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 Naast die paar miljoen die Activision nog van EA zou krijgen, trekken beide partijen hun mond open. Het blijkt dat Activision en EA nog steeds over alles en wat ruzie maken, en een game-advocaat lijkt aan de kant van Activision te staan. Volgens Activision zouden Vince Zampella en Jason West voorheen contact hebben gezocht met EA. Dit was geen positieve reclame, aldus Activision. Dit sluit perfect aan met de mening die Activision over beide heren heeft. Zo meldt het bedrijf: "They were small-minded executives almost obsessed by jealousy of other developers and the thought that another Activision game or studio might share their spotlight.” Maar het wordt nog veel intressanter! Zo zou John Riccitielo (ja, die naam bestaat echt!) de hulp hebben ingeroepen van Seamus Blackley om het duo van Activision af te drijven. Belangrijke (game) informatie zou volgens Activision bewust zijn doorgegeven. De rechtbank zou dus een game-verbod kunnen opleggen aan Respawn Entertainment, aldus game-advocaat Jas Purewal: "Activision is seeking very substantial amounts of damages from EA. They're looking for a whole range of different other remedies as well. Some of them could quite easily turn into an injunction against Respawn from developing further games on the basis that what West and Zampella have been doing is based on the confidential Activision information. Activision says West and Zampella just walked off with a whole bunch of their stuff. That would be an extremely ambitious step to try, and I'm sure it would be hotly contested by Respawn Entertainment. It would come down to a judge to decide whether or not that had merits." “This is Bobby Kotick loading his shotgun and firing it at the rest of the world, saying, 'We're not to be mucked around with.' I do not think this is a completely trumped up claim at all by Activision. There are clearly questions that need to be answered. That said, it's a classic piece of litigation in that West and Zampella have their own allegations about Activision, which also will need to be answered." Wanneer de soap verder gaat weten we nog niet, maar we houden jullie op de hoogte! |
