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Call of Duty Shenanigan Allegations
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Posted by Donster on: 2011-01-20 16:11:07 381
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Did The Creators of Call of Duty Delay A Map Pack To Help Out The Competition?
By Brian Crecente @ Kotaku
After months of finger-pointing and allegations, the company behind the massively popular Call of Duty series may have proof to support claims that one of their video games was sabotaged by its creators at the urging of a rival.
An internal email from a rival Electronic Arts executive, released today as part of a court filing, seems to boast about getting one of the developers of Modern Warfare 2 to delay add-ons for the game. A delay could have prevented the add-on from interfering with the release of the shooter's biggest competitor.
"A couple months ago, I asked Vince to hold back their map pack until after we launched. (He owes me one,)" starts the email written by the rival developer, apparently referring to Modern Warfare 2 developer Vince Zampella. "Given that they've already made a billion, he was cool with that, obviously (Activision CEO) Kotick took it as being belligerent."
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