Call of duty Black Ops 2: 2025 setting violates IW contract — report
According to court documents relating to the upcoming ‘Acti vs. fired IW heads’ battle obtained by GameInformer, no post-Vietnam Call of Duty game can be developed by anyone other than Infinity Ward, which of course would be a problem for the near-future Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
Infinity Ward’s Memorandum of Understanding clearly states that Activision will retain authority and responsibility over all titles within the Call of Duty franchise while “specifically excluding any Call of Duty title set in modern day (post Vietnam), the near future or distant furuer, which shall be under the authority of IW”.
Whether Activision still considers the agreement valid after it fired IW heads Jason West and Vince Zampella is the question here, then. The upcoming court drama will hopefully clarify on that.
Should the former IW execs come out winners though — according to an intellectual property lawyer GI spoke to — they may have the right to ask Black Ops II to be pulled from shelves (the less likely option) or get forced royalty payments (the more profitable option).
The court date has been set for May 29.
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Source: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2012/05/09/black-ops-ii-2025-setting-violates-iw-contract-report/
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DeadlyDasherPosted:
pman8080DeadlyDasherAttackoAttack ok here we go
yuh people are so against each other lol
first of all infinity ward made COD4
that was the best COD to EVER release
and im about 90 percent sure everyone here agrees, point one.
point two, neither treyarch OR infinity ward suck
how about all yuh people on here ranting on team up and see if yuh can make a COD game better than treyarchs or infinity wards, NO.
point three, its a matter of opinion
EVERYONE is entitled to their own opinion
if one prefers black ops and the other prefers MW thats your opinion and yuh dont create fueds over opinions, its a game RELAX. take a nap.
the fact of the matter is both companies are very creative and both companies accomplished alot
they both made good games, doesnt matter which one yuh prefer, because the next person may prefer the other, doesnt mean theyre wrong, doesnt mean your wrong, its just OPINIONS.
get off of here and go play yur damn game, or get a job, or go gossip about something else, this is ridiculous.
If I had the billions of dollars, that IW and Treyarch had, I could make a better game.
Well maybe not a better game then Treyarch, but it would be a better game then MW2 and MW3.
seeing that you but then instead of than I doubt you could
Are you typing in pig latin?
pitythefoolPosted:
pooky177 Ok, WaW is not getting the credit it deserves. New perks, different kind of guns, new game modes, tanks, and better maps. It used the same engine? Ok...doesn't the same engine always get reused? Just tweaked a TINY bit to fit the graphics? I mean, seriously, the game was really good. People just jump on the hate wagon. Treyarch pushes the game forward and tries new things. IW does not (after COD4). End of story.
lol.. treyarch used the exact same recipe for just about everything in that game. "new" perks doesn't mean jack. They didn't do anything with the system, it was the same 3 perk deal like cod4. It was 3 per-determined kill streaks, 3 5 7, it was all identical.
The only innovation that panned out for them was zombies. They never thought it was going to become the next big thing. Funny thing about zombies is that you'll realize eventually that it is the absolute biggest waste of time ever. Any time you don't get a new record round wise it was a waste of the 1-10 hours you put into it.
MW2 actually tried to change things, they added pro perks, added things to quicken the pace of the game lightweight etc. They added many new killstreaks and made it more customizable. Spec ops or w/e. More weapon attachments etc. Not everything new works out for the best, but that's what being a trailblazer is all about.
Treyarch on the other hand always plays it pretty safe. They took the good from MW2 and put it in their same Cod5 game and were like 'it's done' and that's blackops for you. Sure they added like combat training or w/e it was called and whatever, but they clearly took that from another game.
MidtownPosted:
Ok, WaW is not getting the credit it deserves. New perks, different kind of guns, new game modes, tanks, and better maps. It used the same engine? Ok...doesn't the same engine always get reused? Just tweaked a TINY bit to fit the graphics? I mean, seriously, the game was really good. People just jump on the hate wagon. Treyarch pushes the game forward and tries new things. IW does not (after COD4). End of story.
StammpedePosted:
AttackoAttack ok here we go
yuh people are so against each other lol
first of all infinity ward made COD4
that was the best COD to EVER release
and im about 90 percent sure everyone here agrees, point one.
point two, neither treyarch OR infinity ward suck
how about all yuh people on here ranting on team up and see if yuh can make a COD game better than treyarchs or infinity wards, NO.
point three, its a matter of opinion
EVERYONE is entitled to their own opinion
if one prefers black ops and the other prefers MW thats your opinion and yuh dont create fueds over opinions, its a game RELAX. take a nap.
the fact of the matter is both companies are very creative and both companies accomplished alot
they both made good games, doesnt matter which one yuh prefer, because the next person may prefer the other, doesnt mean theyre wrong, doesnt mean your wrong, its just OPINIONS.
get off of here and go play yur damn game, or get a job, or go gossip about something else, this is ridiculous.
Why don't [YUH] learn to spell?
BlackwolfrunninPosted:
AttackoAttack ok here we go
yuh people are so against each other lol
first of all infinity ward made COD4
that was the best COD to EVER release
and im about 90 percent sure everyone here agrees, point one.
point two, neither treyarch OR infinity ward suck
how about all yuh people on here ranting on team up and see if yuh can make a COD game better than treyarchs or infinity wards, NO.
point three, its a matter of opinion
EVERYONE is entitled to their own opinion
if one prefers black ops and the other prefers MW thats your opinion and yuh dont create fueds over opinions, its a game RELAX. take a nap.
the fact of the matter is both companies are very creative and both companies accomplished alot
they both made good games, doesnt matter which one yuh prefer, because the next person may prefer the other, doesnt mean theyre wrong, doesnt mean your wrong, its just OPINIONS.
get off of here and go play yur damn game, or get a job, or go gossip about something else, this is ridiculous.
I think CoD4 sucks ass. But that's just my opinion.
pitythefoolPosted:
AttackoAttack ok here we go
yuh people are so against each other lol
first of all infinity ward made COD4
that was the best COD to EVER release
and im about 90 percent sure everyone here agrees, point one.
point two, neither treyarch OR infinity ward suck
how about all yuh people on here ranting on team up and see if yuh can make a COD game better than treyarchs or infinity wards, NO.
point three, its a matter of opinion
EVERYONE is entitled to their own opinion
if one prefers black ops and the other prefers MW thats your opinion and yuh dont create fueds over opinions, its a game RELAX. take a nap.
the fact of the matter is both companies are very creative and both companies accomplished alot
they both made good games, doesnt matter which one yuh prefer, because the next person may prefer the other, doesnt mean theyre wrong, doesnt mean your wrong, its just OPINIONS.
get off of here and go play yur damn game, or get a job, or go gossip about something else, this is ridiculous.
One of my points was supposed to be that it's not difficult to make a good game when all you do is make a carbon copy of the best game of the series and just change the setting.
Treyarch doesn't necessarily suck, but they've really only made on decent game on their own, that being black ops.. (COD3 sucked ass, cod5 was a clone of cod4 just WW2 based, so there was no way it could be bad.., but they didn't really do much because it was a clone. Then with blackops they developed a decent game, too bad it was essentially a copy of cod 4 again with a few extra features)
@deadlydasher: Black ops is really easy.. easiest game of them all. You don't need deathstreaks because the game is a joke. Also blackbird is OP as f***, once you get that which is rather easy, chopper gunner and dogs are guaranteed.
pman8080Posted:
DeadlyDasherAttackoAttack ok here we go
yuh people are so against each other lol
first of all infinity ward made COD4
that was the best COD to EVER release
and im about 90 percent sure everyone here agrees, point one.
point two, neither treyarch OR infinity ward suck
how about all yuh people on here ranting on team up and see if yuh can make a COD game better than treyarchs or infinity wards, NO.
point three, its a matter of opinion
EVERYONE is entitled to their own opinion
if one prefers black ops and the other prefers MW thats your opinion and yuh dont create fueds over opinions, its a game RELAX. take a nap.
the fact of the matter is both companies are very creative and both companies accomplished alot
they both made good games, doesnt matter which one yuh prefer, because the next person may prefer the other, doesnt mean theyre wrong, doesnt mean your wrong, its just OPINIONS.
get off of here and go play yur damn game, or get a job, or go gossip about something else, this is ridiculous.
If I had the billions of dollars, that IW and Treyarch had, I could make a better game.
Well maybe not a better game then Treyarch, but it would be a better game then MW2 and MW3.
seeing that you but then instead of than I doubt you could
DeadlyDasherPosted:
AttackoAttack ok here we go
yuh people are so against each other lol
first of all infinity ward made COD4
that was the best COD to EVER release
and im about 90 percent sure everyone here agrees, point one.
point two, neither treyarch OR infinity ward suck
how about all yuh people on here ranting on team up and see if yuh can make a COD game better than treyarchs or infinity wards, NO.
point three, its a matter of opinion
EVERYONE is entitled to their own opinion
if one prefers black ops and the other prefers MW thats your opinion and yuh dont create fueds over opinions, its a game RELAX. take a nap.
the fact of the matter is both companies are very creative and both companies accomplished alot
they both made good games, doesnt matter which one yuh prefer, because the next person may prefer the other, doesnt mean theyre wrong, doesnt mean your wrong, its just OPINIONS.
get off of here and go play yur damn game, or get a job, or go gossip about something else, this is ridiculous.
If I had the billions of dollars, that IW and Treyarch had, I could make a better game.
Well maybe not a better game then Treyarch, but it would be a better game then MW2 and MW3.
AttackoAttackPosted:
ok here we go
yuh people are so against each other lol
first of all infinity ward made COD4
that was the best COD to EVER release
and im about 90 percent sure everyone here agrees, point one.
point two, neither treyarch OR infinity ward suck
how about all yuh people on here ranting on team up and see if yuh can make a COD game better than treyarchs or infinity wards, NO.
point three, its a matter of opinion
EVERYONE is entitled to their own opinion
if one prefers black ops and the other prefers MW thats your opinion and yuh dont create fueds over opinions, its a game RELAX. take a nap.
the fact of the matter is both companies are very creative and both companies accomplished alot
they both made good games, doesnt matter which one yuh prefer, because the next person may prefer the other, doesnt mean theyre wrong, doesnt mean your wrong, its just OPINIONS.
get off of here and go play yur damn game, or get a job, or go gossip about something else, this is ridiculous.
yuh people are so against each other lol
first of all infinity ward made COD4
that was the best COD to EVER release
and im about 90 percent sure everyone here agrees, point one.
point two, neither treyarch OR infinity ward suck
how about all yuh people on here ranting on team up and see if yuh can make a COD game better than treyarchs or infinity wards, NO.
point three, its a matter of opinion
EVERYONE is entitled to their own opinion
if one prefers black ops and the other prefers MW thats your opinion and yuh dont create fueds over opinions, its a game RELAX. take a nap.
the fact of the matter is both companies are very creative and both companies accomplished alot
they both made good games, doesnt matter which one yuh prefer, because the next person may prefer the other, doesnt mean theyre wrong, doesnt mean your wrong, its just OPINIONS.
get off of here and go play yur damn game, or get a job, or go gossip about something else, this is ridiculous.
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