Infinity Ward
| Infinity Ward, Inc.
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| legal form | Activision subsidiary |
| founding | 2002 |
| Seat | Encino , California , USA |
| Number of employees | 125 |
| Website | infinityward.com |
Infinity Ward, Inc. is an American computer game development studio. The studio became famous for the Call of Duty game series . The studio has been part of the US publisher Activision since 2003 .
Company history
The company was founded in August 2001 by 22 former developers of the game Medal of Honor: Allied Assault . After the publisher Activision had already acquired a 30 percent stake in the company in May 2002, it took over the remaining 70 percent of the company at the end of October 2003. Is led Infinity Ward President and co-founder Grant Collier.
On March 1, 2010, President Jason West and CEO Vince Zampella were fired from Activision, who founded a new development studio called Respawn Entertainment in April 2010 and announced a cooperation with Activision's competitor Electronic Arts (EA). As a result, 25 more employees left Infinity Ward. Several reciprocal lawsuits arose between Activision and its former employees and competitor EA.
Call of Duty
Call of Duty , Infinity Ward's first release, won numerous awards for best game. The sequel Call of Duty 2 sold over a million copies in the United States alone. Even Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was settle a commercial success and was able to more than eleven million units. According to Activision Blizzard, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 broke a sales record with 4.7 million units sold in the first 24 hours in the US and UK, but Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 broke a record with 6.5 million units sold first Day that was exceeded.
title
- Call of Duty (2003)
- Call of Duty 2 (2005)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)
- Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013)
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2016)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Infinity Ward at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Activision Blizzard - The "Call of Duty" studio implodes - Article at Spiegel Online , April 28, 2010.
- ↑ Infinity Ward: Five more employees leave the Call of Duty studio - news at pcgames.de , from April 26, 2010.
- ↑ Infinity gate: 25 gone ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - News at develop-online.net , April 27, 2010.
- ↑ Activision sues Electronic Arts, seeks $ 400 million over Infinity Ward on latimesblogs.latimes.com
- ↑ Cod Awards ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on games.ign.co (English)
- ↑ CoD 2 sales figures on gamespot.com (English)
- ↑ CoD4 sales figures ( Memento from July 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on gamernode.com (English)
