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Activision reportedly told Infinity Ward staff to "take the money and get over it" after West and Zampella firing
Activision execs offered Infinity Ward staff a 50 percent pay increase and told staff to "take the money and get over i…
That's according to a fresh account with further details on the fallout from Activision's now-legendary ousting of West and Zampella, as published on LinkedIn by lead designer Paul Sandler (spotted by PC Gamer). But many of the finer details on the day the pair were fired, as recounted now by Sandler, are new - including an "emergency company meeting" held within Infinity Ward's kitchen with Activision execs brought in to break the news and steady the ship - before too many of West and Zampella's loyal colleagues followed them out the door, mid-development on the studio's next project. "The fact our respected studio-heads, our leaders, had been canned in such a sudden and cold-blooded fashion brought the entire team a collective feeling of anger and a deep sense of unfairness," Sandler recalled.
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