Infinity Ward vs. Activision Finally Gets A Court Date.

The ongoing legal spat between Infinity Ward founders  Jason West and Vincent Zampella and Activision has finally gotten itself a court date. Thank goodness! After all the posturing and hair-pulling, I was beginning to think it would never get locked in endless litigation or whatever goes on in there them courtrooms.

Joystiq:

Former Infinity Ward bossmen Jason West and Vincent Zampella have an official court date of May 7, 2012 to settle their  dispute  with Activision. West and Zampella seek $125 million in unpaid royalties from  Modern Warfare 2  sales and wish to reclaim their contractual rights to the Modern Warfare brand. Activision fired both developers in March 2010 for illegally consorting with EA, and has counter-sued West, Zampella and EA for $400 million, claiming EA hijacked its employees.

Since  The Firings, West and Zampella founded Respawn Entertainment and now have 40 former Infinity Ward employees working at the studio, which is creating an unannounced,  blurry IP.

As much as I like watching rich assholes collide in a court of law, I’m even more  excited to see what Respawn comes up with. It’s essentially Infinity Ward 2.0, and Modern Warfare was particularly adroit at tickling my taint.