PC | Infinity Ward employees sue Activision for $150 million-$625 million - Report
Group of 38 developers allege publisher withheld $75-$125 million in royalties, bonuses, and stock options related to Modern Warfare 2 sales and technology during Q1 2010; massive punitive payout also sought; Activision says case "without merit."
Following Activision's dismissal of Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella in March, the two executives responded with a $36 million lawsuit. Weeks later, Activision responded in kind, filing a countersuit accusing the two developers of being "self-serving schemers" trying to set up a new studio with the help of an unnamed Northern California publisher.
Now, two weeks after West and Zampella announced the formation of the independent studio Respawn Entertainment with seed money from Electronic Arts, a third lawsuit has apparently been filed. G4 reports that 38 members of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 team are now themselves suing Activision, claiming the publisher withheld $54 million in 2009 royalties from the game. The group apparently wants a further further $21 million to $71 million in compensatory damages for unpaid bonuses, stock options, and technology royalties it claims Activision withheld.
The group of 38 have apparently retained the services of Bruce Isaacs, a partner at the Beverly Hills law firm of Wyman & Isaacs LLP. "Activision owes my clients approximately $75 million to $125 million dollars," Isaacs is quoted as saying regarding the case. "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."
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