I’ve been reading a fair bit about this whole Infinity Ward vs Activision thing today, mostly from Lum, Jake Simpson, and David Taylor, and the whole thing really is a royal mess. Like others have said, I don’t see how Activision comes out of this one ahead. The next MW game is likely to be of lower quality than MW2, their image around the dev community has taken a huge hit, and they lost two obviously talented people who made them a TON of money. Stupid is a word that comes to mind right now. I mean you are literally sitting on a gold mine (the MW IP), why would you do ANYTHING to screw with that?
I’m sure we will read more about all of this as it unfolds, and my guess is its only going to get uglier.
Hardcore Casual 
The link to Jake Simpson’s blog is the same as David Taylor’s blog.
Link is long: http://www.jakeworld.org/JakeWorld/main.php?main=blog/BlogDisplay.php&file=201003_March_2010.xml&key=04/03/2010%2002:22:29%20PM
Thanks, fixed.
Unless the graphics are of lower quality and the story somehow because more implausible, I don’t see how MW3 or whatever is next could get worse.
Well this is what happens when I get impatient.
I don’t see how MW3 or whatever is next could be worse than 2 unless they get the graphics into uncanny valley territory and somehow make the story even more implausible.
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Once you at at the top of a substantially enormous pile of gold, sooner or later everyone else starts looking an awful lot like tiny squash-worthy ants.
And I agree, Activision won’t come out ahead in this one, no matter how you spin it.