Infinity Ward

Infinity Ward, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedMay 2002; 22 years ago (May 2002)
Founders
Headquarters
Woodland Hills, California
,
US
Number of locations
5 (2024)
Key people
ProductsCall of Duty series
Number of employees
250+ (2015)[1]
ParentActivision (2003–present)
Divisions
  • Infinity Ward Poland
  • Infinity Ward Mexico
  • Infinity Ward Austin
  • Infinity Ward Barcelona
Websiteinfinityward.com

Infinity Ward, Inc. is an American video game developer. They developed the video game Call of Duty, along with seven other installments in the Call of Duty series. Vince Zampella, Grant Collier, and Jason West established Infinity Ward in 2002 after working at 2015, Inc. previously.[2][3] All of the 22 original team members of Infinity Ward came from the team that had worked on Medal of Honor: Allied Assault while at 2015, Inc. Activision helped fund Infinity Ward in its early days, buying up 30 percent of the company, before eventually fully acquiring them.[4] The studio's first game, World War II shooter Call of Duty, was released on the PC in 2003. The day after the game was released, Activision bought the rest of Infinity Ward, signing employees to long-term contracts. Infinity Ward went on to make Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, the Modern Warfare reboot, and its sequel.

Co-founder Collier left the company in early 2009 to join parent company Activision. In 2010, West and Zampella were fired by Activision for "breaches of contract and insubordination",[5][6] they soon founded a game studio called Respawn Entertainment. On May 3, 2014, Neversoft was merged into Infinity Ward.[7]

  1. ^ "Call of Duty 4 lead designer returns to Infinity Ward". GamesIndustry.biz. March 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Modern Warfare Fight: Your Guide to Activision Vs. Infinity Ward". Kotaku. April 15, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  3. ^ "IGN Presents: The History of Call of Duty". IGN. November 6, 2009. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference IW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ McElroy, Griffin (May 24, 2012). "Activision v. West and Zampella case pushed back to June 1st". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on September 20, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  6. ^ Crecente, Brian (March 3, 2013). "Respawn Entertainment co-founder Jason West retires". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  7. ^ Klepek, Patrick (May 3, 2014). "Infinity Ward, Neversoft Merging into Single "Super Studio"". Giant Bomb. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 3, 2014.