Respawn Entertainment is now a part of Electronic Arts. The $455 million dollar deal is the latest development in a studio that started amid controversy.
In early 2010, it seemed that Infinity Ward was on top of the gaming world. Its Call of Duty franchise, especially the Modern Warfare games, were breaking sales records and establishing new standards for multiplayer first-person shooters. Jason West, Infinity Ward’s president, and Vince Zampella, the studio’s chief executive officer, had clauses in their contracts that they could make any game they wanted to after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 came out in 2009.
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