Infinity Ward was the focus of much controversy before Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was officially released, when a video showing the mission, " No Russian ", was released in which the player had the option to kill civilians as an undercover CIA agent posing as a terrorist.
Infinity Ward was also criticized for certain decisions announced further before the game was leaked, when it was revealed that they had removed support for dedicated servers for the PC version of the game, instead opting to use a matchmaking system similar to the console versions of the games, known as IWNet. This denied PC gamers from being able to mod the game easily, as well as limiting the amount of players in a match.
It was also revealed that the developer console and leaning had also been removed. A user on the Infinity Ward forums discovered that when one attempted to write the words "cunt" or "bitch", it would be censored and replaced with the word "girl", drawing complaints from gamers that this was "sexist".
Robert Bowling , Infinity Ward's creative strategist, described it as a "word censor fail", and corrected the mistake the very next day. Infinity Ward was also accused of being homophobic, when a viral video about grenade spamming in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was uploaded on YouTube. The video called grenade spammers "pussies" and urged players to "Fight Against Grenade Spam", the acronym being "F. Call of Duty Wiki Explore. Cold War. Weapons in Explore Wikis Community Central.
Register Don't have an account? Infinity Ward was founded in by former employees from , who had previously worked on Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. The game received critical acclaim from gamers and reviewers alike, which resulted in more than 50 "Game of The Year" awards. In , Call of Duty 2 was released for both the PC and Xbox , where it became the first Xbox game to reach over 1 million units sold.
It was also the most played Xbox Live game from November to April It was the first game in the series to leave World War II, which it instead changed with a modern setting. The game became a huge success for Infinity Ward both in terms of sales and reviews.
It was the first direct sequel to a Call of Duty game, including many of the characters from the previous game. It received very positive reviews overall with a Metacritic rating of Reviewer Jeff Gerstmann wrote: "If you've ever been interested in a first-person shooter, buy this game.
On March 1 , the two studio heads Vince Zampella and Jason West , which both originated from , were suddenly taken away from the studio without warning to a meeting with Activision. Several hours later they reappeared from the meeting unemployed.
As of this writing, lawsuits are flying in both directions and nothing conclusive has been announced. Coincidentally, Rieke had done stints at Respawn Entertainment and Naughty Dog, giving him a culminative perspective for all these developers coming to the studio. He had worked on Uncharted 4 with Minkoff and Kurosaki, and when they left, they urged Rieke to come back to Infinity Ward and work with them there. Now, with a team that combines old with new, the studio is focused on finishing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, something that, on its own, energizes the team.
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