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Activision Vs Infinity Ward drama gets even more complex!

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We've been following the drama at Activision for some time, but now it's just getting ridiculous.

First the two founders leave, sue Activision, and get counter-sued in turn. Then more IW employees leave, and now G4TV reports that all 38 employees have banded together to file a class action lawsuit against the gaming giant.

From the G4TV story:

"Activision owes my clients approximately $75 million to $125 million dollars," said Bruce Isaacs, one of the IWEG's attorneys at Wyman & Isaacs LLP, over the phone this afternoon. "Activision has withheld most of the money to force many of my people to stay, some against their will, so that they would finish the delivery of Modern Warfare 3. That is not what they wanted to do. Many of them. My clients' entitled to their money. Activision has no right to withhold their money -- our money."

Wow, this is... interesting. Check out the story for all the goss, some excellent game news reporting, and updates as they happen.

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9 Comments

qwakqwak Apr 29, 2010 4:08 PM	money money money
Mademan Apr 29, 2010 4:50 PM	Yeah, about every week there's been a newspost on GameSpot about more leaving. I think it's great that they've stuck together, and stuck by their leaders. They really do have Activision by the balls for stalling Modern Warfare 3. I wouldn't be suprised if this hits Activision's share price, slap bang in the nuts.
majestic975 Apr 29, 2010 8:43 PM	So by the sounds of it MW3 will be really buggy then.
SceptreCore Apr 29, 2010 8:51 PM	gasp Who cares???? :P
Krispy89 Apr 29, 2010 11:52 PM	BREAKING NEWS: Bungie and Activision have agreed to a partnership!!! http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#cid25920
markand_01 Apr 30, 2010 9:50 AM	NNNNooooooo !!!
Mordecai Apr 30, 2010 10:35 AM	The next Bungie game: Halo - Modern Warfare 3: Respawn of Evil
sirtrancealot Apr 30, 2010 12:01 PM	such a shame that such a big company is shedding their biggest asset, the developers. a game franchise is only as good as the dev's that keep it alive. suppose we can expect MW3 will be rubbish.
Mademan May 2, 2010 8:31 AM	The next Treyarch game will have to be pretty damn good....

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