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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iainbruXPosted:
Well this has made my day, lets hope that the game will still be available but with credits for IW for allowing them to shelve it
TTGMutedPosted:
RealLoso A word to treyarch just give us another fcking WAW game thats what we want & for IW give us Another COD4 fcking idiots this is why people end up getting upset when their games come out, i think they should have a POLL each time they begin making a new COD instead of just listening to the 14 year olds on their forums asking for suggestions
Damn I wish...
RealLosoPosted:
A word to treyarch just give us another fcking WAW game thats what we want & for IW give us Another COD4 fcking idiots this is why people end up getting upset when their games come out, i think they should have a POLL each time they begin making a new COD instead of just listening to the 14 year olds on their forums asking for suggestions
RealLosoPosted:
A word to treyarch just give us another fcking WAW game thats what we want & for IW give us Another COD4 fcking idiots this is why people end up getting upset when their games come out, i think they should have a POLL each time they begin making a new COD instead of just listening to the 14 year olds on their forums asking for suggestions
RatchetR01Posted:
If I were them, I would be a d-bag and tell them to pull BLOPS 2 from the shelves.
crazyxxsniperxx44Posted:
pitythefoolpooky177 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.
OK, I'll be waiting for you to release your completly original first person shooter game if its so easy for you to pull ideas out of your a$$. Seriously hop off W@W is one of the best in the series next to CoD2 and 4, give the game the respect it deserves. I still rather CoD 4 and W@W over the recycled garbage Treyarch and IW are putting out now so kindly STFU and by the way yes new perks means everything plus you didn't give a valid reason for that point you dirty Nazi lover
shadow1Posted:
Why is there so much hate between two companies. Both of them are great. Cod 4 was amazing, WaW was amazing and realistic (Before kids flame, you limbs actually fall apart on the game), MW2 in my eyes was a down fall.
Since west and zampella got fired, the whole company had to scramble to make another good game. It was pretty good, but they left out some things. Once which was team work and two is weapon balance. BO was good in my eyes too, but had its flaws too. There was just alot of lag in the game and who cant forget are friend Mr.Famas?
Then from there, we got MW3. The trailers all made it look like Cod4, something we wanted back, but again, they didnt have really experiance coders, so they hired sledgehammer to help them make Mp. Sledgehammer was so cocky about making their first game, that it made the game turn out like sht. Offensive KS in support. OP weapons. Terrible map flow. The spawns just made me commit suicide. There was no team work at all, there was even more team work in mw2. The game was just complete garbage.
Now we all begged for something new and different, and they delivered it. But we have a problem, barely anybody wants change now. We have people making what they say is an accurate depiction of multiplayer from one trailer, in which all little kids believe and take out of proportion.
Nobody played the game yet, so it doesnt suck. Companies make good games and bad games. Look at bungie, halo 3 was amazing, and then they threw halo 3 odst at us and was like "Happy birthday!". Give treyarch a chance before they turn out to be new IW and not listen to our pleas.
Since west and zampella got fired, the whole company had to scramble to make another good game. It was pretty good, but they left out some things. Once which was team work and two is weapon balance. BO was good in my eyes too, but had its flaws too. There was just alot of lag in the game and who cant forget are friend Mr.Famas?
Then from there, we got MW3. The trailers all made it look like Cod4, something we wanted back, but again, they didnt have really experiance coders, so they hired sledgehammer to help them make Mp. Sledgehammer was so cocky about making their first game, that it made the game turn out like sht. Offensive KS in support. OP weapons. Terrible map flow. The spawns just made me commit suicide. There was no team work at all, there was even more team work in mw2. The game was just complete garbage.
Now we all begged for something new and different, and they delivered it. But we have a problem, barely anybody wants change now. We have people making what they say is an accurate depiction of multiplayer from one trailer, in which all little kids believe and take out of proportion.
Nobody played the game yet, so it doesnt suck. Companies make good games and bad games. Look at bungie, halo 3 was amazing, and then they threw halo 3 odst at us and was like "Happy birthday!". Give treyarch a chance before they turn out to be new IW and not listen to our pleas.
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