Call of duty Black Ops 2: 2025 setting violates IW contract — report

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Uh-oh, it would appear that Activision may have done an oopsie.

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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IglesiasPosted:

Same old Activision, old crappy Activision...

PrefirePosted:

uh oh activision may have done an oopsie.

2014Posted:

Haha funny as Hell Love it Treyarch done screwed up again

iJarH3adPosted:

DRoseMVP
TwistedMetal Infinity ward is just mad because treyarch makes better game's then them.Infinity ward killed the cod name.


lol?????

infinity ward made cod 1 and 2, I never played them, but heard they were good.

Treyarch made cod 3 and I heard it was absolutely terrible.

IW made cod 4, the best game in the series

Treyarch makes WAW using COD4 code, I'm pretty sure infinity ward wasn't happy they had to give them their game code. WAW is also a carbon copy of COD4. So how exactly is treyarch making 'better games' The only thing that was added was zombies and that was expected to not really pan out.

IW makes MW2, they update the graphics, add new perk system (pro perks etc), add new killstreaks etc etc. They try to make the game better. While I don't necessarily agree with everything (Pain pills lol) it was still a great game.

Treyarch makes BO, It was a decent game, Again they took the safe route pretty much taking the good from mw2 and adding a few things like a money system which was kinda stupid and whatever. The wager matches were fun though. It was kinda laggy and stuff.

IW makes mw3, I think its pretty good, but I'm getting kind of tired of FPS/cod after like 4 years of playing it and not much else. The new point streak system is nice for worse players.

My point being IW is the trailblazer, Treyarch is the moocher riding IW coattails. It'd be nice to see treyarch man up and take some risk on a COD game.



treyarc made cod 2...DERP

nope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Ward#Games


Haha "I heard it was absolutely terrible" "heard they were good" Stop making judgments that you have no idea about. Cod 3 was fun and people might say it was terrible but it didn't have the normal development time, I think it was like somewhere around a year, but I just know for sure that was significantly less than other Cods. Treyarc actually listens to the community more and tries to make a better game and change it up. All the CoDs get their graphics upgraded slightly, but MW3 was complete ****. And how the f*ck are you going to say that treyarch needs to man up and take a risk on a cod game. WTF Let's see here, Treyarch was the first to make a CoD game during the Vietnam and Cold Wars, according to leaks they are completely revamping the perk system for BO 2, IDK how the F you don't see Black Ops 2 as a risk, and zombies was a completely new innovation. All IW has done to change things up is add pro perks and add new killstreaks. Treyarch adds new game modes (zombies, Wager matches), a hell a lot more attachments and camos for guns than IW CoDs, and they had a good in-game scoreboard that was different for every gamemode (Unlike MW3 which uses the same damn scoreboard from Cod 4, it doesn't tell you the amount of plants, defuses, captures, etc).
/Rant Over

Troll_Face, more than 90% what you said, is absolute false..

Infinity Ward is the first company made Call of Duty. Period

here if you don't believe me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty

MW3 made new mode like infected, kill confirmed, etc.

Just get your facts straight man. I like Treyarch and IW, but it's hilarious that you think that you know everything, which you're no.

dxbeatsPosted:

Black Ops 2 will suck, it will use the same engine as Black ops (IW 3.0) while Modern Warfare 3 uses IW 5.0!! TREYARCH SUCKS... and now black ops noobs think that Treyarch is better than Infinity Ward? suck my dick!!I wish treyarch never made black ops they ruined CoD...so sad

DeadlyDasherPosted:

pitythefool
TwistedMetal Infinity ward is just mad because treyarch makes better game's then them.Infinity ward killed the cod name.


lol?????

infinity ward made cod 1 and 2, I never played them, but heard they were good.

Treyarch made cod 3 and I heard it was absolutely terrible.

IW made cod 4, the best game in the series

Treyarch makes WAW using COD4 code, I'm pretty sure infinity ward wasn't happy they had to give them their game code. WAW is also a carbon copy of COD4. So how exactly is treyarch making 'better games' The only thing that was added was zombies and that was expected to not really pan out.

IW makes MW2, they update the graphics, add new perk system (pro perks etc), add new killstreaks etc etc. They try to make the game better. While I don't necessarily agree with everything (Pain pills lol) it was still a great game.

Treyarch makes BO, It was a decent game, Again they took the safe route pretty much taking the good from mw2 and adding a few things like a money system which was kinda stupid and whatever. The wager matches were fun though. It was kinda laggy and stuff.

IW makes mw3, I think its pretty good, but I'm getting kind of tired of FPS/cod after like 4 years of playing it and not much else. The new point streak system is nice for worse players.

My point being IW is the trailblazer, Treyarch is the moocher riding IW coattails. It'd be nice to see treyarch man up and take some risk on a COD game.


MW2 was terrible, and MW3 was terrible for COD games. Treyarch innovates the series. Treyarch doesn't dumb down shit for the kiddies, and actually make the game require a little bit of skill.

Too bad if a game takes slightly any skill, it's considered bad.

SulfurPosted:

Treyarch > Infinity Ward

nuff.

tportPosted:

DRoseMVP
TwistedMetal Infinity ward is just mad because treyarch makes better game's then them.Infinity ward killed the cod name.


lol?????

infinity ward made cod 1 and 2, I never played them, but heard they were good.

Treyarch made cod 3 and I heard it was absolutely terrible.

IW made cod 4, the best game in the series

Treyarch makes WAW using COD4 code, I'm pretty sure infinity ward wasn't happy they had to give them their game code. WAW is also a carbon copy of COD4. So how exactly is treyarch making 'better games' The only thing that was added was zombies and that was expected to not really pan out.

IW makes MW2, they update the graphics, add new perk system (pro perks etc), add new killstreaks etc etc. They try to make the game better. While I don't necessarily agree with everything (Pain pills lol) it was still a great game.

Treyarch makes BO, It was a decent game, Again they took the safe route pretty much taking the good from mw2 and adding a few things like a money system which was kinda stupid and whatever. The wager matches were fun though. It was kinda laggy and stuff.

IW makes mw3, I think its pretty good, but I'm getting kind of tired of FPS/cod after like 4 years of playing it and not much else. The new point streak system is nice for worse players.

My point being IW is the trailblazer, Treyarch is the moocher riding IW coattails. It'd be nice to see treyarch man up and take some risk on a COD game.



treyarc made cod 2...DERP

nope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Ward#Games


Haha "I heard it was absolutely terrible" "heard they were good" Stop making judgments that you have no idea about. Cod 3 was fun and people might say it was terrible but it didn't have the normal development time, I think it was like somewhere around a year, but I just know for sure that was significantly less than other Cods. Treyarc actually listens to the community more and tries to make a better game and change it up. All the CoDs get their graphics upgraded slightly, but MW3 was complete ****. And how the f*ck are you going to say that treyarch needs to man up and take a risk on a cod game. WTF Let's see here, Treyarch was the first to make a CoD game during the Vietnam and Cold Wars, according to leaks they are completely revamping the perk system for BO 2, IDK how the F you don't see Black Ops 2 as a risk, and zombies was a completely new innovation. All IW has done to change things up is add pro perks and add new killstreaks. Treyarch adds new game modes (zombies, Wager matches), a hell a lot more attachments and camos for guns than IW CoDs, and they had a good in-game scoreboard that was different for every gamemode (Unlike MW3 which uses the same damn scoreboard from Cod 4, it doesn't tell you the amount of plants, defuses, captures, etc).
/Rant Over

http://www.activision.com/atvihub/games/game.do?gameId=CallofDuty2&brandId=CoD&site=en_US&site=en_US
you're a **** moron IW made cod 2 so yeah, the game you are thinking of is big red one which was made by treyarch however the actual title that had the multiplayer was made by IW. Also, one more thing the website you linked it showed cod 2 as an IW game wow you are stupid

Troll_FacePosted:

DRoseMVP
TwistedMetal Infinity ward is just mad because treyarch makes better game's then them.Infinity ward killed the cod name.


lol?????

infinity ward made cod 1 and 2, I never played them, but heard they were good.

Treyarch made cod 3 and I heard it was absolutely terrible.

IW made cod 4, the best game in the series

Treyarch makes WAW using COD4 code, I'm pretty sure infinity ward wasn't happy they had to give them their game code. WAW is also a carbon copy of COD4. So how exactly is treyarch making 'better games' The only thing that was added was zombies and that was expected to not really pan out.

IW makes MW2, they update the graphics, add new perk system (pro perks etc), add new killstreaks etc etc. They try to make the game better. While I don't necessarily agree with everything (Pain pills lol) it was still a great game.

Treyarch makes BO, It was a decent game, Again they took the safe route pretty much taking the good from mw2 and adding a few things like a money system which was kinda stupid and whatever. The wager matches were fun though. It was kinda laggy and stuff.

IW makes mw3, I think its pretty good, but I'm getting kind of tired of FPS/cod after like 4 years of playing it and not much else. The new point streak system is nice for worse players.

My point being IW is the trailblazer, Treyarch is the moocher riding IW coattails. It'd be nice to see treyarch man up and take some risk on a COD game.



treyarc made cod 2...DERP

nope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Ward#Games


Haha "I heard it was absolutely terrible" "heard they were good" Stop making judgments that you have no idea about. Cod 3 was fun and people might say it was terrible but it didn't have the normal development time, I think it was like somewhere around a year, but I just know for sure that was significantly less than other Cods. Treyarc actually listens to the community more and tries to make a better game and change it up. All the CoDs get their graphics upgraded slightly, but MW3 was complete ****. And how the f*ck are you going to say that treyarch needs to man up and take a risk on a cod game. WTF Let's see here, Treyarch was the first to make a CoD game during the Vietnam and Cold Wars, according to leaks they are completely revamping the perk system for BO 2, IDK how the F you don't see Black Ops 2 as a risk, and zombies was a completely new innovation. All IW has done to change things up is add pro perks and add new killstreaks. Treyarch adds new game modes (zombies, Wager matches), a hell a lot more attachments and camos for guns than IW CoDs, and they had a good in-game scoreboard that was different for every gamemode (Unlike MW3 which uses the same damn scoreboard from Cod 4, it doesn't tell you the amount of plants, defuses, captures, etc).
/Rant Over You have a really good point, if any thing Treyarch is the team leading in innovation and risks. I think cod 5 was one of the best call of duty games i ever played and i have played them all. And all of the cods share code its called a BASE CODE its so they don't have to go reprogram all the little shit in. The main reason that i think treyarch takes the most risk is ZOMBIES and new games types, Plus they also added the option to record games and make custom game types.

VillainPosted:

this is the first thinkg i thought of when i heard about the future setting