April 24 2010

More Departure Infinity Ward

Infinity Ward Resignations increasing

The Infinity Ward crisis continues as more and more staff departure, Respawn Entertainment signs some of them.

The ongoing trouble at Infinity Ward is yet to cool down as the staff numbers are decreasing frantically. We believe that a total of 20 (Update: Now 27) people have left the Modern Warfare developer now. The most recent members to leave the company are listed below.

  • Brent McLeod (Senior Designer)
  • Modhammad Alavi (Senior Designer)
  • Chad Grenier (Senior Designer)
  • Chris Lambert (Programmer)
  • Charlie Wiederhold (Designer)
  • Preston Glenn(Level Designer)
  • Jon Shiring (Programmer)
  • Mackey McCandlish (Designer)
  • Ryan Lastimosa (Weapons Artist) (updated)
  • Brad Allen (Senior Artist) (updated)
  • Joel Emslie (Lead Character Artist) (updated)
  • Kristin Cotterell (HR/recruitment specialist) (updated)
  • Kevin Bell (Level Designer) (updated)
  • Robert Field (Lead Programmer) (updated)
  • Sean Slayback (Designer) (updated)
  • John Haggerty (updated)

    We can also tell you that eight ex-IW members have joined with Jason West and Vince Zampella at their newly found company, Respawn Entertainment. It's believed that they will officially begin working at the company on May 1st and it's expected that more ex-IW staff will join them in the coming weeks and months. The confirmed staff that have joined up at Respawn so far are listed below.
  • Mark Grisby (Lead Animator)
  • John Paul Messerly (Lead Animator)
  • Rayme C. Vinson (Software Engineer)
  • Chris Cherubini (Lead Environmental Artist)
  • Francesco Gigliotti (Lead Software Engineer)
  • Todd Alderman (Lead Designer)
  • Mackey McCandlish (Lead Designer)
  • Jon Shiring (Programmer)
  • Jason McCord (Level Designer - Work includes Bailout, Cliffhanger, Whiskey Hotel) (updated)
  • Brent McLeod (Designer) (updated)
  • Chris Lambert (Senior Software Engineer) (updated)
  • Ryan Lastimosa (Weapons Artist) (updated)
  • Sean Slayback (Designer) (updated)
  • Preson Glenn (updated)
  • Zied Rieke (Designer) (updated)
  • Chad Genier (Designer) (updated)
  • Brad Allen (Senior Artist) (updated)

Sources: G4TV 1 » G4TV 2 » G4TV 3 » G4TV 4 » Kotaku »

PC Stimulus Package Price and Pre-order Deal

The question that many PC gamers have been wondering is how much will the first downloadable content cost. We can now tell you that the Stimulus Package (out May 4th) will charge you about $15 (£11.99). But we all like cheaper stuff, right?

Well, if you pre-purchase the Map Pack on Steam » then you will only be charged $13.49 (£10.79) due to a special 10% discount promotion.

~ Boyle111