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May 7 Court date set for Infinity Ward vs Activision case
Originally set for May 7, the court date for the hearing between former Activision/Infinity Ward employees and Activision has been delayed at the publisher’s request. The hearing is set to help bring to a close the nearing two-years of back-and-forth negotiations and counter-suits between the two parties.
Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella claim that Activision owes them unpaid royalties in the realm of $125 million for their work on the Modern Warfare brand. They also wouldn’t mind being given ownership of the brand, an original request on their part.
Activision is requesting $400 million from Electronic Arts, convinced that EA stole the dynamic duo and were plotting against Activision while the two were still under employment at Infinity Ward.
The two were fired from the company in 2010 for supposedly holding secret meetings with EA. It certainly doesn’t help their case that they now head up an EA partnered company, Respawn Entertainment, with whom over 40 former Infinity Ward employees are now on the payroll.
Grab some popcorn and watch the fireworks folks, it’s going to get hot.
[via Joystiq and Game Informer]
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they should livestream the hearings so ppl can actually watch while eating popcorn
This court case can go to hell. It’s like a dog turd. The longer they let it drag on, the harder it is to clean up. Just give the old Infinity Ward guys the finger and get back to business. Everyone knows those two are backstabbing cowards who are so jacked up that they actually tried suing the company THEY tried screwing over.