Call of Duty court case settled - Report

If it's not already obvious, the conclusion is, Activision lost. You can even hear it in the "tone" of their respective PR statements.

Is it just me or do you hate both parties?

Awww that's really too bad :( I wanted to see blood.

Ah well, I'm sure Vince and Jason got and the team got millions enough for everyone to be happy.

Reminds me of LA Noire's Homicide desk. Ended abruptly and without any closure.

From Activision "The company does not believe that the incremental one-time charges related to the settlement will result in a material impact on its GAAP or non-GAAP earnings per share outlook for the current quarter or the calendar year, due to stronger-than-expected operating performance in the current quarter."

or - "Fk the games, the fans & the content developers. If you're one of the many rich arsehats like us with stock in this company or a stake in this franchise who's making a motza off ripping off absolutely everyone who loves games then you've got nothing to worry about. We screwed West, Zampella & everyone else all over again & it's business as usual b**ches"

lol they  should have hired Pheonix Wright!!!

 @bluespire1 It's not likely they'll do any new IP if they are going to EA. (unless EA buys some new IP).

EA's statement leads me to believe that Vince and Jason were indeed trying to do what Activision said since they refused to give them any ownership in the Modern Warfare franchise. 

I'm very disappointed, I hoped West and Zampella would have crushed Activision (and Bobby Kotick in particular) the way it deserve it. I even made popcorn to enjoy the show... :(

"...This settlement is a vindication of Vince and Jason, and the right of creative artists to collect the rewards due for their hard work."

Does anyone else find this statement from EA a bit ironic?

Basically...ok, here's your money, now STFU.

I hope that the Brilliant men behind Infinity Ward can now move on and make us a great new I.P. to enjoy for years to come...

The whole thing for me was a joke.It had no sense and it is like some1 took this story from a spy movie and maded it real.I mean"project Ice Breaker"Cmon thats lol.

So, is it legal to fire people because of their future plans? I guess we'll never know.

Hey Bobby, hurry up, and write that check!!!

Damn I was hoping Activision would go under. Ome of you can say what you want about EA but Activision was the guilty party here, and at least they has to pay something. Last good CoD was WaW and before that was CoD 3. The Modern bore fare's and Black ops sucked with their 3-4 hour campaigns, and terrible multiplayer. I havent bought an Activision game since CoD4 (rented MW2, 3 and CoD BO) and I will continue that stance as long as Kotick runs that piece of trash and continues to make useless 3 hour FPS's.

It would've been cool if they went to court, and it got so incredibly dramatic that both EA and Activision just exploded. Literally blew up.

I hope they hit activision hard. That's what you get when you become greedy.

i guess thei were both f^&%$# hehehe

Why they didn't just do this sooner, the world will never know.

Sort of like getting to the center of a Tootsie pop.

The terms of the settlement are 'strictly confidential' but West and Zampella will be turning up to work in solid gold limosines next week.

So activision gets to keep the modern warfare brand and jason and vince get a butt load of cash.

It was obvious, activision were gonna bottle it once the truth started coming out about their unscrupulous acts. I hope they have ended up having to pay a lot more than they would have in the first place just for being dicks!

So all this build up and then they are not even going to battle it out *sigh*

I expect a large sum of money was payed out by activision so they didnt risk losing mw, which they love so much.

Damn it I was hoping for some courtroom drama!!!

Yes yes as if its not the end result we were all waiting for.

Now go---create:

Kull of Duty: Black Ops of Olden Warfare

An out of court settlement meant it was a weak case for case for Activision. It also probably means that as part of settlement details will not be released to the public.

They knew they had a weak case & this is the result.

so what happens to the modern warfare rights?

That was faster than I expected.... Now let's all move forward and get back to making games.

d'aw I was looking forward to seeing this play out. 

I was hoping they would take it to court...

It's not too surprising that the case never saw a courtroom. I didn't think it would. Both EA and Activision could have forced paper-blizzards to air all their dirty laundry. I do wish the settlement was public. I still don't agree with what West and Zampella did to get out from under Activision. I know a lot of people painted them the victims here, but they did this kind of thing before. For some reason, no one seems to remember that the original IW team, West and Zamp included, was all made up of people who worked on EA's Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, then 'left' EA to join IW and Activision.

but i wanted to see activsion burn. but then i want to see ea burn for the destruction of so many child hood game franchsies

Did they get the rights back to CoD is the thing I want to know.

Disappointed to say the least, would have been one interesting court case. Act must have paid quiet abit to shut them up, tho i dont believe CoD would be part of the agreement (No chance in hell). Stuff like this costs a lot of cash, most would just stall until the other side runs outta funds but i think the bad publicity was getting outta hand for them so they settled.

Is it wrong I had no idea this wasn't over yet....... PEEPS deserve pay for their work that's all i got to say.

SK lost against Epic recently too 

Man I hate the mega publishers.  EA's statement sounds like something a politician might say to make people happy while Activision's sounds like something Siri might say...  completely detatched from their fans.