Activision: Infinity Ward Will Rise From the Ashes
Can a team of new developers capture the same magic that the former Infinity Warders did?
The current Infinity Ward is nothing like the studio that built the famous Call of Duty series and made the Modern Warfare 2 franchise what it is today. This is due to the exodus of a third of its staff, much of which was its senior development team.
Activision’s Worldwide Studios boss Dave Stohl told Develop that it doesn't have any intention of messing with Infinity Ward while it tries to rebuild its talent.
“I’m not going to sit here and say no good talent left the studio, because obviously a lot of good talent did,” Stohl said. “But a lot of people who are really passionate about their job are still there.
“We want Infinity Ward to be Infinity Ward,” said Stohl. “It’s a very specific culture”.
Stohl said that Activision is “supporting Infinity Ward in that rebuilding process, [but] I use the term ‘support’ because as much as possible we don’t want to tamper with that group of people.”
The executive added that he is "one hundred per cent confident" that Infinity Ward will return to the form and talent of what it once was.
Helping that fact is that Infinity Ward has received thousands of job applications from hopefuls trying to fill the vacancies.
"Ultimately, Infinity Ward will rise from the ashes," concluded Stohl.
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I might dislike the fact that they left a lot of stuff out of the PC version of MW2, but they sure know how to optimize a game.
Also, Acrivision.
what is acrivision?
Those that stay care about their jobs, sure, but what about their products?
Your title has a typo, Acrivision < Activision
Good news people, the receptionist has stayed on.
/TFTFY
Only the important people left, everyone that stayed just needs the pay check
Acrivision.... ---insert asian joke here---
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Next from Activision:
"We need to charge $10 month for mp so we can hire better people"
Inspirational title for the next francise - 'MW3 : Rise From The Ashes'
This just makes me want to buy anything that Respawn puts out even if it's total crap, which I doubt it will be.
Good news people, the receptionist has stayed on.
LOL!, I spit out my coffee when I read this. On that note she is very passionate about her job, and looks fetching in a tube top.
Frack Activision and frack infinity ward.
I feel sorry for all the suckers who are going to buy MW Black Ops and support these morons.
Frack Activision and frack infinity ward. I feel sorry for all the suckers who are going to buy MW Black Ops and support these morons.
A) Black Ops is not MW.
B) It is not Infinity Ward
Acrivision, as in acrimony ... duh
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As much as I hate Modern Warfare 2, I still play it regularly. I think it's just a matter of there not really being anything else interesting to play.
But Infinity Ward can choke to death for all I care. Modern Warfare 2 was essentially a way for them to cash in on the MW name, have an automatic best seller regardless of quality, and then have everyone jump ship.
The hacking is just unbelievable, the matchmaking/hosting is garbage. I can't even count how many times I get stuck with one of the following:
1. Game gets stuck at map art screen, saying "Waiting for players"
2. Game gets stuck at "Connecting to game" or whatever the verbiage is, times out after 16-20 tries
3. Host drops, game waits to transfer host info, drops
4. MW2 disconnects from steam, have to reconnect.
I have a reliable 35+ Mbit FIOS connection, that doesn't ever fail in any other type of online activity, except Infinity Ward's steaming pile.
Then after they have rebuilt themselves into a successful company and proven they know how to create a great game....
That's when we'll start tampering with the company
I've bought every single COD game for the PC except MW2. That says a lot, coming from a huge fan of the series. MW2 is worth about $15 to me. When it hits that price point, I will consider it.
“We want Infinity Ward to be Infinity Ward,”
Complete Bullsh!t statement. They want Infinity Ward to cow-tow like Treyarch. With the most influential leaders (hurdles) gone they've got what they want already.
I refused to buy MW2 because of all that went on. But sadly I miss what the game could of been. My only other option is bad company 2 which i do play but its soooo badly coded that is will run 100% cpu usage on a 3.8 dual core but only use 30% of my GPU. Any game that focuses that much on CPU and not the GPU sucks balls for PC! but the sacrifice was worth it as I hate Activision and will support Respawn all the way!
what is acrivision?
I RoR
How did that line by the CEO of Activision (think his name's Bobby Kotick) go? Something about 'We want to take the fun out of making video games.' That he'd want to do that is bad enough, but that he'd openly admit it shows that he doesn't understand that some people are motivated by reasons beyond a paycheque, especially the creative people that activision needs in the long-term. Unless there longterm strategy is to by existing popular IP's, milk them for all they're worth, then toss them, in which case... :|
On a side note if I ever owned a company it would stay privately owned, end of story.
“We want Infinity Ward to be Infinity Ward,” said Stohl. “It’s a very specific culture”.
Yes it is, it's a Culture of lies, Back stabbing, screwing employee's - Good Luck with that.......
and then they make a great game but activision wont pay royalties promised and the story starts again.
I personally don't want Infinity Ward back. I hope that everything Activison is unsuccessful and they die a speedy death before they can infect Blizzard any more than they already have.
I refused to buy MW2 because of all that went on. But sadly I miss what the game could of been. My only other option is bad company 2 which i do play but its soooo badly coded that is will run 100% cpu usage on a 3.8 dual core but only use 30% of my GPU. Any game that focuses that much on CPU and not the GPU sucks balls for PC! but the sacrifice was worth it as I hate Activision and will support Respawn all the way!
You do realize that BC2 has a lot of physics going on while you're playing right? I mean the buildings collapse for gods' sake! Anyways, you want a real GPU killer that still takes its toll, play Crysis if you're worried about taxing your GPU. Either that or UP your settings. The higher your settings and AA, the more it'll tax the GPU (I assume you haven't custom set anything). You just probably assume that it's "badly coded". Any questions on todays lecture you can drop me a message
I can see some promotions coming on for people in: design, art, animation, writing.
“I’m not going to sit here and say no good talent left the studio, because obviously a lot of good talent did,” Stohl said. “But a lot of people who are really passionate about their job are still there.”
Being passionate about something doesn't make you good at it... Most, if not nearly all of your big talent is gone. And it's your product pushing attitudes that cause it all. I'm sure you have lots of passionate people left... but where's the talent...? You talk about talent leaving and passion staying... That's two completely different topics... And honestly, if you think your remaining people were passionate; what about those that left... They were so overly passionate, they told you to take a hike... (Plus, heaven forbid, they wanted to get paid for their work... Wow, what a concept... just imagine that...)
I've boycotted all Activision games myself. There's plenty of other good games out there to play. I'll miss the CoD line but... sorry, there's other alternatives. And it seems, I'd rather give THOSE developers my money instead of you. There's plenty of other options out there. I refuse to support the company that steps on their people. Key people or not, they all deserve more.
This just makes me want to buy anything that Respawn puts out even if it's total crap, which I doubt it will be.
Your loyalty is misplaced?
The original IW quit their entanglement with EA cuz they wanted to be idealists. Then they put out one great game, followed by 10 years worth of steadily-declining-quality, at some point got bought by the New-Evillest-Video-Game-Company-in-the-World, fell out with them, and now want to start again based on their so-called rep? So they sign a deal w/ EA?! (It's "just" P&D, but still!)
Ridiculous, in the literal sense. No more $$ for these guys... no way! (I decided that back @ CoD2, but some ppl take more convincing.)
The key elements of this story being: game quality goes down, game price and hype goes up, yet ppl keep buying. ...and then sit around and go "why do games suck?" A: cuz ppl have demonstrated overwhelmingly that they'll still buy them if they suck.