I feel like G4TV's Patrick Klepek deserves some type of journalism award for the outstanding reporting he's done on this Infinity Ward/Activision story. Or at least a hearty slap on the back, that'd be good too.
News Blips:
G4TV received an internal memo from Activision Publishing President and CEO Mike Griffith that states that developer Infinity Ward is "central to Call of Duty's future." He added that Activision "relies on the combined talent, expertise and leadership of the team there for its success." As you may know, studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella left Infinity Ward on Monday, allegedly due to a "breach of contract." If I fantasize about playing the next COD during my personal time, should I feel guilty?
Warner Bros. and developer Traveller's Tales announced an extention to their deal with Lego to create games that incorporate the popular blocks until 2016. Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is already set to come out this May, but other than that, no new games have been announced. We've seen Lego games based on quite a few licenses already, so is it too much to ask for a game that doesn't give some pre-existing franchise the block treatment? I thought so. [
Destructoid]
Update: Reader Christopher Sypal pointed out that TT announced
Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars.
Video game designer David Jaffe thinks that Sony needs to step up its legal game. On his official blog, Jaffe addresses what he sees as potential copyright infringements of the
Twisted Metal and
God of War franchises -- both of which he worked on at some point. Microsoft's
Scrap Metal car-combat game and the upcoming War of the Gods movie hit a little too close to home for him. To clarify, he doesn't feel that Sony owns the rights to Greek mythology as a whole, of course, "but the TITLE? Sony DOES own that." Lawsuits for everybody! [
Criminal Crackdown]
Speaking to Famitsu Magazine (via 1UP), Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki announced that he is currently working at Valhalla Game Studios. The eccentric developer has not spoken to the Japanese press for two years -- about the same amount of time since he left (and sued) his former employer, Tecmo. He declined to give specifics on his upcoming project, but he did note that it won't be a fighting game. Fair enough. But will it involve playing dress up with cute girls?
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