Activision COO on Infinity Ward

In an interview with LA Times, Activision chief operating officer Thomas Tippl has commented on what is going on at Infinity Ward after the studio's co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella were fired a few weeks ago. Tippl doesn't think that the company will have any problems attracting new talent, pointing to that "the ability to work on the biggest franchise in the industry and bring your creative product to an audience the size of the Call of Duty franchise is an opportunity many would crave."

While Inifinity Ward has lost some key personell, Tippl points out that the studio "still has nearly 100 people. They've built a deep bench, and the change of guard will provide an opportunity for some of the rising stars to put their own stamp on the Call of Duty franchise. In addition, we will provide them with all the resources internally and recruit talent from the outside." He also claims that they treat their developers "extremely well".

"We have an independent studio model that provides them a lot of creative freedom while we take care of the back office stuff so they can focus on making games. If their games are successful, they are compensated better here than anywhere else."

(via VG247)