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| Type | Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video Games |
| Founded | May 2002 |
| Website | https://www.infinityward.com/ |
Infinity Ward, Inc. is an American video game developer, famous for creating the Call of Duty series. The company was founded in May 2002 by Vince Zampella, Grant Collier, and Jason West after working at 2015, Inc. previously. 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 to 30% percent of the company, before eventually acquiring them.
The studio's first game, World War II shooter Call of Duty, was released on the PC in 2003. The day after the game's release, 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, the Modern Warfare II reboot, and the Modern Warfare III reboot.
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". They soon founded a game studio called Respawn Entertainment. On May 3, 2014, Neversoft was merged into Infinity Ward.