The ugly court battle between Activision and its former employees has gotten even uglier.
Denying request for summary judgment, the Los Angeles Superior Court gave Activision the green light to go to trial with its $US400 million contract interference lawsuit against Electronic Arts over Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella.
A California judge ruled this week that Activision Blizzard Inc has enough evidence to proceed with their $US400 million lawsuit against Electronic Arts over the loss of developers Jason West and Vince Zampella.
Yesterday, Activision accused rival games giant EA of all sort of skullduggery while suing them for $US400 million for allegedly trying to “hijack” the Call of Duty franchise. Today, EA fired back.
The nasty lawsuits between Call of Duty publisher Activision and the ousted lead creators of that hit series franchise just got uglier with accusations that the makers of Modern Warfare gleefully sabotage the sister studio behind this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops – and that the president of rival EA was instrumental in trying to “hijack” the Call of Duty developers.
A California judge today set a trial date of May 23 for the lawsuit involving Activision and Infinity Ward founders Vince Zampella and Jason West.
