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The saga continues. Actually, it more than continues—it just got renewed for another season and closed out with a massive cliffhanger. While Modern Warfare 3 is tentatively locked in for this November, you won’t have to wait that long to get a dose of Modern Warfare battle.
The continued legal battles between Jason West and Vince Zampella (two of the founders of Infinity Ward) against Activision continue, as lawyers for the duo have released a new cross-complaint to the lawsuit. And if true, these may be the most damning charges yet.
The new complaint claims that Activision not only breached the contracts of West and Zampella, they did so blatantly and for months, with plans of firing the two as soon as suited the company’s needs—something that would be tantamount to fraud.
In the new filing, which can be read in full thanks to Kotaku, lawyers for the former Infinity Ward heads claim that Activision blatantly ignored the contract it had in place with the two, which specifically ”promised that no game associated with the Modern Warfare brand could be released without West and Zampella’s written consent”. The filing further claims that this included any Call of Duty title that uses a post-Vietnam setting, and that Activision knowingly “began secret development of Modern Warfare and Call of Duty games and related products” that will be set in either modern times or possibly the future. The documents also claim that when Activision employees raised concerns, they were told to ignore West and Zampella altogether.
