Activision: We treat our devs extremely well

Activision’s Infinity Ward studio is bleeding talent right now. The Call of Duty developer has already seen around ten resignations in the past month alone. Talk of people not getting what they’re owed has figured largely in the ongoing drama, but according to Activision COO Thomas Tippl, that’s just not true at all.

Activision’s Infinity Ward studio is bleeding talent right now. The Call of Duty developer has already seen around ten resignations in the past month alone. Talk of people not getting what they’re owed has figured largely in the ongoing drama, but according to Activision COO Thomas Tippl, that’s just not true at all.

“If their games are successful, they are compensated better here than anywhere else,” Tippl told CVG. “We’ve been paying our talent millions of dollars for their work. Our setup provides a win-win opportunity. We ensure your work will reach a wide audience. Therefore, we have attracted, and we will continue to attract, the top talent in this industry.”

So that takes care of the money issues. What about creative freedom? Does Activision also give that to its developers? Hells yeah they do! Or so Tippl said, although not quite in the same words:

“We treat our developers extremely well,” he said. “We have an independent studio model that provides them a lot of creative freedom while we take care of the back office stuff so they can focus on making games.”

Via [CVG]