this would be amusing.
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God, i hope not. EA is finally starting to turn things around. Employing these two greedy assholes would only tarnish EA's reputation even further.
 
Mother****ing Time Commando, man.

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You don't like Alcatraz: Prison Escape? It's a classic. Truly amazing.
 
TwwIX said:
God, i hope not. EA is finally starting to turn things around. Employing these two greedy assholes would only tarnish EA's reputation even further.
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This. I had enough Modern Warfare themed games anyway. They are now like the WW2 shooters.

Unless it's...... Call Of Jihad: Allah's Duty.
 
I figured I should make this the all-inclusive Kotick thread.

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Activision Blizzard Inc. came out with guns blazing in its battle with two former lead developers of Call of Duty, the game publisher's multibillion-dollar military franchise.

In a lawsuit that read more like a dramatic Hollywood script, Santa Monica-based Activision claimed it fired Jason West and Vincent Zampella in March because the two "morphed from valued, responsible executives into insubordinate and self-serving schemers who attempted to hijack Activision's assets for their own personal gain."

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick comments,
"They are not going to get away."​
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Maybe Kotick thinks anybody can do it. The employee turnaround is turning into Burger King.
 
The lawsuit did not name the rival company, but Electronic Arts Inc. is based in Northern California's Redwood City and is thought to be who Activision is referring to in its filing. Asked whether this was the case, EA spokesman Jeff Brown said, "We don't have the time to comment on the many lawsuits Activision files against its employees and creative partners."
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:LOL:
 
Haha I can't believe it, after like 5-6 years they're back to EA? They should have never left.
 
''West and Zampella to become project leads for MOH''.

Now that would be funny.
 
tom clancy's battlefield: medal of duty 8: future warfare 2 =D
 
Activision has given a statement on the Respawn news:

“This agreement comes as no surprise to Activision given the myriad of improper activities detailed in the cross-complaint filed on Friday against Jason West and Vince Zampella. We look forward to continuing to work with Infinity Ward’s deep bench of proven talent on exciting new projects.”
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Classic evil villain response. "Hah! Unbeknownst to them, I had planned to lose this battle all along! Now, without being held back by those cretins, I can enact my much more devious and well-thought out master plan!"

/builds a shitty 400mw laser and runs out of money
 
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