G4 is reporting that former Infinity Ward employee Jesse Heinig has left a glowing recommendation for former Infinity Ward CEO Vince Zampella on his LinkedIn profile, labelling him as "visionary" and "revolutionary".
The recommendation reads:
"I had the pleasure of working briefly for Vince and seeing his skills first-hand... Vince's history in the game development business should already be legendary. How he, Grant Collier, and Jason West forged Infinity Ward by turning around the talent from a team that was overworked and unhappy with their previous conditions. "How this team proceeded to build one of the most successful and enduring franchises of this generation of video games. How the IW studio became synonymous with serious code and good gameplay. "Vince is one of the few professionals that I'd call a visionary, in the most fundamental sense of the word: He has a powerful vision and he organizes a team to see it through. He's able to juggle different divisions seamlessly, handle high-level meetings and interfaces between the team on the ground and the demands of the production studio, and still keep an eye on the final product."
"How this team proceeded to build one of the most successful and enduring franchises of this generation of video games. How the IW studio became synonymous with serious code and good gameplay.
"Vince is one of the few professionals that I'd call a visionary, in the most fundamental sense of the word: He has a powerful vision and he organizes a team to see it through. He's able to juggle different divisions seamlessly, handle high-level meetings and interfaces between the team on the ground and the demands of the production studio, and still keep an eye on the final product."
But the final bit of the recommendation is the most interesting.
"Rumor in the industry is that EA placed a million-dollar bounty for snapping up any IW studio lead, like Vince. Just the fact that the rumor is out there should speak volumes about how badly people want Vince working on their products."
Could Zampella be making a move to Activision's closest rival?
pdark007 said: good screw actvision. but screw EA also. start your own publishing company mate!
QU1K51LV3R said: pdark007 said: good screw actvision. but screw EA also. start your own publishing company mate! Agreed
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