Vince Zampirella founded IW back in 2002, along with 22 people that worked on MoH : Allied Assault, 11 years later he returned back to EA, kissing the same feet that he was spitting at.
Ironic isn't it ?
Respawn attending E3 2013
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Vince Zampella says company will attend annual gaming expo this June, though it's not clear if game will be announced.
Respawn Entertainment, founded by veteran Call of Duty designers Jason West and Vince Zampella, will have a presence at the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo in June. Zampella made it clear today in a tweet, which read, "Yes, we will finally be at E3."
It is not clear if Respawn Entertainment will merely be in attendance at the event or if the studio will have an official presence, perhaps related to its long-awaited new game with Electronic Arts. Zampella alluded to the latter, adding, "I have no intention of showing up empty handed! I can't say anything else right now."
Representatives from Respawn and EA were not immediately available to comment.
Respawn skipped E3 2011 E3 2012 and has kept its first project out of sight thus far. Outside of a blurry screenshot and news that the game will be published by Electronic Arts, no further firm information is available concerning the studio's maiden title.
Speculation on the project has suggested it will be a first-person science-fiction shooter that may support 3D and could ship by March 2013.
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.
51 comments
Yeah, I don't really expect another COD style game from them, I really expect more of a SALMON or a TILAPIA. Some other kind of fish.
1 Like Finally, the people who made MW1 and MW2 amazing are coming back to destroy this monstrosity that CoD has become! There are rumors floating around that RespawnEnt. is making their own version of MW3.
6 Like This article is senseless, OF COURSE they'll show the game, it's not like he announced he's gonna be there and then he'll just pop out on stage, say "Hi, I'm here" and then leave :|.
1 Like @Daian Well...that's what the Final Fantasy guy did during Sony's presentation.
3 Like What took you so long? Treyarch have been milking your series to death for a long time now. Please give us a GOOD shooter, like COD 1, 2, and 4.
1 Like If you're not going to show a game, don't bother showing up.
And for the commenters, the "March 2013" thing came from an article made in February 2012. He was just mentioning past speculation about a game that better be damn good considering it's been "in progress" for half a decade.
@warhawk-smakaho it came ages ago, its called BATTLEFIELD 3! granted the console versions at 30fps an less players is gimped, but still since i started playing bf3 on pc an ps3, now cod just feels like a kids game,next generation, when bf4 will be native 1080p at 60fps on PS4, with 64 players, cod will be history! even with a new engine, cod wont have nothing on battlefield! without vince zampella an jason west infinity ward cannot innovate in cod, an so when respawn an dice release the next gen games, they will destroy cod, i used to love cod, till they stopped innovating, an the series became stale, bf3 is on another whole level, an yes ps4 can easily run bf3 or bf4 native 1080p60, once optimised!
@TheLonDonE @warhawk-smakaho according to sales your wrong on every level. But it is coming and i can't wait for BF4, BF3 on console was no where near CoD but on PC it crushed CoD. Add in what respawn is cooking up and activision could possibly be crushed next gen!
1 Like 'Could ship by March 2013.'
Nope. No way is a game shipping next month, especially since it's a few months prior to E3. I'd believe March 2014 though.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the only enjoyable entry this gen as far as I'm concerned. Looking forward to see what they come up with.
@Total_mischief The sad thing is West and Zampella both had to fight tooth and nail against activision just to put out MW cause they wanted another WW2 shooter and it was huge and then the milking began.
E3 is gonna be fucking insane this year. New games, new consoles (hopefully booth babes) and of course Re-spawn making an appearance.
Get the pop corn and beers guys ... 2013 is going out with a bang
finally! I'm really curious with their new game. If it's gonna be a sci-fi shooter, the battle between EA-Respawn and Activision-Bungie would be inevitable and of course, EPIC!
Looking forward to finally seeing what the real Infinity Ward has planned next. Activision is sweating bullets right about now.
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1 Like wait? why does it say "and could ship by March 2013" that doesnt make sense. if the first time we see it is june, how is going to ship in march? am i the only one confused by this?
@deltron77 Obviously they are going to ship nothing within the next month...not sure why that comment was thrown in there. Especially since that information is a year old.
You may have missed the beginning of the sentence where it mentions "Speculation on the project has suggested..."
That last paragraph is just a round-up of some of the various bits of rumour and speculation surrounding the project. They are not meant to be taken as facts.
3 Like I wonder what crap they'll make. Switching from Activision to EA is hardly a change...
1 Like @Jawehawk-DK It's a huge change when you realize they aren't forced by EA in what they do. They are part of the EA Partner program which is 100% completely different then what they were with Activision. All EA did was give them money and they don't force a date and force them to build the game Activision wanted. The EA Partner program gives them way more freedom and all creative control unlike Activision.
until they make an ip thats worth something then EA will exploit it. Thats how EA works they lure u in with sweet nothings and take ur stuff then shut you down...
@BlackBaldwin @NightDrifter05 @Jawehawk-DK Yeah, but THEY CAN'T DO THAT. Respawn have total, complete control over their IP and their studio because they own it. Respawn are not owned by EA. Infinity Ward is owned by Activision. See the difference?
1 Like @wizzzer_thy_133 I doubt it. EA's ''quality expectations'' were very high for that one. So high that they stopped the project.
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