NeoGAF member Akia assembled a list of folks who have left Infinity Ward as of late.
Here’s the list thus far:
Jason West — President, Game Director (fired)
Vince Zampella — CEO, Co-Founder (fired)
Francesco Gigliotti — Lead Software Engineer
Jon Shiring — Lead Programmer
Chris Cherubini — Lead Artist
Bruce Ferriz — Senior Animator (joined a start-up, Big Red Button Entertainment)
Todd Alderman — Lead Designer
Mackey McCandlish — Lead Designer
Steve Fukuda — Lead Designer
Zied Reike — Lead Designer
Rayme Vinson — Programmer
Mark Grigsby — Lead Animator
Paul Messerly — Lead Character Animator
Many designers, but most importantly: most of them are leads. Leads are pretty influential people.
If the Penny-Arcade comic from 2003 is accurate, approximately 20 people left 2015 to form Infinity Ward. Will more break away from Infinity Ward this time around? Who knows? All I know is that it’ll be absolutely amazing if Respawn Entertainment’s new game ends up breaking Modern Warfare 2‘s sales record.
Today’s quite the busy day with the release of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time and Forza Motorsport 3. I ordered both, but only one compelled NeoGAF’s musical talent to assemble an electronic album.
NeoGAF’s sixth G.A.M.E. dubbed “Forza Motorsport Edition” features over an hour and a half’s worth of cruising music. Much like with G.A.M.E. 3.0, this album fits the intended game like a glove. As I was listening through the album I couldn’t help, but picture some of these tracks in one of Turn10′s montages. Quite excellent.
Even if you’re not picking up Forza Motorsport 3, I urge you to give this album a listen. Download link and track list are below for your convenience.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is coming out this Tuesday. And if you were oblivious to this game and wanted to find out some info, where would you go? The official site? Some ad laden website like IGN or GameSpot? May I suggest NeoGAF?
Once again, NeoGAF’s talented musicians have come together and produced another album for electronic masses: G.A.M.E. 4.0. This album taps into my appreciation for all things simple and creative. Given the limited toolset, I’m just amazed with what people can produce.
Even if you’re not be the world’s biggest chiptune fan, I’d give this excellent album a listen. You may find a track or two that will blow your mind.
This gorgeous PlayStation 3 first person shooter debuted last Friday, February 27th, but unless you went out of your way to order it from local shops or online shops who’re on the ball, you won’t be playing this until some time this week.
I know some of you out there may not have gone out and sought info on Guerilla Games’ latest work, so I’ve gone out of my way to bring the info to you.
