Vince Zampella says Activision countersuit is false and outrageous

And the war rages on. Following the countersuit filed by Activision against ex-Infinity Ward heads, Vince Zampella – via his lawyer, Robert Schwartz – have released an official statement to the LA Times, calling it false and outrageous.

 

 

 

And the war rages on. Following the countersuit filed by Activision against ex-Infinity Ward heads, Vince Zampella – via his lawyer, Robert Schwartz – have released an official statement to the LA Times, calling it false and outrageous.

 

 

Said the statement:

 

 

“The allegations Activision made today are false and outrageous. Just one example is Activision’s allegation that Jason and Vince conspired to spin off Infinity Ward. Activision itself proposed spinning off Infinity Ward when, last year, it sought to renegotiate Jason and Vince’s contract and induce them to forego developing a new game in favor of doing another Modern Warfare sequel.

 

 

Jason and Vince had hired the Creative Artists Agency to advise them in their negotiations with Activision, and not to breach their contract. The conversations with IW employees, talent agents, and others during these negotiations with Activision were not conducted in disrespect of Activision but to see if Activision’s proposal could work.

 

 

“Activision’s inaccurate and misguided allegations lose sight of the reality here: None of the false claims of insubordination or breach of duties had any negative affect on Activision — none. Modern Warfare 2 has been the world’s most successful video game. And none of this changes the fact that Jason and Vince would still be at Infinity Ward developing new games except that Activision kicked them out.

 

 

This is just an Activision tactic to avoid paying Jason and Vince and everyone else at Infinity Ward the millions of dollars they all earned and that Activision owes them. Since being fired by Activision, Jason and Vince have taken steps to regain control over their creative future and plan to have an announcement very soon.”

 

 

And we all know this won’t be over any time soon.

 

 

 

 

Via [Industry Gamers]

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