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Zampella and West join Creative Artists.

Former Infinity Ward bosses Vince Zampella and Jason West are heading to Hollywood, following their unceremonious sacking by Activision.

According to the LA Times, they are now being represented by the Creative Artists Agency.

"Most video game developers are hired hands for publishers and not represented by talent agents," the Times points out. "As such, landing the top game developers behind one of the industry's biggest franchises marks a coup for CAA."

The agency won't comment on what the pair are up to next, apart from suing their former overlords of course.

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LHH #1 2 years ago

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I would love it for them to setup another studio and steal all the IW employees away from Activision and make a "War and Duty" game or something
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Vice.Destroyer #2 2 years ago

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Next stop? Set up a competitor for Industrial Light and Magic?
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towser #3 2 years ago

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@vice

Think Pete Jackson has already done that with WETA...
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Vice.Destroyer #4 2 years ago

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I should have known that there are fanboys for each and every industry.

For what it is worth, I find WETA to be an inferior special effects company to ILM.
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LHH #5 2 years ago

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No one will ever best Stan Winston
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easychord #6 2 years ago

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Think that this is where Seamus "father of the XBox" Blackley is working as an agent so it isn't as unusual or movie based as it sounds.
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Raziel #7 2 years ago

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Hope the guys can use them to win their lawsuit.
At the moment, I don't really see a bright future for the Call of Duty games, and the reports about how Activision is treating the current IW staff is truly disgusting...
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RobotRocker #8 2 years ago

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@ yupyup

I don't think hugging it out will work in this instance.
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ignatiusjreilly #9 2 years ago

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RAMIREZ, GET ME A HANDJOB FROM THAT GIRL THAT WAS IN SOPRANOS!
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kinky_mong #10 2 years ago

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@ignatiusjreilly: a +1 isn't enough, have a virtual pat on the back for that comment as well!

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JayKwon #11 2 years ago

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I rather see them make a new IP in the form of a superb game. Crap.
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dickothe1st #12 2 years ago

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who gives about another modern warfare, im bored of 2 already. i want new IPs and to go back to how games used to be; all about crafting an experience that is memorable. CoD has just created a generation of ignorant racist mother fuckers, i dont play it cos i dont wanna be associated with the type of person who buys an xbox or whatever just to play on MW for 10hrs a day. bring on The Last Guardian!
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LazyNinjaUk #13 2 years ago

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Would be massively ironic if they were asked to pen a COD movie, wont happen but would make for amusing reading in the gaming press.
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Skurmedel #14 2 years ago

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I hope they don't work in movies, we already have to put up with the ludicrous stories Michael Bay brings to the cinemas on an annual basis.

And before you neg me, bear in mind this was the man who made Pearl Harbour!
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MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #15 2 years ago

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What they're going to do is be paid a ton for attaching their names to some other publisher's Call of Duty type game in some sort of consultant capacity. Like Toby Gard on the first few Crystal Dynamics Tomb Raider games.
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