Ex-IW heads’ lawyer: Activision is only fishing

More on the ongoing Infinity Ward-Activision showdown. Reportedly, an internal memo reveals Activision to be searching for documentation that will prove that the sacked IW duo, West and Zampella, have in fact been planning on leaving Activision. Even more, they believe that the two were leaving to jump ship to Electronic Arts.

More on the ongoing Infinity Ward-Activision showdown. Reportedly, an internal memo reveals Activision to be searching for documentation that will prove that the sacked IW duo, West and Zampella, have in fact been planning on leaving Activision. Even more, they believe that the two were leaving to jump ship to Electronic Arts.

But according to their lawyer, Bobby Schwartz, “Any suggestion that they were in talks with EA (or any other company) to leave or start their own team is known to Activision to be completely false and, therefore, an irresponsible comment for Activision to be making. They are fishing, and there no fish in the sea.”

He also gave further insight as to why the lawsuit was filed, saying, “[West and Zampella] have a contract that spells out their rights to control future Modern Warfare 2 games, after Modern Warfare 2.”

Via [Kombo]

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