*Warning some mild language*
The following blog post was written under the influence of UNRELENTING JOY!
Activision, this is what happens when you are a total jerk. When you do not pay your employees, they sue you. You know what they say about karma right? It's a... Something I can't say on a PG-rated blog.
So basically, there's been a huge fight going on between IW and Activision. I previously discussed Activision was holding IW's royalties in a last ditch attempt to keep the developers that made them a billion dollars from leaving. (A more effective strategy is, of course, to not be pure evil.)
Well, IW finally got sick of it, and they are all leaving the company, to go start a new company, Respawn Entertainment, headed by the two leads who got fired. The games they make will be published by EA, the direct competitors of Activision. Who said that Bobby Kotick shoots race horses. I approve.
So the leads sued Activision, Activision sued the leads, all sorts of other drama is going on, and I'm enjoying watching Activision have all sorts of problems immensely.
And that's not the only problems they're having! Meanwhile, while Activision is paying for it's legal suit with TRH, something wonderful/horrible is happening in South Korea.
For those who don't know, the game Starcraft is basically the national sport of South Korea. They have TV stations that give pro Starcraft coverage. There are stand up comedians who do nothing but Starcraft character impressions. They're a little Starcraft crazy over there. So the news that Starcraft 2 will only be allowed to be sold to people 18 and up? Kind of a big deal.
I prefer Warcraft 3, for the record.
Now, I don't think any of this is going to be the downfall of Activision, Activision will live on, but it is nice to see the big bad lose millions instead of making billions every now and then.
I'd like to point out this little ditty written up by a Kotaku commenter (It's the musical blog post today). The actual lyrics have swearing, so these are the censored version, but I'll link the real version if you really want.
(To the tune of How to Save a Life By The Fray. Click play, and read the lyrics along with the song for maximum awesome.)
Step One you hold our royalties
We ask and beg on broken knees
To pay us everything that you owe.
So we won't have to borrow.
You fired Zampy, then dear West,
Even though they were the best.
As you start this stupid schism
Is this what you meant by fear and pessimism?
Where did you go wrong? You screwed a brand, Somewhere along in this big mess. And I would have quit Sunday, Had I known they were nicer at EA.
Tell the press that you know best
Cause after all you're on a quest
To ignore all legal precedence
And uphold questionable innocence.
Let's write a list of what is wrong
Like Bobby Kotick in a thong,
And pray to God he hears us,
And pray to God he hears us.
Where did you go wrong? You screwed a brand, Somewhere along in this big mess. And I would have quit Sunday, Had I known they were nicer at EA.
As B.K. begins to raise his voice,
We lower ours and grant him one last choice, Pay us our royalties or
Rack up the hefty courtroom fees.
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he doesn't owe a thing
And then we'll duke it out in the Judge's ring.
Where did you go wrong, you screwed a brand. Somewhere along in this big mess. And I would have quit Sunday, Had I known they were nicer at EA.
Article about the song along with uncensored lyrics here.
Further details on Activision Vs. Infinity Ward can be found here.
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