Infinity Ward and Respawn co-founder Jason West has joined Epic Games

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Respawn Entertainment co-founder Jason West has joined Epic Games according to a report.

Epic Games has hired Jason West, who co-founded Infinity Ward and Respawn Entertainment with Vince Zampella.

This is according to a tweet from Geoff Keighley. While Epic has yet to announce West has joined the company, if Keighley said it’s true, it must be true. Still, take it as unconfirmed until official word comes out of Cary, North Carolina.

‏According to Keighley, West has been at the firm for at least a month.

Some game industry scoop: @EpicGames has quietly hired Jason West, @InfinityWard and @Respawn co-founder, to work on its game development efforts. From what I hear West, who lives in North Carolina, has been in the office for about a month. pic.twitter.com/nhR0zPq0mB
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) April 12, 2019

Posted: Apr 13, 2019 7:19 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: https://www.vg247.com/2019/04/12/infinity-ward-respawn-co-founder-jason-west-joined-epic-games-report/

Comments

XboxPosted: Wed. Apr 17, 2019

Looks like he took his talents elsewhere.

CTVPosted: Mon. Apr 15, 2019

What a guy to be hopping into the biggest gaming companies and being so involved everywhere

PeerPosted: Sun. Apr 14, 2019

damn i wonder what they're working on or if they are joining to help w fortnite

ScxttPosted: Sun. Apr 14, 2019

No way, that's huge for epic games, they're making some big moves

SagePosted: Sun. Apr 14, 2019

Epic is making some huge moves... These are some really big names and people that made great game. I really hope they will stop being so underhanded with new releases and start becoming an actual competitor with Steam.... Remake your client to be more of a community than just another launcher and fix the issues people have with security by showing them you are working on a way to solve it. Epic NEEDS to become more consumer friendly to be able to get the rest of the gaming community to switch over....

YolkPosted: Sat. Apr 13, 2019

Look forward to see what will come of these games now they have joined, maybe get fortnite worth playing haha.

AnimePosted: Sat. Apr 13, 2019

Pretty cool that they have joined.

MazePosted: Sat. Apr 13, 2019

Wow, I think this will prove to be huge for epic games.