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Rumor: Why Call of Duty Developers Are Sticking Around

With studio heads at Infinity Ward, the developer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and its sequel, no longer employed, you'd think all those remaining at the company would be leaving in mass exodus. They're not, apparently, and here's why.

Sources tell Kotaku that Modern Warfare publisher Activision is delaying paying Infinity Ward employees their royalties. Every employee who worked on Modern Warfare 2 is apparently in for royalties. Traditionally, Infinity Ward has paid staff regular or even "low" salaries, sources tell Kotaku, but offer ridiculous royalties to compensate.

Excalibur5157d ago

I don't have to even read the article and I'll bet it's all about the Benji's

blue7xx75157d ago

Pretty much Activision is delaying paying IW their royalties so they have a reason to stay and wont leave.

CyberCam5157d ago (Edited 5157d ago )

It'll be a cold day in hell, when I buy another Activision game. Actually even before all this drama started, I was not into buying their games, the last Activision game I bought was COD4. The way they're acting is just not right, it's actually downright evil!!

Fvcking with people's livelihood is not cool, they have families to take care of and they are away from their families because they are working in your sweatshop!

FVCK YOU ACTIVISION!!!

bruddahmanmatt5157d ago

And people wondered why I refused to buy MW2. As a gamer, you speak with your money and I refuse to support a publisher as evil as Activision. Unfortunately the 12 million or so folks who bought MW2 do not feel the same way.

Conventional5157d ago

I'll never touch a game produced by Activision, no matter how good it is. They're just evil.

JeanPool5157d ago

This is disgusting. By law they are entitled to every cent they're owed. IW employees should just leave en masse and collectively sue these sickos.

SeanRL5157d ago

I want Activision to die. But as long as retards who know nothing about gaming continue to buy Activision games because their friends have it, Activision will keep going.

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Why MW 2019 is still the best looking Call of Duty to date

MW 2019 is five years old at this point and on previous gen hardware, but it is still the best looking Call of Duty game to date.

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EazyC6d ago

MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.

That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.

I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare III (2023) Review - Jump Dash Roll

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: New Season 6 MP Map Gameplay Videos

Here is a look at the first two maps of Season 6 for Multiplayer.
La Casa involves intense action in a Vill and Koro Village is a battle in the streets where enemies lurk at all angles and shadows.